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Taking Faecal Samples

  • 24-03-2017 10:34PM
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    DJ98
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    Fairly new to this , but just wondering how does this work- what do you do/where to send it, Im thinking about it because we dose ewes and lambs every 3-4 months and am wondering are they being dosed for the correct worms.


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    rangler1
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    Fairly new to this , but just wondering how does this work- what do you do/where to send it, Im thinking about it because we dose ewes and lambs every 3-4 months and am wondering are they being dosed for the correct worms.

    OH does them here, gathers the lambs into the corner of the field, picks up 10 to 20 samples (about the size of a marble from each lamb)as they dung them, doesn't take long.
    We test them before and after each dose and if over 95% of the worms are gone, your dose is working.
    She tests samples for the neighbours so if you're from the midlands she'd do them for you too


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