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Dirty ended hoggetts.

  • 14-08-2018 6:08pm
    #1
    Bleating Lamb
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    Have some dry hoggetts that have got skittery looking of their backsides in the last few weeks,are on old pasture....(not real fresh lush grass) but I think it might be caused by fact that them developing dirty ends has coincided with return of rain and hence wet grass in the diet.
    Has anyone else noticed their adult sheep or lambs getting dirty of ends since the rain returned?

    Would it be an idea to give them a dose for roundworm and lungworms in case they need it?......seemingly with all the heat, worm burdens are higher than usual this Summer.


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  • #2
    Dinzee Conlee
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    Had hoggets that were dirty early in the year - put it down to grass...

    It lasted longer than it should have...

    Took a dung sample, gave it to the vet and they sent it off for analysis...

    Result was coccidiosis - which is unusual in hog I would have thought? It was not something I would have dosed for... gave em vecoxan, cleared it up straight away...

    So, my advice would be get a FEC done, as without it, you’ll only be guessing, and maybe not fixing the actual issue at all...


  • #3
    kk.man
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    Have some dry hoggetts that have got skittery looking of their backsides in the last few weeks,are on old pasture....(not real fresh lush grass) but I think it might be caused by fact that them developing dirty ends has coincided with return of rain and hence wet grass in the diet.
    Has anyone else noticed their adult sheep or lambs getting dirty of ends since the rain returned?

    Would it be an idea to give them a dose for roundworm and lungworms in case they need it?......seemingly with all the heat, worm burdens are higher than usual this Summer.
    Older people forecast this would happen after the drought from years of past prolonged warm spells.


  • #4
    Bleating Lamb
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    kk.man wrote: »
    Older people forecast this would happen after the drought from years of past prolonged warm spells.

    So do you reckon it’s the wet grass that’s causing it?....tbh that would be my thinking on it but taking a faecal sample might help.


  • #5
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,823 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    kk.man wrote: »
    Older people forecast this would happen after the drought from years of past prolonged warm spells.

    So do you reckon it’s the wet grass that’s causing it?....tbh that would be my thinking on it but taking a faecal sample might help.
    Im not standing on the fence but best practice is getting it analysed. It was mentioned a fair bit recent by older people who experienced the drought in 1976 etc that when rain did arrive worms in livestock was a issue.


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