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Cows Coughing

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  • 10-10-2020 5:34pm
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    Monty Man
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Going to house and dry off my milkers at the end of the month. A lot of cows coughing. I presume i need to treat for fluke and worms. What is the best product to use ?


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    degetme
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    Monty Man wrote: »
    Going to house and dry off my milkers at the end of the month. A lot of cows coughing. I presume i need to treat for fluke and worms. What is the best product to use ?

    Dont rule out ibr and RSV and p13


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    tismesoitis
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    Monty Man wrote: »
    Going to house and dry off my milkers at the end of the month. A lot of cows coughing. I presume i need to treat for fluke and worms. What is the best product to use ?

    Get faecal samples tested.


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    Gods Gift
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    Coworona Virus.


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    Monty Man
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Monty Man


    Good idea. Thanks


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    RobinBanks
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    Exact same issue here. Suckler cows coughing. Took dung samples as part of the beep scheme and all clear for worms and fluke.

    This is the first year I noticed this.


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    Mooooo
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    Dung samples aren't the best for lungworms, pick out one or two and get the vet to do a lung flush, could take bloods as well to check for ibr, etc.


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    Monty Man
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Monty Man


    Did everything with Eprinex pour on here in Aug. Disappointing to see some still coughing. They are fine otherwise


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    Count Mondego
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    Monty Man wrote: »
    Did everything with Eprinex pour on here in Aug. Disappointing to see some still coughing. They are fine otherwise

    I always found pour ons to be absolutely useless.


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    Monty Man
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Monty Man


    Yes I think you are right.


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    FeelTheBern
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    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Exact same issue here. Suckler cows coughing. Took dung samples as part of the beep scheme and all clear for worms and fluke.

    This is the first year I noticed this.

    Just to mention - the standard beep scheme test is rumen and liver fluke but not worms so wouldn’t be included unless you asked for it separately. Had suckler cows coughing here in Aug for first time ever but no cough in calves (who had been dosed already in summer) - putting it down to the warm humid conditions increasing lungworm burden but don’t know after that.


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    RobinBanks
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    FeelTheBern wrote: »
    Just to mention - the standard beep scheme test is rumen and liver fluke but not worms so wouldn’t be included unless you asked for it separately. Had suckler cows coughing here in Aug for first time ever but no cough in calves (who had been dosed already in summer) - putting it down to the warm humid conditions increasing lungworm burden but don’t know after that.

    Did you dose the cows? If so what product


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    Millionaire only not
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    Monty Man wrote: »
    Did everything with Eprinex pour on here in Aug. Disappointing to see some still coughing. They are fine otherwise

    Use a good drench for starters, I’ve that problem with few years . Don’t ever seem to shift it but it could be cow type doesn’t help either
    !
    mine are may have too much Holstein blood and prone to lots of things it’s the joys of too fine a animal.


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    FeelTheBern
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭FeelTheBern


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Did you dose the cows? If so what product

    Did them with a generic ivomec type pour on. Stayed coughing for a while - put it down to clearing out the lungworm - but fine since. Did the calves as well at the same time.


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    KaneToad
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    Gods Gift wrote: »
    Coworona Virus.

    Bovid 19?


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    greysides
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    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Exact same issue here. Suckler cows coughing. Took dung samples as part of the beep scheme and all clear for worms and fluke.

    This is the first year I noticed this.

    Lungworm won't be caught by standard dung sampling. They exit in dung as larvae rather than eggs and need a different test.

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    bobbyy gee
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    If symptoms of bovine TB occur, they can include:

    fever.

    night sweats.

    persistent cough.

    diarrhoea.

    weight loss.

    abdominal pain.


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    ChuckieEgg
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    Count Mondego wrote: »
    I always found pour ons to be absolutely useless.
    They shouldn't be on sale in Ireland, it takes up to 14 days to go through the skin and 1 shower of rain will wash it off.
    Best dose and value for money for stomach and lung worm is a Fenbendazole such as Panacur (or Fenben 10 which is the exact same for half the price)


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