Cattle dosing

jag con

Hi all im just wondering what dosing do you do on each year. Lets say from when there bought in March and turned out and then sold in November.

Would it be a good idea to dose them before turn out as you would not know what dosing they had before you bought them

JC

TUBBY

It depends what age cattle you are buying etc and if they are from marts or from a farm where you know the dosing regime.

In general, I would always assume that cattle need full dosing if bought in regardless of what you are told. For small money, you are ensuring full thrive.
Best off dose them as soon as you get them rather than upsetting them by bringing them in again.

Depends what you want to do but the most cost effective dose is the Oral white drench (Tramazole or any of them) which does worms and also fluke. If you use the angled dosing gun it is a one man job as you dont need to catch them.
You are talking EUR70-80 for the drench to do 50 forward stores.
The other thing is that the albendazole drenches are generally better for cattle riddled with worms cause it is a slower killer than the ivermectin wormers. That means that there is less risk of pneumonia from coughing.
You would need something like the Bimeda ectospec (EUR30) for lice, flies etc.

After six weeks, if you see any with poor thrive, you could dose them again. Also, may need copper injection if coats are poor.

Alternatively, you could do a pour-on for all (Closamectin).
the Closemectin is very dear though and if you dont mind the hassle of doing the dosing, it is a better job and much cheaper.

Hope this helps. Plenty of options anyway and just depends what you prefer

jag con

TUBBY wrote: »

It depends what age cattle you are buying etc and if they are from marts or from a farm where you know the dosing regime.

In general, I would always assume that cattle need full dosing if bought in regardless of what you are told. For small money, you are ensuring full thrive.
Best off dose them as soon as you get them rather than upsetting them by bringing them in again.

Depends what you want to do but the most cost effective dose is the Oral white drench (Tramazole or any of them) which does worms and also fluke. If you use the angled dosing gun it is a one man job as you dont need to catch them.
You are talking EUR70-80 for the drench to do 50 forward stores.
The other thing is that the albendazole drenches are generally better for cattle riddled with worms cause it is a slower killer than the ivermectin wormers. That means that there is less risk of pneumonia from coughing.
You would need something like the Bimeda ectospec (EUR30) for lice, flies etc.

After six weeks, if you see any with poor thrive, you could dose them again. Also, may need copper injection if coats are poor.

Alternatively, you could do a pour-on for all (Closamectin).
the Closemectin is very dear though and if you dont mind the hassle of doing the dosing, it is a better job and much cheaper.

Hope this helps. Plenty of options anyway and just depends what you prefer

Tahnks Tubby thats sound advice there i think i will get the closamectin pour on 250ml will do my for a couple of animals dosed twice if they need