Lamb Dosing

karolmc100

Just a query as to what would be best to dose scouring lambs at this stage of the year.

wrangler

karolmc100 wrote: »

Just a query as to what would be best to dose scouring lambs at this stage of the year.

The advice is to use a cheap white dose this time of the year but any dose will work.
It's better to use a white dose at the start of the year and then change to the yellow or clear doses for the rest of the year

karolmc100

When you say cheap white dose cud you recommend in particular.Also what primarily should i be looking to control.

charolais0153

karolmc100 wrote: »

Just a query as to what would be best to dose scouring lambs at this stage of the year.

Is it grey or blood through it? Xould it be coccidiosos

karolmc100

Lambs are out at grass just looks like standard black black scour

wrangler

karolmc100 wrote: »

When you say cheap white dose cud you recommend in particular.Also what primarily should i be looking to control.

Nematodirus is main parasite in lambs over 5 weeks old this time of the year,
Any of the doses with Benzimidazole in it is often just referred to as a ''white dose''
It's very effective against nematodirus but a lot of farms are finding it useless on the common worms later in the year, hence the advice to use it now and change
to a yellow ( levamisole ) or clear dose ( ivermectin, moxidectin, doramectin). later
We don't specify any product when buying, they're all the same, we just look for a white dose
Here's some reading for ya

https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/about/farm-advisory/kerry---limerick/Dose-Lambs-for-Nematodirus.pdf

Lambman

Use zerofen here as the first dose as I usually get it free when ordering stuff from the chanelle agent.

Vote4Napoleon

For the few quid it would cost maybe a ring sample would be best. If it's blood scour u wanna be hitting it hard and early. We've had fierce trouble with coccidosis knocks the stuffing out of lambs, having the look of a gud 40kg lamb but only weighing 30kg