What would cattle around 15-16 months old need dosed for at this time of year? They were dosed with closamectin pour on in the spring. There’s no coughing or nothing out of them but just wondering what I should give them for peace of mind. Thanks.
Spend your money on faecal egg countsWhat would cattle around 15-16 months old need dosed for at this time of year? They were dosed with closamectin pour on in the spring. There’s no coughing or nothing out of them but just wondering what I should give them for peace of mind. Thanks.
We used levafas diamond on out cows last year, seems to have done the job nicelyAnyone thinking about winter dosing yet?
Had a problem this last while with a few calved heifers and cows becoming thin. It seemed to particularly affect anything that got a bit of stress - a cow that had a hard calving and a few heifers that had calves at foot. Symptoms were watery dung and animal becoming suddenly thin. We dosed for fluke and worms, gave minerals, took blood samples and then the vet took dung samples and put them under the microscope and gave a basic diagnosis of rumen fluke. We dosed any animal with symptoms (4 altogether). We removed young calves from 2 of the heifers and put the calves on meal mixed with milk powder. The heifers really went to nothing and only improved with a rumen fluke dose. Further dung samples were taken and sent to the lab where rumen fluke was showing very high in almost all animals in the last few weeks. We have just housed most of them and we are thinking about doing a blanket dose of all animals with levafas diamond in the next 10 days and possibly coming back over everything with a cheaper fluke and worm dose in 10 to 12 weeks time to hit anything the levafas diamond misses. It's not ideal to be blanket dosing with levafas diamond, but we do appear to have an infestation in some of our breeding animals which needs to be sorted out.
Anyone thinking about winter dosing yet?
Had a problem this last while with a few calved heifers and cows becoming thin. It seemed to particularly affect anything that got a bit of stress - a cow that had a hard calving and a few heifers that had calves at foot. Symptoms were watery dung and animal becoming suddenly thin. We dosed for fluke and worms, gave minerals, took blood samples and then the vet took dung samples and put them under the microscope and gave a basic diagnosis of rumen fluke. We dosed any animal with symptoms (4 altogether). We removed young calves from 2 of the heifers and put the calves on meal mixed with milk powder. The heifers really went to nothing and only improved with a rumen fluke dose. Further dung samples were taken and sent to the lab where rumen fluke was showing very high in almost all animals in the last few weeks. We have just housed most of them and we are thinking about doing a blanket dose of all animals with levafas diamond in the next 10 days and possibly coming back over everything with a cheaper fluke and worm dose in 10 to 12 weeks time to hit anything the levafas diamond misses. It's not ideal to be blanket dosing with levafas diamond, but we do appear to have an infestation in some of our breeding animals which needs to be sorted out.
Got PM done on young bull that's indoors about 3 months and I was surprised to see rumen fluke in small numbers in his stomach
I understand that it's natural to have rumen fluke in small numbers. They do little harm unless that are at a certain level. I'm not up to scratch with exact figures but our vet explained the dung sample results to me and pointed out that they were above the level where he would recommend dosing specifically for it.
In your case, him being indoors is an unusual case. You would have to wonder how he picked them up? I think the life cycle of them is 12 weeks.
Anyone thinking about winter dosing yet?
Had a problem this last while with a few calved heifers and cows becoming thin. It seemed to particularly affect anything that got a bit of stress - a cow that had a hard calving and a few heifers that had calves at foot. Symptoms were watery dung and animal becoming suddenly thin. We dosed for fluke and worms, gave minerals, took blood samples and then the vet took dung samples and put them under the microscope and gave a basic diagnosis of rumen fluke. We dosed any animal with symptoms (4 altogether). We removed young calves from 2 of the heifers and put the calves on meal mixed with milk powder. The heifers really went to nothing and only improved with a rumen fluke dose. Further dung samples were taken and sent to the lab where rumen fluke was showing very high in almost all animals in the last few weeks. We have just housed most of them and we are thinking about doing a blanket dose of all animals with levafas diamond in the next 10 days and possibly coming back over everything with a cheaper fluke and worm dose in 10 to 12 weeks time to hit anything the levafas diamond misses. It's not ideal to be blanket dosing with levafas diamond, but we do appear to have an infestation in some of our breeding animals which needs to be sorted out.
With relation to what parasite are you talking about?Doing an experiment here this autumn. Going to do a milk recording ourselves, number each sample and put lactation number on the bottle. Samples sent to lab. They will do 3 pooled samples. 1st lactation, 2nd lactation and 3rd + lactation. If we get a high reading in the 1st lactation cows then they will do individual samples to pick out the cows that need a dose.
If it works I'll be pushing the idea forward with my research topic, it'd be an idea that could be incorporated with milk recording.
That's is excessive unless your doing allot of testingZanil and closmectin is the combination here for all cattle going in to the shed .
Liver fluke and Oestriga (common stomach worms).With relation to what parasite are you talking about?
From buying cull cows, you can easily enough pick out over 80% of the cows with liver fluke on point of entry. Stomach worms shouldn't be an issue unless poor grazing management or you have developed an animal with little or no self defences.Liver fluke and Oestriga (common stomach worms).
Vet here said use noromectin with zanil as the zanil blocks the action of part of the closamectin.Zanil and closmectin is the combination here for all cattle going in to the shed .
From buying cull cows, you can easily enough pick out over 80% of the cows with liver fluke on point of entry. Stomach worms shouldn't be an issue unless poor grazing management or you have developed an animal with little or no self defences.
Probably 5/6 years since we were recommended this dosing combination by our vet . Used it every year since . God only knows what dosing if any these cattle got before coming here .That's is excessive unless your doing allot of testing
Probably 5/6 years since we were recommended this dosing combination by our vet . Used it every year since . God only knows what dosing if any these cattle got before coming here .
U hear alot about getting the dung tested did anyone here every send samples or were do u send them and how much it cost ???
High stocking rates will lend to higher rates of parasite loading in pastures. A few cows diseased will jeapordise the health status of the whole herd so finding a few cows that might need a dose is a good way to help break the cycle as the cows are going to be indoors. Not many farmers not dosing cows.From buying cull cows, you can easily enough pick out over 80% of the cows with liver fluke on point of entry. Stomach worms shouldn't be an issue unless poor grazing management or you have developed an animal with little or no self defences.