CT Scanning

SAC will again be offering a mobile CT scanner service in 2010, to complement the CT service in Edinburgh. This will be based at Nottingham University’s campus at Sutton Bonington. We will also be able to offer dates at Aberystwyth University if enough lambs can be booked in for this location.

CT scanning your lambs provides several benefits to your flock:

• Use of CT to help identify elite lambs, amongst homebred ram lambs, to choose stock sires, has led to very high rates of genetic gain in many leading recorded flocks

• CT provides the only authenticated way to assess gigot muscularity and have it evaluated by Signet

• CT data and images provide a valuable way to support the promotion of recorded rams at sales

• CT scanning provides a great way to assess the genetic merit of less well recorded bloodlines

• Results are sent to Signet for inclusion in the database

• Breeders receive CT results and predictions for individual lambs as well as a breed average for the year

Please contact us if there are other times that would suit your flock better and we will try to accommodate you.

Price for CT Scanning in Edinburgh for 2010 is £55 per ram
Price for CT Scanning in Nottingham for 2010 is £85 per ram

Subsidy from EBLEX/HCC for 2010 is £55 per Ram
Subsidy from QMS for 2010 is £50 per Ram.
We recommend that all members CT Scan to enhance their BLUP figures.

• SAC will raise an invoice to the Society which will already have the subsidies deducted which will be recharged to the member. SAC will then reclaim the subsidy from the levy board. This reduces the amount of invoices raised between organisations and Members.

• To allow the mobile CT scanning service to be offered in 2010 SAC need to coordinate and scan larger batches of lambs; 91 lambs over a minimum 2 day scanning period.

• Therefore, to take full advantage of this new service, and help achieve the maximum genetic potential of your flock and breed, please book your lambs in for CT scanning in 2010 as early as possible, contact the Society office or Kirsty Mclean at SAC.
  

CT Scanning Sheep Update 2009

CT Scanning Questionnaire

If you reside in England and used the CT Scanning service in 2009 please assist SAC in establishing whether they can continue to offer CT at more than one site in the by completing the short questionnaire below.

CT Questionnaire