[shrekfeet]

I have a small number of sheep that have messy bums and have had them for a while. I have wormed twice but not helped. Any ideas?

[pikilily]

Hey - have they got lots of lush grass  giving them the squits!..... do they have a lot of fleece, or long tails, to catch the squits
is that wormed twice recently?
Emma T

[suziequeue]

Last we year had one ewe who just always had a mucky bum. Nobody else ever did. They were all treated exactly the same - same feed, same grass, same worming routine etc etc

She just rattled her dags all summer.

She tastes great now :-)

[shrekfeet]

yes they are on lush grass but they have been like this well before the lush grass arrived. They are a little long around the backsides though

[NLL]

cocci ,springs to mind.they would need treating with something like vecoxin only if it is cocci.

[SallyintNorth]

If the ground they are on is marshy / wet then it could maybe be fluke - local farmers and the vet will know if you are in a flukey area

[shrekfeet]

we are on flinty chalk, no wet ground. How do I know if it is Cocci?