ithastopay
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It worked no bother, made the job easier here.
These lads were clipped and treated before housing, seems to be a problem for me every year about 6-7 weeks into housing.If they have lice will clipping strip off backs suffice or would they need pour on too. Have hairy ones so would need to be clipped pre pour on I would think
These lads were clipped and treated before housing, seems to be a problem for me every year about 6-7 weeks into housing.
I won't use pouronsI was off a discussion group meeting today and we had a vet in giving us a talk. Anyway he was talking about dosing methods and he was telling us that tests done on worm pour ons showed that it was impossible for it to penetrate the skin and must only work if the cattle lick it off each others backs. He also talked about taking dung samples for testing to find out what they really need and not be under or over dosing.
This year I injected all the cattle for fluke and worms and I think it made a difference. For next year I'm going to take silage shite and soil samples and not be relying on guesswork.
I was off a discussion group meeting today and we had a vet in giving us a talk. Anyway he was talking about dosing methods and he was telling us that tests done on worm pour ons showed that it was impossible for it to penetrate the skin and must only work if the cattle lick it off each others backs. He also talked about taking dung samples for testing to find out what they really need and not be under or over dosing.
This year I injected all the cattle for fluke and worms and I think it made a difference. For next year I'm going to take silage shite and soil samples and not be relying on guesswork.
I was off a discussion group meeting today and we had a vet in giving us a talk. Anyway he was talking about dosing methods and he was telling us that tests done on worm pour ons showed that it was impossible for it to penetrate the skin and must only work if the cattle lick it off each others backs. He also talked about taking dung samples for testing to find out what they really need and not be under or over dosing.
This year I injected all the cattle for fluke and worms and I think it made a difference. For next year I'm going to take silage shite and soil samples and not be relying on guesswork.
Cheapest is injection
I use bimectin+ works out about £1.10a beast depending on size
My beast been in for months now so only adult flukeAh, I had looked at that, but It only covered adult fluke. It was coming in at €1.50 for a 400kg animal. I see it has come down in price recently.
£160 for 1250ml of bimectin+I use bimectin+ works out about £1.10a beast depending on size
So it's that time again. We dosed the store cattle this week for worms. In honesty, we used the leftover of what we dosed them with before they were housed. It worked well when they were housed. They did ok in the shed and they have thrived very well since they got out.
So we are planning on a dosing regime every 5 to 6 weeks. In honesty it's a lot of work - Impossible for me to do on my own and quite difficult with only the Mrs for help.
Is there any other option for a treatment that will work for a longer period of time?
Used the standard Bimectin on all the yearlings today, don't have a fluke problem so no need for the +version this early in the season.I use bimectin+ works out about £1.10a beast depending on size
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/env...-cow-pats-for-precious-dung-beetles-1.4264787Paper never refuses ink! That abstract above is a classic case of the Pharmaceutical companies doing their own studies and altering results to an extend to suit themselves so let the buyer be ware. That said, Ivomec has probably single been handily the best veterinary product of the past 25 years. It has been tried and trusted. The injection is without doubt a better option than pour on. But where do the parasites live? In the intestines (gut) and stomach, therefore a good oral dose will kill the majority of the worm burden but note. Do not mast treat animals pre turn out, only after 6-7 weeks at grazing. They need to pick up a certain level of worms so that their body recognises the parasite the next time they pick them up and have a decent level of tolerance against them. Otherwise if you treat them all before turn out the worms "think" that there's something trying to destroy their existence entirely and can't complete their life cycle. This leads to them alternated their evolution and then in 10 years time or less, they are resistant to the product. Therefore alter the product used every 2 years and also do FEC to see what worms the land has. Then ask your vet what the best product they have. A classic example is where farmers pre treated calves going out with Ivomec (contract reared dairy calves) and then the following year as heifers ready to bull the worm burden they picked up affected them much much more as they never had experience for the worms in their body and couldn't fight it
publicity will hopefully get people thinking about cutting back on the dosing. much i will say unneeded. Probably dose 5% of what we done 5 - 10 yrs ago. nearly all bought in cattle
Do you test or just visually assess what needs dosing?publicity will hopefully get people thinking about cutting back on the dosing. much i will say unneeded. Probably dose 5% of what we done 5 - 10 yrs ago. nearly all bought in cattle
Mostly visually assess with some profiling done aswell. As in young slip feeding cows from our region will more than likely need a fluke doseDo you test or just visually assess what needs dosing?