shearing & scab

Lano Lynn

a number of flocks that I normally shear have had scab in the past winter .don't want to infect other clients flocks or my own.how can I be sure they are clean?.would leave them till last but they are usually some of the first flocks clipped

any thoughts ?

J.O. Farmer

You say they had scab. Presumably they were treated and don't have it now so there should be now problem.
Isn't scab caused by mites. If you wanted to be extra safe you could try to kill any mites that might be on the shears after you've finished. Could you spray the shears with an insecticide after you've finished or could you leave the handpiece of the shears in a freezer for a day or something.

Lano Lynn

Dragging this up again,

If you vaguely doubt your sheep have sheep scab have a bit of responsibility and tell your shearing contractor .

Get your sheep dipped BEFORE they are to be clipped

I clipped a flock this week only to discover they had scab when we were half way through them !

all gear had to be powerhosed with dip (a days clipping lost)

had I not copped it I could easily have dragged it around to my other clients!

just think next customer has 250 ewes with approx 400 april lambs giving six -eight weeks for the infection to be diagnosed and a further 6 weeks for treatment/withdrawl .
Treatment costs and loss of sales really Fu*ks them up.

PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES COP
ON AND TAKE SCAB SERIOUSLY
(AND SHEARERS)

Country lad

always power wash sheep here couple of times a year with dip lot handier than dipping or plunge dipping as ewes are so cute hard to get them in sheep race plus inject them as well in october

Lano Lynn

Country lad wrote: »

always power wash sheep here couple of times a year with dip lot handier than dipping or plunge dipping as ewes are so cute hard to get them in sheep race plus inject them as well in october

showering does not control scab.

double dipping or double injections of ivomec or dectomax or cydectin does

Country lad

Lano Lynn wrote: »

showering does not control scab.

double dipping or double injections of ivomec or dectomax or cydectin does

inject with ivomec in october as well as for me never had scab in sheep here suppose everybody is different as when buy in sheep inject them straight away

Lano Lynn

Country lad wrote: »

inject with ivomec in october as well as for me never had scab in sheep here suppose everybody is different as when buy in sheep inject them straight away

100% correct if everyone did this we would not have a problem

dectomax and cydectin more effective

it is so fn simple it is what makes it so infuriating.

The three Eyes,

import, inject, isolate

(i should copywrite that):D