Good idea on the SBV - my vet and I discussed it and we decided not to (she wasn't vaccinating her sheep) but I can't remember for the life of me how we came to that conclusion!
In terms of sharing drugs and in light of my recent goat disaster maybe we ought to discuss best practice for each type of animal, in terms of vaccinations at least. We'd need enough people/animals to be following the same regime of drugs and timings for the idea to work. I mean there are soooooo many types of wormer, some cover more than others, some are not as effective, and they are all priced differently. How would we decide what to use?
It's taken me a very long time researching on my own and then two hours discussion with my vet to come up with a whole farm health plan...only to find out the vet didn't recommend the best product for each animal - I was looking for a 'one size fits all' approach on the farm for example, injectable noromectin is suitable for use on all my livestock, but I was then told by a very experienced goat keeper that goats don't respond to injections, best to drench them. That's the sort of thing!
And Linda I'd love a bit of tuition on giving injections, maybe when I've got a load to do at once...will check my health plan!
