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uminant Health & Welfare responds to Defra consultation on animal transport
Press Release
February 2, 2021

Ruminant Health & Welfare responds to Defra consultation on animal transport

Any regulatory changes introduced as a result of Defra’s consultation on the welfare of live animals in transport must be evidence-based and rooted in science.

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se existing data to drive flock performance, urges RH&W
Press Release
December 7, 2020

Use existing data to drive flock performance, urges RH&W

Sheep farmers collect a lot of data about flock performance and could make far better use of it to improve health, welfare and productivity.

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Nigel Miller - Ruminant Heath & Welfare Chair
Press Release
November 26, 2020

Sheep Health and Welfare Conference identifies key disease challenges

Reproductive failure and neonatal lamb disease / mortality have the biggest impact on sheep farmers’ productivity, according to a poll at this week’s SHAWG conference. But thin ewe syndrome and conditions in late pregnancy have the greatest impact on animal welfare, meaning farmers have to prioritise improving different aspects of their flock.

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Nigel Miller - Ruminant Heath & Welfare Chair
Press Release
November 13, 2020

Focus on high standards at Sheep Health and Welfare Conference

Farmers, vets and industry stakeholders will be joining forces at this year’s Sheep Health and Welfare Group Conference to focus on world-leading health and welfare standards.

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Cattle grazing high risk pasture near watercourse
Press Release
November 11, 2020

Identify ruminant disease to tackle health challenges

The newly formed UK wide group Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W) has launched a survey to identify disease priorities across the ruminant sectors and inform efforts to tackle health challenges eroding performance and welfare on farms.

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Ruminant Health & Welfare - Caroline Slay and Gwyn Jones
Press Release
August 10, 2020

Further appointees to new Ruminant Health and Welfare Group announced

Two further leadership appointments have been made to the newly formed UK-wide Ruminant Health and Welfare Group (RHWG): Caroline Slay in the role of secretary general, and Gwyn Jones as the new vice chair. They join Berwickshire farmer and qualified vet Nigel Miller, who was appointed chair on 1 June.

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Nigel Miller, newly appointed chairman of the Ruminant Health and Welfare Group.
In the press
July 30, 2020

Farmers Guardian

Read Hannah Park’s interview with Ruminant Health & Welfare’s newly appointed chairman Nigel Miller, featured in Farmers Guardian

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Nigel Miller - with Cattle
Press Release
June 1, 2020

Nigel Miller appointed chair of new Ruminant Health and Welfare Group

Nigel Miller has been appointed as chair of the newly formed Ruminant Health and Welfare Group (RHWG) with effect from 1 June 2020 for a two-year term.

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