Project: Developing breeding and management strategies to reduce lameness in the Northern Ireland sheep industry

Areas of Expertise: Sustainable Livestock

Service: Research & Development

Project objective: the objective of this project is to provide more effective breeding and management tools to control lameness in the Northern Ireland sheep industry.

Knowledge Transfer

Speijers, M. H. M. (2011). Lameness in sheep: The current state of knowledge. Published in Northern Ireland Veterinary Today, Summer 2011.

Speijers, M. H. M. , Carson, A. F. , Annett, R. (2011). TBC. Full page press article on the sheep event hosted by Richard Duffin. FarmWeek, 6 January, p17.

Speijers, M. H. M. , Carson, A. F. , Annett, R. (2010). Short report on Sheep Farm Walk. Shortened report from farm walk at Richard Duffin in Farmer's Guardian, 3 December 2010, p28.

Speijers, M. H. M. (2010). Shelly hoof incidence greater than expected. Article in Farmers Weekly entitled "Shelly hoof incidence greater than expected", 22 October 2010 by Aly Balsom following interview 27th August.

Speijers, M. H. M. (2009). Tackling lameness in sheep. News Release issued by AFBI press office to farming media.