Parasite Control Strategy

Maybe just more red tape. Nothing is free in this life. I need to read it in detail & understand what exactly is entails and go from there.

My new parasite control strategy: don't let bord bia, department, county council, salesmen into the yard anymore. I'll see what I'll do about lice next year

From Department Press Release 

“This new TASAH programme will specifically focus on parasite controls on farms this year. The development of a structured parasite control plan is critical to addressing the increasing challenge of anti-parasitic resistance. This measure will allow farmers engage a specifically trained veterinarian, at no cost to the farmer, to provide advice on parasite control measures in their herd/flock. This free TASAH programme will be delivered by Animal Health Ireland (AHI).”

That is spot on .Indiscriminate use by some has destroyed it for everyone else .

No point in dosing lambs with a product that ain't working ,dosing at the wrong rate, dosing them when they do not require it ,dosing them at the wrong time ,dosing them because they are dirty or not thriving. Better to find out if they actually need a worm dose and what is appropriate for the problem if it exists.

See lads just getting " a good dose " especially for fluke and not even checking/ knowing if it covers mature ,immature etc .Waste of time and money .

Same with E coli in lambs . Know people who were routinely doing every lamb with spectam or an anti microbial instead of just treating those with an issue .It was an easy way out until it started to loose its effectiveness. Preventative antibiotics use means that enroxil etc is highly restricted this year .

Nothing more annoying than someone giving an animal a shot of some random antibiotic just because .Pen strep is unlikely to do much for something with pneumonia .

Same with pain killers.My vet would normally give that when it's appropriate for the animal being treated.Its an important part and is a major help at times and often overlooked.

Mentioned here before that I had a historic issue with worm resistance . Thankfully have it sorted now but it happens .Advice is free and I got lots of it .The vet in question had the exact same issue on their own farm some years previous .

Better off at least knowing what the problem is .

I was reading lately about long acting Cydectin, if you have 5%resistance when you dose it's likely you'll end up with 100% ivermectin resistance when it wears off after 100 days or whatever persistancy they're claiming now also heve every dung beetle on the farm kileed as well.

As far as I can see that's used freely now for scab

Or click on the link which opens a page and scroll to the end where you can download the DAFM list of approved agricultural advisors.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/b41a6-farm-advisory-system/#

Have we lost all confidence in deciding what to do ourselves without our hand being held like children, same in suckler scheme ( some computer algorithm telling you which is a good cow ). Vets and doctors are just as much to blame for overuse of antibiotics ( Often see a vet here giving multiple different shots if not sure of problem )

Think allot of treatments like marbosol are out of our reach.

Think all other options have to be tried first

Registered myself too. Free advice for targeted dosing. My own vet is on the list so suits me even better.

Wonder do these samples qualify for BEEP? Pain walking around the fields waiting on them to sh1te & now if 3 separate set of samples needed neighbours will think I'm nuts!