Lice

jd06

Hi all,
I was injecting the cattle today and noticed bald patches around their neck and over the tail
Any good products, also they are clipped down the back

blonde10

We find closmectin to be good,i think this mild weather is a factor also,sheds are stuffy stock are sweating a bit,alot of licking and scratching...shaving backs here today and closmectin should sort them..

Farmer Dan

Shaved backs today and done them with budox.
Used it last year and found it good.

Farmer Dan

Sorry , meant Butox .

Keep Sluicing

Farmer Dan wrote: »

Sorry , meant Butox .

Used butox last year and this year. Found it the best of whats available

GrasstoMilk

Keep Sluicing wrote: »

Used butox last year and this year. Found it the best of whats available

I used butox during the summer for flies found it useless tbh.
Used deltanil at housing for lice and the shine on the stock since they got it us unbelievable

orm0nd

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

I used butox during the summer for flies found it useless tbh.
Used deltanil at housing for lice and the shine on the stock since they got it us unbelievable

Deltanil and butox are both deltametrin based

Who2

If they are only getting their first treatment now I think you need to do them in a week again to get any eggs. I done all mine with closamectin a fortnight ago and shaved their backs today and done with spotinor. I’ll give all the cows and 2 bulls a dose of levafas diamond next week whether that’s right or wrong and a bag or two of lime should see out the rest of the winter.

cacs

I done them all with butox today i am going to do them again in a weeks time with tactik. Tactik is definitely the best value

blonde10

I done all today with closmectin plus clipping...and im also goin to replace all the vent sheeting around the shed and replace with timber lats about 1.5" apart to help with air flow,walked in the shed this morning the steam off them was unreal....stock couldn't thrive in that heat..

Odelay

blonde10 wrote: »

I done all today with closmectin plus clipping...and im also goin to replace all the vent sheeting around the shed and replace with timber lats about 1.5" apart to help with air flow,walked in the shed this morning the steam off them was unreal....stock couldn't thrive in that heat..

I think the vented sheeting is a nice marketing trick, but doesn’t get any real air flow. Hit and miss timber lest the air pass without a draft. Reggie has a nice job done on his calf’s shed with 4x1 and inch apart if I remember correctly.

blonde10

Ya i agree,vented sheeting gets clogged,not great,anybody using the green mesh wind breaker stuff how does that work...

Odelay

blonde10 wrote: »

Ya i agree,vented sheeting gets clogged,not great,anybody using the green mesh wind breaker stuff how does that work...

Reduces the wind somewhat but doesn’t stop the rain if there’s wind. The next gust of wind blows the water through. Never used it on animals, only in industry use.

Lady Haywire

Haven't had lice here in years and years. Airy shed though.
Clean the vented sheets each summer too, pain of a job but really notice the difference after they're scrubbed

RedPeppers

jd06 wrote: »

Hi all,
I was injecting the cattle today and noticed bald patches around their neck and over the tail
Any good products, also they are clipped down the back

That will be mange causing them patches. I use Taktic and find it good. Also shave backs of all houses cattle and have scratchers in which I think are great investment for the comfort they give to cattle

Hard Knocks

Would Megaject be suitable for mange

locha

Did my bunch with Ectospec today. Have to do them again in about 3 weeks time. For the boys who clip, do you have a battery clippers? How many cattle will a charge do?

blonde10

Mains clippers here,find it good,i do tails aswell,not sure how long the battery life would be on the other ones, suppose depend on how many...

Who2

locha wrote: »

Did my bunch with Ectospec today. Have to do them again in about 3 weeks time. For the boys who clip, do you have a battery clippers? How many cattle will a charge do?

The main issues with batteries are if they are not used regularly they loose their charging capacity. I only use mine occasionally hence the cable version.