Medication for lambs

EP90

A search didn’t throw up anything useful so..
Looking for what medication I need to give my 10 day old lambs and when. Any suggestions on which product and how to keep the cost down for dosing just 4 lambs as regards ‘use by’.
I’m thinking its Clostridia first, ticks/flies, Fluke then worms as necessary.

DMAXMAN

EP90 wrote: »

A search didn’t throw up anything useful so..
Looking for what medication I need to give my 10 day old lambs and when. Any suggestions on which product and how to keep the cost down for dosing just 4 lambs as regards ‘use by’.
I’m thinking its Clostridia first, ticks/flies, Fluke then worms as necessary.

as regards clostridia they should have immunity from the ewes/colostrum for 6 weeks. that would also be around the age for their first dose covering nematodirus and stomach worms. after that they probably will need a dose every 3-4 weeks for worms. they wont need a fluke dose until late autumn. for flies you generally treat before they get attacked first so depends on the weather but probably around mid june or even a little earlier.number of different pour ons on the market so depends on price and how close lambs are to sale which you use. most doses/pour ons/ vaccines come in biggish packs so you are going to be hard pushed to use them by best before dates. I suggest that you find a local sheep farmer and ask would he sell you enough each time for what you want. in my case I would gladly give it free to someone in your situation for a little bit of help now and again at sheep, maybe shearing or dipping times

EP90

Most helpful, thanks.