Aberdeenshire stockman, Harry Emslie, suffered a cull of 4,000 ewes after maedi visna (MV) was discovered in his flock. He had a soul-destroying autumn sending sheep to the local cull sale at Thainstone after discovering the disease in his lowland sheep in Kinknockie. Falling lamb growth rates, elevated ewe mortality and thin, wasting ewes sent […]
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