Ozzy Scott
Well-Known Member
There was never a rumen fluke issue with cows here until the last 2 years. We lost 1 cow with it and 3 more came close to death as a result of loss of body condition.
The old man puts it down to a change in dosing practice. Up to 3 or 4 years ago, every cow here was dosed with a table spoon of bluestone dissolved in water upon housing. It's something that we are strongly considering going back to. Not advocating it for anyone here, but was a traditional method for fluke treatment. Lads used to leave a solid block of it in a river above cattle drinking points so that it dissolved into the water as it flowed across it and it was said to be a great treatment for fluke.
Adequate supplies of copper are very important. worms/fluke do not like a stomach that has adequate copper levels ingested.