Ewes scratching

Username John

Hello all,

My ewes are scratching like hell, with one or two beginning to get a few bald patches in the usual places around the shoulder and belly...

I will dose / inject em as they go after lambing (I don't want to inject em before lambing)

What's the best thing to use - I used cydectin before, but I thought there was something better out there which treated worms and external parasites?

Any opinions on what ye would use (subject to usual disclaimers of ye all not being vets, etc, etc)

razor8

Hi UJ, would have thought cydectin would be the best product but very expensive. There's similar products but I think you may have to inject twice 10 days apart.
Injected my own with cydectin this year after some we're scratching and seemed to stop after 10 days or so. I think it was live but not sure. Always has the benefit of lowering worm burdens on turnout but others may feel its a road to resistance

Any lambs yet apart from early ones?

Username John

razor8 wrote: »

Hi UJ, would have thought cydectin would be the best product but very expensive. There's similar products but I think you may have to inject twice 10 days apart.
Injected my own with cydectin this year after some we're scratching and seemed to stop after 10 days or so. I think it was live but not sure. Always has the benefit of lowering worm burdens on turnout but others may feel its a road to resistance

Any lambs yet apart from early ones?

Hi Razor,

We have 6 lambs so far. We won't have a big crop of lambs this year am afraid tho, scanning was poor enough...

I'm off now for the next 2 weeks for lambing, hopefully this weather will continue, it's unreal...
Grass is finally started to come on...

So cydectin is the job. I thought I heard someone mention something else, but I might have dreamt that too

Are you lambin yerself?

waalaa

You can use Zearl should be cheaper than cydectin and you only need to inject them once.

http://www.animalfarmacy.ie/products/detail/livestock/cattle/wormer/24216/zearl-200ml-injectable-for-cattle-sheep

Vandy West

Used noromectin, need to inject any ones with scab twice, only give one dose to one's without obvious symptoms. Biggest problem is sheep go nuts after getting injection and start backing down the race, butting into you when trying to inject the next one.

sea12

Username John wrote: »

Hi Razor,

We have 6 lambs so far. We won't have a big crop of lambs this year am afraid tho, scanning was poor enough...

I'm off now for the next 2 weeks for lambing, hopefully this weather will continue, it's unreal...
Grass is finally started to come on...

So cydectin is the job. I thought I heard someone mention something else, but I might have dreamt that too

Are you lambin yerself?

How did u manage 2 weeks hols when u just started the new job.

Hopefully they all lamb for u now in the 2 weeks without too much hassle.

Username John

sea12 wrote: »

How did u manage 2 weeks hols when u just started the new job.

Hopefully they all lamb for u now in the 2 weeks without too much hassle.

Hi Sea,

I told em in the interview I had 2 weeks holidays booked.
I didn't tell em the holidays were lambing ewes.
i was working for 2 weeks. 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off - its the right way to work

I think almost 90% were raddled within the first service, so hopefully they'll all lamb in the two weeks.
After that, they'll just have to manage themselves...

Username John

waalaa wrote: »

You can use Zearl should be cheaper than cydectin and you only need to inject them once.

http://www.animalfarmacy.ie/products/detail/livestock/cattle/wormer/24216/zearl-200ml-injectable-for-cattle-sheep

Hi Waala,

Dectomax (now Zearl) - that's what I heard of before.
Might see if I can get that, if tis cheaper like you say.
Cheers.

Conmaicne Mara

If you change and go for Cydectin I believe there's two versions of it, a 1% and a 2%, used for prevention and for treatment. I had a thread on it before and Teagasc advisor got in touch with someone working for the company.

grassroot1

I thought the injectables only killed one type of lice(sucking or biting not sure which) and scab. When we had compulsory dipping I think it helped a lot with lice as well as scab.

Lano Lynn

is it lice or scab
pull a tuft of wool check it under a magnifying glass lice easily visible
if its lice vector pouron works reasonably well
injectables not effective for lice.

scab at this stage would be a real disaster lambs will also be infected injecting ewes while essential will just buy time everything will have to be injected again when lambs are old enough.

razor8

Username John wrote: »

Hi Razor,

We have 6 lambs so far. We won't have a big crop of lambs this year am afraid tho, scanning was poor enough...

I'm off now for the next 2 weeks for lambing, hopefully this weather will continue, it's unreal...
Grass is finally started to come on...

So cydectin is the job. I thought I heard someone mention something else, but I might have dreamt that too

Are you lambin yerself?

Off next two weeks too, have 50 lambed so far, a few loses but nothing major, very happy so far,
lambing all over the place this evening, 7 lambed in last two hours, there going out next morning after they lamb, not much grass around here but seeing a few shoots.

Conmaicne Mara

grassroot1 wrote: »

I thought the injectables only killed one type of lice(sucking or biting not sure which) and scab. When we had compulsory dipping I think it helped a lot with lice as well as scab.

Agree, getting rid of compulsory dipping was a bad idea.

Cran

razor8 wrote: »

Off next two weeks too, have 50 lambed so far, a few loses but nothing major, very happy so far,
lambing all over the place this evening, 7 lambed in last two hours, there going out next morning after they lamb, not much grass around here but seeing a few shoots.

Ye are all getting me giddy starting 29th here and I'm off for two weeks from the 28th. Isn't it amazing how we enjoy taking two weeks off to lamb ewes and work even harder:D

sea12

Cran wrote: »

Ye are all getting me giddy starting 29th here and I'm off for two weeks from the 28th. Isn't it amazing how we enjoy taking two weeks off to lamb ewes and work even harder:D

Yep after a week you'll be looking to go back to the day job. !!

Conmaicne Mara

Cran wrote: »

Ye are all getting me giddy starting 29th here and I'm off for two weeks from the 28th. Isn't it amazing how we enjoy taking two weeks off to lamb ewes and work even harder:D

That is late lambing for your part of the world, no?

Cran

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

That is late lambing for your part of the world, no?

Little bit but suits me and I keep ewes out and lamb outside lessening the workload.