Sheep Industry News: Norway
02 December 2015

NORWAY - The Norwegian Veterinary Institute has, for the first time, found the scabies mite Psoroptes ovis on llama....
05 October 2015

NORWAY - Norwegian antibiotic use is falling in livestock but rising in pets....
28 August 2015

NORWAY - Two alpacas imported from Canada into Norway have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB)....
11 August 2015

NORWAY - A new outbreak of foot rot has been found in a sheep herd on Rennesøy in Rogaland....
16 July 2015

NORWAY – Disappointed veterinarians have found another case of “highly virulent foot rot” in a Norwegian flock after thinking they had beaten the condition....
10 July 2015

NORWAY - Alltech is expanding its European operations with acquisitions of two Norwegian companies with experience in the Norwegian agriculture and aquaculture industries....
09 July 2015

NORWAY - For the third time this year, the sheep scab mite (Psoroptes ovis) has been found on alpacas in Norway....

NORWAY - Meat products can contribute to food waste, especially when food becomes discoloured, but a new research project at Norway's fish research institute Nofima aims to improve packaging...
07 July 2015

NORWAY – A flock of sheep has tested positive for the ‘superbug’ methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) a month after the bacteria was found in pigs on the same farm....
03 February 2015

NORWAY - An outbreak of sheep scab has been detected on alpaca in South Tøndelag....
13 November 2014

NORWAY – Veterinarians are leading a foot rot control campaign in Norway after a recent flare-up in the south of the country caused industry panic....
20 October 2014

NORWAY – Norway’s first cases of virulent footrot in 60 years should be blamed on imported stock coming into the country’s southern ports, a new thesis suggests....
26 August 2014

NORWAY - The Norwegian veterinary authority, Mattilsynet , has approved changes to the regulations on the ban on transferring live sheep from herds in Rogaland in a bid to combat foot rot....