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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

PhD student Kayleigh Devine @moredunfoundation.bsky.social is studying how grazing management can be used for parasite control. We would like to hear from UK sheep and cattle farmers about their experiences. Please complete and share this survey! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/moredungro...

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Pasture management and grazing strategies on UK farms | Jisc Online Surveys

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

First day of our grazing experiment 2026 @moredunfoundation.bsky.social, comparing growth and worm infections in rotationally grazed and set stocked lambs. Decent weather and the lambs are looking gorgeous!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

One of our PhD students is looking at pasture management and parasite control in UK farms, and would like to hear from farmers about their current grazing and worm control practices. Please spread this survey far and wide! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/moredungro...

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Pasture management and grazing strategies on UK farms

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @glasgow.ac.uk, @hutton.ac.uk and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social! Find more details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Had a fab time at the @envirant.bsky.social workshop held @teagasc.bsky.social Ashtown this week. Nice workshop on measuring anthelmintics residues followed by two days of cracking talks on all things worm control. Met some of the nicest people too!

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The Moredun Foundation | Supporting Livestock Health @moredunfoundation.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

‼️NEW PUBLICATION ‼️ 🪱Targeted Selective Treatment (TST) can reduce anthelmintic use without compromising parasite control. 🔁 Share with your farming buddies to keep them up to date How do you control parasites on your farm? Let us know below ⬇️

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Working from home today, and made the terrible mistake (inspired decision) of making sure all the bird feeders were fully replenished...not much work happening, but delighted by what's happening outside!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Pleased that our new meta-analysis on targeted selective treatment for parasite control has been published online by Veterinary Parasitology! We analysed the impacts of TST on animal performance, infection and wormer use compared to other treatment methods: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland? Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social Reach out to chat more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Class day at the @soaysheep.bsky.social and @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social joint annual project meeting- loads of great talks and a chance to catch up with some of the loveliest folks.

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The Geordie Parasitologist @geordieparasit.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology *Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions* Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland PhD 1: bit.ly/Host-pathoge... PhD 2: bit.ly/Parasite-sca... @uoe-eid.bsky.social

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EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

*PhD opportunity @uniexecec.bsky.social* How does antimicrobial resistance spread through ecosystems? Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪 Please repost!

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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter, list...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Year 3 of our experiment looking at impacts of rotational grazing on sheep-parasite interactions is DONE! Huge amounts of data collected already (lamb growth, pasture mass, FEC), with a freezer full of samples ready to be attacked over winter… @phoebeacbeal.bsky.social @moredunfoundation.bsky.social

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Our article on the peri-parturient relaxation of immunity is out in Vet Para (experiment >10 years ago, before I arrived at Moredun!). Ewes show declines in Th1 & Th2 cytokines, but increased regulatory cytokine around lamb birth, explaining an increase in FEC: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Late pregnancy is associated with an increase in regulatory cytokines and a decline in nematode-specific antibody levels in sheep infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta

The gastrointestinal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta is a prevalent and economically important parasite of sheep. Sheep develop acquired immunity t…

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Our 2025 Sep issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews species sanitation & structural resilience in malaria control, animal trypanosomosis control, parasite genome organization, Leishmania attachment in sandflies, nonchemotherapeutic nematode control, tick & host microbiotas, parasitic neural manipulation &more

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Drs Miguel Peña-Espinoza @hannahvineer.bsky.social‬ @adhayward.bsky.social‬ Andrew Williams, Tom McNeilly & Stig Thamsborg review non-chemotherapeutic approaches for #gastrointestinal #nematode control in #ruminants. ‬ www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Set up a couple of baited pitfall traps to see what dung beetles we’ve got in our grazing trial at our research farm. Looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in a week’s time!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Lots of fun in the Moredun tent at the Royal Highland Show yesterday, chatting to folk about various project and showing them revolting things in jars. Nipped out for a bit to see some animals and get the obligatory Valais Blacknose pic

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Great fun dung beetle hunting in our grazing trial plots at Moredun with Kelly Jowett and Gen Kiero-Watson from @rothamsted.bsky.social yesterday! Should be the start of a great collab

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Lovely geotropid dung beetle on sheep poo on the path up Schiehallion at the weekend- with wee phoretic mite pal in tow!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Gearing up for our grazing trial with a look around the paddocks to see how the lambs are getting on- and also going into the sheds just because they’re cute up close 🙂

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Seriously plush remote office setup at grandma and granddad’s place

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Yesterday I turned 40 (FORTY! FOUR-OH!) for crying out loud. Never mind, my lovely colleagues @moredunfoundation.bsky.social were there to simultaneously soften the blow and take the mick out of me…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Not usual for us to be up at the farm in January- but it looked an absolute picture in the snow, set off beautifully by everyone’s favourite sheep dog!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Heading back to work today like…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Our office door, now with added 🐑 🎅

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Dave Ewing @daveewing.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology

Two sheep in a field overlaid with a schematic of a mathematical model

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Tell me you have a 3-year-old daughter without telling me you have a 3-year-old daughter…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Missing the annual Soay sheep project meeting for the first time since 2007 today. Happily, I get to spend it trying to feed laxatives to a 3-year-old…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Ugh, the BSP conference clashes with our girl’s birthday. There’s always WAAVP though…which clashes with our son’s birthday 😭 Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Fantastic PhD project with the awesome Amy Sweeny, making use of some very hard-won data

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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What a PhD project this is! Awesome department, brilliant supervisors and a fascinating topic…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Heading into Edinburgh for the @bioss.bsky.social annual meeting and looking forward to an afternoon of having my head exploded by mathematical models and proper stats by people who really aren’t just messing around!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Do you or your promising undergrad/MSc student fancy a PhD involving fun fieldwork, evolutionary theory and one of the best evo eco data sets out there? Then look no further than this one looking at the role of maternal effects in evolution in @SoaySheep! e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...