[pharnorth]

Good luck picking up your 10 month old  Ryelands!  My adult Ryelands weight between 58 and 63Kg. At 10 months they are typically 40 to 50Kg.

[shep53]

Hi, I have just treated a ram lamb for fluke (with combinex). He has stopped scouring but is still very weak 4 days later. He hangs back at feeds and never goes to the lick. Is there anything I can give, such as a tonic, or is there something else I should try.

Cheers

Time and patience ,recovery will take weeks even months .  Warm and dry  and the best of feed  , if  hard feed then little and often , ivy , molasses ,treacle, soaked beet pulp ,  combinex or injectable b12   

[gerpsych]

Time and patience ,recovery will take weeks even months .  Warm and dry  and the best of feed  , if  hard feed then little and often , ivy , molasses ,treacle, soaked beet pulp ,  combinex or injectable b12
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Thanks, I had a gut feeling I was being impatient. He loves Ivy and we have still plenty so I'll try and tempt his jaded palate 

[SallyintNorth]

Unfortunately fluke has often caused irreversible damage by the time you see symptoms . You can give him a vitamin and mineral drench, it can’t hurt and may well help. Good luck.

[gerpsych]

Unfortunately fluke has often caused irreversible damage by the time you see symptoms . You can give him a vitamin and mineral drench, it can’t hurt and may well help. Good luck.

That might well be the casea and a bit of minerals won't do him any harm

[harmony]

One of my neighbours says when you treat a very heavy fluke burden the sheep needs antibiotics too because of the high number of dead fluke in them after dosing.

[Me]

Best not take advice from your neighbour then

[messyhoose]

i just been treating a goat who went down at the weekend and after treating with the refridgerator approach finally repeated a dose of Flukicide which turned her around in 24 hours. As fluke affects the liver id recommend anything for your ram lamb that will help the liver heal- so the B vitamins, penicillin, anti inflammatories, and low protein feeds were all things I gave my goat and after 3 days from looking like death she seems to be returning to herself. Fluke is a terrible thing and winters are getting wetter and warmer I think It is going to be a problem for many. I used Rycoben after changing from Combinex last year. Its a double sheep dose for goats. And will repeat monthly in order to kill juveniles, and eggs once they reach the killable adult stage.

[gerpsych]

Just an update. With time, crossed fingers and patience, he is back to his usual self. The combinex worked and the advice here was helpful - thanks

[Marches Farmer]

I'm considering getting the lambs blood-tested next Summer.  As I understand it, BT's one older sheep may still show antibodies quite a while after exposure and successful dosing, whereas antibodies in naïve lambs indicate exposure to fluke and I'll at least know if there's a problem on my land or not, bearing in mind it can be carried by wild mammals.

[gerpsych]

When I needed to work out doses from my goats I used this app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=goatweightcalc.sorb&hl=en

It does sheep and goats and the answer I got seemed pretty accurate in my, and the vets estimation.

[Dans]

Yep you've understood that right [member=27063]Marches Farmer[/member] The thing it won't tell you though is if there is a heavy burden or a mild one.

Dans

[Marches Farmer]

Any kind of burden will have me reaching for the flukicide .....