Fluke in weanlings

vanderbadger

notice alot of my calves coughing lately, should calves be dosed for fluke or is there some minimum age that they should be defore getting dosed?

Sam Kade

If they are coughing you should dose them for hoose or lungworms as it is better known.

krazyklown

hiya, coughing is generally caused by lungworms. Try an ivermectin based injection like noromectin / bimectin / ecomectin all the same just different manufacturers. 1 ml per 50kg under the skin, no harm to give a ml extra to give them a good dose or use the pour on if it suits ya better.
the reccomended dosing regime for calves born in sheds is something like three, six and nine weeks post turnout (not sure if they are exactly the right figures). Dunno if that is practised on most farms or not. The danger now is that if they are suffering lung damage they might be more easily susceptible to pneumonia especially around weaning. depends on the situation.

Fluke is more complicated, shouldnt be a problem if you have good upland as fluke requires a snail to complete its lifecycle and these snails tend to live in lowland. if they were grazing since spring time theres a possibilty they might have fluke but as far as i know the symptoms arent as obvious as lungworms. fluke reaches maturity at 12 weeks so if they picked up fluke around may or june it would be at its mature stage now and shedding eggs.

vanderbadger

krazyklown wrote: »

hiya, coughing is generally caused by lungworms. Try an ivermectin based injection like noromectin / bimectin / ecomectin all the same just different manufacturers. 1 ml per 50kg under the skin, no harm to give a ml extra to give them a good dose or use the pour on if it suits ya better.
the reccomended dosing regime for calves born in sheds is something like three, six and nine weeks post turnout (not sure if they are exactly the right figures). Dunno if that is practised on most farms or not. The danger now is that if they are suffering lung damage they might be more easily susceptible to pneumonia especially around weaning. depends on the situation.

Fluke is more complicated, shouldnt be a problem if you have good upland as fluke requires a snail to complete its lifecycle and these snails tend to live in lowland. if they were grazing since spring time theres a possibilty they might have fluke but as far as i know the symptoms arent as obvious as lungworms. fluke reaches maturity at 12 weeks so if they picked up fluke around may or june it would be at its mature stage now and shedding eggs.

good info..thanks

phancydan

If lands are in a limestone region are fluke less likely to survive? If i remember my biology from school they struggle at the acidic side of the pH scale. Any whisses able to confirm this?