Tick and Lyme Disease Awareness
All those working in and visiting the countryside should be aware of tick bites and the risks of contracting Lyme Disease. Downloadable Leaflets are available on-line.
Read MoreChronic Wasting Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease, (CWD), also known as Cervid Wasting Disease, is a highly infectious, fatal disease which has devastated some populations of wild and farmed deer in North America. CWD has very recently been diagnosed in Scandinavia in a reindeer and also in moose. The risk of CWD entering the UK is therefore likely to have increased now the disease is present in Europe. CWD is caused by a prion, a mutant folded protein, and belongs to the same group of diseases as scrapie, which affects sheep and goats, and “mad cow disease”, (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or “BSE”). This group of...
Read MoreDMG Supports National Deer Health Survey
Members of Strathtay DMG will be assisting a national project this Autumn by collecting samples from deer culled as part of routine management to help inform a survey on the Health of Deer in Scotland. Scottish Deer Health Survey 2017 – 18 Moredun, in partnership with Edinburgh University and the deer sector in Scotland, is undertaking a deer health project jointly funded by the Scottish Government and Food Standards Scotland Moredun is the research Institute that conducts world-class scientific research to improve animal health and welfare through the prevention and control of...
Read MoreHabitat Monitoring Training
As part of the Group’s ongoing commitment to managing herbivore impacts on the wider countryside, members of the DMG undertook Habitat Monitoring Training with deer management consultant Dr Linzi Seivwright, with a view to implementing a programme of monitoring in 2018....
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