Cattle dose

kollegeknight

Hi folks,

Have a few suckers. I have doses them for nothing yet. Running with bull about 8 weeks and only 2/6 in calf. Cattle look healthy enough and cycling. giving bull 3 more weeks before scanning again. But want to make sure they are dosed right also.

What should I be dosing them for this time of year?

Thanks in advance.

Never wrestle with pigs

You might have more Incalf than you think as sum may not be gone far enough yet. Is their dung loose?

Get a dung sample pot in your vets and take a sample, 6 cows per pot I think. This will tell you exactly what they have or haven't and you can target exactly what's needed.

kollegeknight

Some are loose enough. Have mineral buckets out with them. Thanks for that, will do. Do the samples take long to get back? Is it just go around the meadow and pick fresh dung at random?

Never wrestle with pigs

kollegeknight wrote: »

Some are loose enough. Have mineral buckets out with them. Thanks for that, will do. Do the samples take long to get back? Is it just go around the meadow and pick fresh dung at random?

Vet had mine back in a few days, ya that's it, you need very little, try get it fairly fresh.

kollegeknight

Thanks again, you're mighty