Welding Rod wrote: » Interestingly to see lads fluke results. I’m not in the scheme, so not doing any faecal sampling. That said, I actually stopped fluke dosing six years ago this year. Not the wettest of farms, but very far from dry either! I haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever! They calve, go in calf and rear their calf! They hold condition. Haven’t noticed any difficulty in putting flesh on the culls I got rid of over those years! Makes you wonder about the real need for half of this dosing and injecting??
Sami23 wrote: » Do you dose or vaccinate the cows at all for anything during the year ?
Welding Rod wrote: » No. Cows haven’t seen a dosing gun or syringe in years, other than intervention for mastitis once or twice or a calving situation. March / April calves have one shot of ivermectin got this year. That was a month ago! A couple of them were coughing a bit, so I decided to give them a shot. That’s how I have handled the calves for three years now. They will get a shot again a few weeks after housing, for those I keep. The rest will be sold in a few weeks with no further medicine.
FeelTheBern wrote: » You will be filling 10 pots with faeces - and then writing down diligently on a list the numbers of the 10 cows you have sampled...... The 10 pots are all then pooled together and tested as one pooled sample - So not traceable back to any individual cow. The phrase “full of sh*t” comes to mind.
893bet wrote: » When Do we get paid for this?
patsy_mccabe wrote: » Just ordered a kit from FarmLab Diagnostics in roscommon. Cost is €18 plus €6 for their postage. So total is €24.https://www.farmlab.ie/product/beep-scheme-kit/
patsy_mccabe wrote: » Quick question - sample bottles came today .... Do I write the Tag No. on the bottle? Bottles I got, seem to be for human use in a hospital. Label doesn't mention Tag Number.
tanko wrote: » For Oldcastle Labs you don't write tag numbers on the bottles as the samples are pooled together for testing. You write the ten tag numbers on the form provided. Is there no instructions with the bottles?
Lime Tree Farm wrote: » I scribbled the herd number only on all the containers. To post them off, I laid out a large square of cling, Lined up the pots 4 in the centre and 3 either side, wrapped tightly with the cling. Repeated the cling from the top side. Then into to ziplock or similar. labeled the jiffy bag. €6.20 postage, they didn't ask at the Post office about the contents.
solerina wrote: » Hi all.when is the final date for inputting weights etc
patsy_mccabe wrote: » Do the dung samples have to come from the cows in the scheme or does it matter?
Grueller wrote: » Who will ever know?
SuperTortoise wrote: What's the wait time for results? Sent mine Tuesday last, farm lab in Clare? Thanks
pure breed wrote: » Sorry do you mind naming the lab in Clare and what price they are? We sent ours to Elphin in Roscommon got results in couple days.
SuperTortoise wrote: » FarmLab diagnostics, there were mentioned on this thread a while back, i ordered the test kit several weeks ago and it was delivered next day i took the samples last week as i almost forgot about them., think it was €21 for the kit + €7 to register the postage.
