Beef
Farmers are being warned that from the early autumn warm weather leading to an extended grazing period, they should be vigilant for parasites.
Dairy Technical
The prolonged dry spell followed by the recent wet weather has created ideal conditions for lungworms or hoose in livestock.
Cattle farmers are being warned that they are now entering a high risk period for parasitic...
Dairy and beef farmers should be on the lookout for quite an intense period of lungworm infection (hoose) once the current dry spell comes to an end
Using a season long wormer will both treat lung worm infestations in weanling cattle while allowing stock to develop the desired level of natural immunity
Dairy
The ideal approach to controlling lungworms, or hoose and gut worms and stomach worms is to use a wormer that allows some exposure to the worm larvae but kills adult worms before they cause clinical signs of disease,