What is pour on?

eamon11

and when an how should it be done?

new farmer here

tks a lot

Eamon

bbam

eamon11 wrote: »

and when an how should it be done?

new farmer here

tks a lot

Eamon

Pour on is an administration method for medicines such as fluke & worm, lice treatment etc..

They can be by a pour-on product, injection or administered orally..

We tried pour-on a few times and weren't happy with the results..
Now we use injection or oral drench, alternating every other time..

Pour-on would be a handy method of treating a bull, but that's as far as it goes as far as i'm concerned.

Bizzum

eamon11 wrote: »

and when an how should it be done?

new farmer here

tks a lot

Eamon

bbam is on the money.

Have a good read of the product leaflet that comes with them for application rates/procedure. Depending on the product some are administered from the crown of the head and along to the tailhead, others in a single spot. Nearly all you need to know would be on the leaflet!

A dear but handy way of dosing wild cattle if your not in the whole of your health.

KatyMac

I find pour on handy because I wouldn't always have help to dose.
I use Bayticol to keep ticks at bay to prevent red water - it goes on down the back bone and as far as I can see if rain fast very quickly.
Some of them need to be put on dry cattle and needs a couple of hours to dry in (not always the easiest to get in Ireland).
It's also very useful if you have any difficult holding animals, arthritis in hands etc.
I saw a documentary on TV abouit a man (I think in the North of England). He was in a wheelchair and used pour on as his dosing routine and was happy that he was able to farm without having to look for help all the time.

keep going

at farmwalk lately and they said pourons invertamines are better than injectables for lice even in the same product

eddiek

i am an inexperienced farmer.we have a small bunch of 18 month to 2 year old bullocks, a few of them from last year ,a few bought in spring. a few with a bit of a cough now.what dose/injection should i give them? something like levacide or maybe ivomec? and what at housing in a few months?thanks.

bbam

Fluke and worm is what you need.
I'd be using an injectable for those size lads. Ibermack was the last injection I used and thought it good.

You should do them now and then again 4 weeks after housing. Wait 4 weeks after housing and you will get better paracite control.

Our stock would be smaller, we use an oral drench when they are out and the injection when they are in. If possible try to alternate treatments as it prevents any resistance building up, that was advice from my vet a few years ago and to me it make sense.

Pour on would be tempting for your animals but beware that it is adversely affected by any rain in the following days.

oldsmokey

we use Mastermectin pour-on, E90 will do 100 animals..5 litres i think. find it good, used abacare during summer, bought of vets..cost 140..to do 40 animals!!!thats a lesson we wont repeat..pouron is rainfast in 3-4 hours..

1chippy

We used panacur for the worms a couple of weeks ago and then dosed with tribex on Monday for fluke. wouldnt usually do for fluke this time of year but due to the weather we did. we will follow up with an ivermectin injection a couple of weeks after housing.