tinman
Very Senior Member
for the last 10 yrs or so ive been giving my suckler cows "all sure" bolus's.
like a lot of things you throw down their throat you would wonder if the money is worth it, but i also know that i randomly blood sample 4 of them every 2 yrs or so and on the last test just a month ago they came back all in good health and no deficiencies, so the bolus must be doing something right which is good news.
your really supposed to give them a bolus ( which is actually 2 parts) every 6 mths, so two shots a year, i dont do that here, they get one a year, its enough imo and seems to be working all along.
my mate was cleaning down one of the creeps the other day and found one part of the bolus he gave to the cow 6 mths ago half gone lying in the pen.
he was chatting a man yesterday and the chat came up abut bolus's and he was saying he often found a half used one in the fields when he would be out checking the cows.
so i ask this, just how many of these bolus's are staying down and how many arent and either being lost in the field or down through the slat.
they arent supposed to come back, and should only sit in the first stomach if im right.
i dont mind giving them the bolus, as to how many are chucking them back up i dont know but id rather give them something that they wont cough up.
is there a better bolus that covers all the bases for a suckler cow out there, what do the rest of ye use if any do?.
anyone had similar experiences?.
like a lot of things you throw down their throat you would wonder if the money is worth it, but i also know that i randomly blood sample 4 of them every 2 yrs or so and on the last test just a month ago they came back all in good health and no deficiencies, so the bolus must be doing something right which is good news.
your really supposed to give them a bolus ( which is actually 2 parts) every 6 mths, so two shots a year, i dont do that here, they get one a year, its enough imo and seems to be working all along.
my mate was cleaning down one of the creeps the other day and found one part of the bolus he gave to the cow 6 mths ago half gone lying in the pen.
he was chatting a man yesterday and the chat came up abut bolus's and he was saying he often found a half used one in the fields when he would be out checking the cows.
so i ask this, just how many of these bolus's are staying down and how many arent and either being lost in the field or down through the slat.
they arent supposed to come back, and should only sit in the first stomach if im right.
i dont mind giving them the bolus, as to how many are chucking them back up i dont know but id rather give them something that they wont cough up.
is there a better bolus that covers all the bases for a suckler cow out there, what do the rest of ye use if any do?.
anyone had similar experiences?.