Price of Vecoxan

Good loser

Price of €270 for 2.5l of that stuff seems outrageous.

Can it be got cheaper? Anyone know the price abroad?

whelan2

Are you using it for calves or sheep? Use bovicox here now. One dose system. Works out cheaper and I think its better than vecoxan

Mooooo

There is a generic version of baycox bovis can't think of the name it's half the price of the baycox but that would still be similar in price to the vecoxan.

Good loser

whelan2 wrote: »

Are you using it for calves or sheep? Use bovicox here now. One dose system. Works out cheaper and I think its better than vecoxan

For calves, whelan 2. I generally get away with one dose.

Welding Rod

Vet told me Baycox should not be used as a preventive measure. Vecoxan ok for that purpose.
If Baycox used early season as preventive and animal subsequently gets a bout of coccidiosis later in the year, cure is more difficult.

greysides

Mooooo wrote: »

There is a generic version of baycox bovis can't think of the name it's half the price of the baycox but that would still be similar in price to the vecoxan.

As a matter of curiosity, investigate the price that Osmonds are selling their generic Baycox for. I think it's called Ridacox.

pedigree 6

greysides wrote: »

As a matter of curiosity, investigate the price that Osmonds are selling their generic Baycox for. I think it's called Ridacox.

Great name.

greysides

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Great name.

Hmmm, maybe I just made it up......................:D


No, I think that IS the name, just that I'm not 100% about it.:)

Mooooo

From what age can you give the baycox greysides? Have autumn born calves out at the minute and the bastard crows are around all the time. I hate the fcukers

Mooooo

greysides wrote: »

As a matter of curiosity, investigate the price that Osmonds are selling their generic Baycox for. I think it's called Ridacox.

This was off the vets, had a Spanish name I think. Something like 125 for a litre, think the baycox is over 200

greysides

Mooooo wrote: »

From what age can you give the baycox greysides? Have autumn born calves out at the minute and the bastard crows are around all the time. I hate the fcukers

It needs to be given after the calves have been exposed but before they show signs, so that's the criterion rather than age. Usually around three weeks old, or about a week before signs are normally expected. The manufacturers don't want it used in calves over 80 Kg either as it's toxic to plants.

Crows are only likely to mechanically transfer infection which I'd view as an almost insignificant risk seeing as the source of infection is most likely going to be one of the cows. Coccidia species are host specific, so poultry species will not infect calves; indeed, some of the poultry species are so specific you can identify them by which area of the chicken's gut they affect.



There's some general info here on the disease.