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Ticks on lambs

  • 26-04-2016 11:54AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Was late getting my hands on scabbivax this year so done all lambs last Saturday but noticed a lot of them with ticks under their their legs (armpits)

    Have any of you seen this before and is there need to put a pour on on them or what.

    I would always like to get them off cattle but that would be from a red water avoidance point of view.

    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,743 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Had it before for one or two years on a new piece of rented ground. If they were pulled out head attached it was grand but the ones that didn't come out were a source of infection

    We blamed the 'roughness' of the grass haven't had any sign of them since. But not sure what got rid of them in the end


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭roosky


    ganmo wrote: »
    Had it before for one or two years on a new piece of rented ground. If they were pulled out head attached it was grand but the ones that didn't come out were a source of infection

    We blamed the 'roughness' of the grass haven't had any sign of them since. But not sure what got rid of them in the end

    I cant understand where they came from the lambs have only been on reseeded ground thats good quality not rough at all

    Suppose its just another job for the weekend


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