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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: SavageU on July 05, 2023, 10:11:34 pm

Title: Worming lambs
Post by: SavageU on July 05, 2023, 10:11:34 pm

I turned out my Cades about a month ago but haven’t wormed them yet.

The field and sheep in there all look fine and have been wormed and fluked in March.

I am due to change fields in August. When should I be looking to worm them? I don’t want to worm them for the sake of it but equally don’t want to miss a window because of not being aware.

Title: Re: Worming lambs
Post by: twizzel on July 06, 2023, 07:22:49 am

Take a fresh sample to your vet and get them to do a worm egg count. That will tell you if they need worming and the vet will say what wormer to use (white drench for nematodirus, yellow or clear for strongyles usually).