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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: andywalt on June 16, 2011, 09:03:03 am

Title: Suppliesfor smallholders, worm egg count service !!
Post by: andywalt on June 16, 2011, 09:03:03 am

I have to say very impressed as to how easy it was to recieve the details and package collect the poo put some details on a form and send off in the self addressed package, them by email got the result and it was no eggs found, great !!  so no wormers for me this year !!

thanks Gareth for a great service and hope other people look at your webb site and see all the products you sell at the best prices

http://www.suppliesforsmallholders.co.uk (http://www.suppliesforsmallholders.co.uk)

Title: Re: Suppliesfor smallholders, worm egg count service !!
Post by: Rosemary on June 16, 2011, 09:27:39 am

Remember, worm egg counts aren't reliable for liver fluke. A clear test doesn't mean there's no fluke, just that eggs aren't being shed at that time.

Title: Re: Suppliesfor smallholders, worm egg count service !!
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 16, 2011, 12:40:21 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback Andy, we do our best....

And no - Andy isn't on commission !  ;D

Thanks

Title: Re: Suppliesfor smallholders, worm egg count service !!
Post by: andywalt on June 16, 2011, 10:07:11 pm

Hi Rosemary

I know I wasnt testing for fluke I was just testing for worms, Ive been so careful about all the sheep Ive brought making sure they were wormed infront of me when I brought them, the land is virgin so I was just being so careful what came with the sheep I brought !!

As for liver fluke I dont think there is a test that for it is there?? please tell me if there is !!

Title: Re: Suppliesfor smallholders, worm egg count service !!
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 25, 2011, 01:24:43 pm

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in responding, we have been closed for a few days to do a stock take..

On the subject of Liver Fluke - The test looks for worm eggs in the sample, so the worms would need to be at a mature egg laying stage of their life cycle for the test to actually see any eggs (this is the same for any worm type in an egg count test) - a good source of info on Fluke is here : http://www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/tn557liverfluke.pdf (http://www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/tn557liverfluke.pdf)

If checking for liver fluke in pigs rather than sheep - please make a note on the form that you would like this to be done, as the fluke eggs are slightly heavier and a different solution is used in the lab when mixing the sample prior to examining.