dose for Fluke and Worm???

max12

just wonderin if may of you dose for fluke and worm at this time of year.

i just did mine for worms but did not do for fluke . wud ye also do cows, calves, bullocks etc.

what do you use for the fluke and worm. i used an injection called bemectin , not sur if its any good.


sorry for all the questiosns

Storminateacup

we used stuff that you squirt into their mouth, it was a really light blue colour. they hated the taste of it too. should have seen their faces after it.

Dunedin

I would always do for worms at least once per grazing season (except cows - don't think older cows need worming).

I do the young calves twice over the grazing season for worms too.

For me re fluke, I generally go on the year. last summer being so dry, don't think I dont at all for fluke over the grazing season but would definitely do all stock pre housing for fluke.

I guess I should prob do them during the grazing season too for fluke.

greendiesel123

I done over 300 ewes 4 weeks ago with new combo dose called 'Levafas' it covers for both fluke nd worm nd can be used on cows & sheep. With this wet weather every farmer should cover for both f & w. I noticed a big difference in the thrive of ewes dosed compared the ones which were not covered!! 'dunedin' is correct in saying that you dont need to dose older animals because they will have good resistancy, however, if it were me I would cover all stock that in the same grazing area to illiminate the fluke.

st1979

Animals don't build up resistance to fluke so if its a flukey farm or year everything needs to be done. Worms are different an animal builds up some resistance but from trials dairy cows which everyone said would be fully resistant to worms. When dosed showed an increase in milk yield.
Apparently all the cows livers in the factories are being condemed cause of fluke over the last few wet years

Bodacious

Anyone using the above pour on product? thick blue liquid supposed to cover the lot, fluke, worms etc? Expensive enough though?!! Any good?

Like all of them i suppose, i vary products year on year. ie trodax and ivomec classic pour on .... ivomec super....Fasinex and oral worm drench

what happen

Bodacious wrote: »

Anyone using the above pour on product? thick blue liquid supposed to cover the lot, fluke, worms etc? Expensive enough though?!! Any good?

Like all of them i suppose, i vary products year on year. ie trodax and ivomec classic pour on .... ivomec super....Fasinex and oral worm drench

ya i did all the cattle with it last summer and was happy with it.i used the levafas diamond last year 8 weeks after housing it does the rumen fluke as well.that what i was told to buy in the vets. i used the ivomec super the year before at housing and the vet said it was the best to kill lice.i was very happy with it and it covered everything.

49801

use noromectin mostly during the summer and switch to closomectin for young stocks winter dose.
worked it out the other day that using closomectin injectable was only a little more expensive than seperate injections of noromectin and trodax... so not worth the bother of separate injections for young stock. tend to do dry cows a couple of weeks after housing with oral drench, albex. its a hassle but a lot less expensive than other metods. also started using a hook drencher which made it a far easier job.

i see its recommended to dose with noromectin every 5 weeks. but i would think thats more for dairy type calves?

going to dose young stock more regularly here as weights could be a little better and injectable's only cost about 60cent for a 350kg animal per dose. so i see it as cheap weight gain.

vanderbadger

see most of my younger cattle (year olds) fairly loose since going out..gave them a shot of this stuff last weekend, animec super
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