Year 3 of our experiment looking at impacts of rotational grazing on sheep-parasite interactions is DONE! Huge amounts of data collected already (lamb growth, pasture mass, FEC), with a freezer full of samples ready to be attacked over winter…
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Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Set up a couple of baited pitfall traps to see what dung beetles we’ve got in our grazing trial at our research farm. Looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in a week’s time!

Lots of fun in the Moredun tent at the Royal Highland Show yesterday, chatting to folk about various project and showing them revolting things in jars. Nipped out for a bit to see some animals and get the obligatory Valais Blacknose pic

Great fun dung beetle hunting in our grazing trial plots at Moredun with Kelly Jowett and Gen Kiero-Watson from @rothamsted.bsky.social yesterday! Should be the start of a great collab

Lovely geotropid dung beetle on sheep poo on the path up Schiehallion at the weekend- with wee phoretic mite pal in tow!

Gearing up for our grazing trial with a look around the paddocks to see how the lambs are getting on- and also going into the sheds just because they’re cute up close 🙂

Seriously plush remote office setup at grandma and granddad’s place

Yesterday I turned 40 (FORTY! FOUR-OH!) for crying out loud. Never mind, my lovely colleagues @moredunfoundation.bsky.social were there to simultaneously soften the blow and take the mick out of me…

Not usual for us to be up at the farm in January- but it looked an absolute picture in the snow, set off beautifully by everyone’s favourite sheep dog!

Heading back to work today like…

Our office door, now with added 🐑 🎅

Tell me you have a 3-year-old daughter without telling me you have a 3-year-old daughter…