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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: mebnandtrn on October 04, 2017, 04:44:17 pm

Title: PMSG
Post by: mebnandtrn on October 04, 2017, 04:44:17 pm

Apparently PMSG is out of stock til 2019! Has anyone got enough for 5 ewes we could buy please? Many thanks.

Title: Re: PMSG
Post by: crobertson on October 04, 2017, 08:34:34 pm

I've recently had this conversation with our vets. The purpose of PMSG is to trigger ovulation following sponging, however if breeding within the normal breeding season i.e. now, they don't really need it as they should be ovulating anyway so we're just using the sponges to synchronise them.

Hope that helps :)

Title: Re: PMSG
Post by: Anke on October 04, 2017, 09:00:31 pm

At this time of year you only need PMSG for AI, I have sponged my sheep in the past and they all were duly tupped within 24 hours after boy got into the field (sponges for I think 16 days then introduce tup after 24 to 48 hours).

Title: Re: PMSG
Post by: mebnandtrn on October 05, 2017, 08:59:05 am

thank you, thats reassuring.

Title: Re: PMSG
Post by: harmony on October 05, 2017, 09:33:55 am

Sponges in for 14 days.

Title: Re: PMSG
Post by: Azzdodd on October 14, 2017, 08:20:17 am

Sponges in for 14 days out don’t bother with pmsg in breeding season I did I last year only gave 1ml per ewe an had 4 with quads. I put my Rams in 36 hours later. My lambs are normally born over 2/3 days