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Cattle still soft.

Farmer Dan · 2016-11-01 09:20:59

Hi everyone. I bought a bunch of cattle last Monday & to say they were skuttery when I brought them home would be a under statement. I had some animec super so I gave them a dose of it. That's a week ago yesterday & there still very soft. Should it have dried them up by now or should I do them for rumen fluke? There 1 &…

01-11-2016 9:20am

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Farmer Dan

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Hi everyone. I bought a bunch of cattle last Monday & to say they were skuttery when I brought them home would be a under statement. I had some animec super so I gave them a dose of it. That's a week ago yesterday & there still very soft. Should it have dried them up by now or should I do them for rumen fluke? There 1 & 1/2 year old.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 01-11-2016 10:23am

tanko

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It's only a week since you dosed them, if they weren't properly looked after by their previous owners it'll take a while for them to improve i reckon.
Rumen fluke treatments can be hard on cattle so I'd hold off for a bit on that.
Give your vet a call and see what they think.

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#3 01-11-2016 11:58am

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What they at grass or in on silage? Are you giving them any meal or beef nuts? If they are out on grass then 1.5-2 kg of rarion would help to dry them up.

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#4 02-11-2016 8:56pm

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Dung sampling a cross section of them would give you an idea of if there is a remaining parasite problem to tackle.

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