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Caledonian Mart offers dipping service to help with sheep scab

With sheep scab reaching worrying levels in Scotland, Caledonian Marts锘� at Stirling is trialling a sheep dipping service at its store and breeding sheep sales

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Left to right: Sheep auctioneer Nick North, dipping contractor Jamie Galbraith, and Caledonian Mart's managing director Oliver Shearman.
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Left to right: Sheep auctioneer Nick North, dipping contractor Jamie Galbraith, and Caledonian Mart's managing director Oliver Shearman.

Buyers at Caledonian Marts can opt in to have the sheep dipped before leaving the mart, and they are separated out as they leave the ring. Oliver Shearman, managing director of Caledonian Marts...

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