beef dosing regieme

karolmc100

Any ideas on what is best dosing plan to follow at/post turnout

Cavanjack

karolmc100 wrote: »

Any ideas on what is best dosing plan to follow at/post turnout

Age and type of stock?

karolmc100

2017 heifers
2018 bulll weanlings

Welding Rod

karolmc100 wrote: »

2017 heifers
2018 bulll weanlings

Dose nothing here unless and until a few in the bunch show a need for intervention other than for fluke dose at housing.
Allways wait for coughing to start or scoury arse to show before dosing.
I could by totally wrong of course in my method.

Anto_Meath

Dose all after they are in about a month around Christmas with Closamectin. Dose noting letting them out as they should be OK as the dose after housing should have killed all bugs. (If i see one that I think needs something then I would give that individual something) When they are out about a month I give them copper and shot of Bimectin plus or Albex depending on what I think they need. I am not saying what I am doing is correct but it seems to work for me. Anything I buy in at this time of year I would be giving them Closamectin on arrival as I wouldn't know their history and I find its a good cover all dose, expensive though.

kk.man

Anto_Meath wrote: »

Dose all after they are in about a month around Christmas with Closamectin. Dose noting letting them out as they should be OK as the dose after housing should have killed all bugs. (If i see one that I think needs something then I would give that individual something) When they are out about a month I give them copper and shot of Bimectin plus or Albex depending on what I think they need. I am not saying what I am doing is correct but it seems to work for me. Anything I buy in at this time of year I would be giving them Closamectin on arrival as I wouldn't know their history and I find its a good cover all dose, expensive though.

I buy alot of cattle at this time and like you I use
Closamectin. I don't know their history and it covers everthing. It maybe expensive but it's a great insurance policy imo.

Cavanjack

Year old bulls and younger that are being bought since early spring and these days get Levefas diamond on arrival. A shot for black leg and a shot of copper when going out to grass. They'll get bimectin in July/August. That's it till housing.

Bullocks

Cavanjack wrote: »

Year old bulls and younger that are being bought since early spring and these days get Levefas diamond on arrival. A shot for black leg and a shot of copper when going out to grass. They'll get bimectin in July/August. That's it till housing.

Do they need the booster shot for black leg?

Cavanjack

Bullocks wrote: »

Do they need the booster shot for black leg?

By right yeah but we never give it. Some hassle gathering them all again after 3 weeks to do them again.

L1985

I was told today that closmaectin now has a 58day withdrawal period. That makes dosing animals on the risky side as of something goes wrong with the animal you can’t factory them. Also if buying in an animal you would have to keep them for more then the 30 days if You wanted to sell them to the factory. I was surprised more publicity isn’t done about this although maybe I missed it.