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Fluke dose

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    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Going to give the ewes a fluke dose this week. Looking at the SCOPS website they recommend either Albendazole or Oxyclozanide for Spring/Summer.

    https://www.scops.org.uk/workspace/pdfs/flukicide-kill-rate-table_1.pdf

    Locally I can get Zanil which is Oxyclozanide or Albex which is Albendazole.

    Thoughts?

    I gave mine Levafas yesterday, which is Oxyclozanide.
    It’s late, I should have done them sooner - but to be honest I was humming and hawing about selling some more...

    Why Levafas - that’s what I had to be honest. I wanted a dose for mature fluke and that’s what they in store...
    I won’t comment on either product above, as I don’t know enough.

    Fluke and dosing is something I must look at a bit more actually...


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    eire23
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭eire23


    Probbaly be safe enough using zanil this time of year, only covers mature fluke. albex is a combined fluke and wormer I think.. For that reason I'd avoid using it on ewes as they don't need worming.
    Did you use a closantel based dose this year? Or a rafoxanide, it does mature and immature as well.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Ok that's sound, yeah I've used Closantel already. I was iffy about using Albex for the same reason, I'm not fond of combos.


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    eire23
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭eire23


    I normally use a triclabendazole in october/November amd then a closantel then as a follow up dose in jan/feb That does me for the year but each farm is different.


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    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    Didn’t do the ewes for fluke last winter. Took a sample shortly after housing and vet said it was clean. Took another sample recently and it was high enough for fluke. Dosed them Friday with solantel


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    OneMan37
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭OneMan37


    A vet recommended me to dose a sickly ewe with Levafas Diamond last week. Had to buy 4 liters as didn't have any 2.5 in stock and with 80 ewes I thought 1litre is a waste of time.


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    clonagh
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    Dosed ewes with Endofluke yesterday (contains triclabendazole) and gave the odd dirty one a Wormall dose.


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