Author Topic: Worming advice oh wise ones (Read 1217 times)

Jode · « **on:** March 28, 2017, 02:16:38 pm »

Hi

We will be lambing in June (didn't acquire Ram until late December) and this will be our second time; we didn't lamb last year but the year before.

We fecal tested sheep last Autumn and vet advised no need to treat for worms. They have been on winter grazing and still currently are. I will be moving them to a paddock not grazed by sheep for over a year which is next to the barn so if we need to bring in for lambing we can. When we last lambed, we wormed the ewes in the pen once they had lambed, just before turning out on to fresh pasture. This time, we have less pasture so I am restricted. I really only have one field for the ewes and lambs to use, which is the same one that I would like to bring them up to before they lamb. My vet has advised worming with a white wormer to cover for nematodes, so would it be wise to worm them soon, then turn them back onto dirty pasture for a couple of days then move to fresh pasture, then worm again after lambing but turn back onto the same fairly newish pasture???

And the white wormer is only available as a drench (we usually inject using a sterimatic gun but with an ivermectin based wormer). So I'll have to buy a drenching gun too? I assume it doesn't come with one? Am looking at buying Rycoben SC because Panacur only comes in 5l from my supplier and I only have 20 sheep!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2017, 02:29:11 pm »

We dose with a syringe without a needle, in from the side of the mouth and over the tongue.

twizzel · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2017, 03:19:36 pm »

We dose with a gun, much easier all round. Have done ours this year before turnout with Rycoben SC- it does come in 0.8l bottle and I think you could get it online once you've answered some questions on the animals it will be used on. We did our ewes with the worm and fluke dose as they hadn't been fluked since December. I left 1 ewe in good condition with a single lamb untreated so as to try and avoid wormer resistance.

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2017, 08:41:55 pm »

The scops (Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep) website may answer some of your concerns. A drench gun is a very useful piece of kit and lasts for years.