[jack]

Hi I have dosed up my 2 rams with Panacure and wonder if I have to do this again this year and if so does the Panacure keep in a fridge and for how long. Do you do them once a year as it this is so maybe better to give the Panacur to someone else like a rescue centre. And get new next year.   Also can anyone tell me what Crovect is exactly how is it given to stop flystrike and when is this used.

[Roxy]

Crovect is the pour on to give for lice etc. and for sheep who have fly strike - maggots get under the fleece - horrible!!  I have had a goat with bad foot rot, and the vet told me to give him crovect, because of the risk of the horrible flies.  Easy to use cos you just pour over the back after measuring it out.  I now also use the pour on wormer, as I hate drenching animals unless I have to.

Don't know about the panacur and keeping in the fridge as its not something I have used.

[Daisys Mum]

Hi I got panacur to worm my pigs but the vet would not let me use is on the sheep

[Cinderhills]

My vet gives me Levacide to worm the sheep and goats, and I use Clik for flystrike prevention.  Must admit, I'm not a huge fan of either.

Roxy - what pour on wormer do you use?

[jack]

Thanks for the replies the Crouvect sounds great where do you get this from, I do not like drenching either so the pour on sounds better but how does it stop worms when it is just poured on the wooly wool . . . . . .

[Shnoowie]

We worm our sheep with Panacur 2.5% as it was recommended to us; we've been told it'll keep for a year so long as we store it correctly. 
We crovect ours too...not quite sure how it works, but it does the job - there are no flies on us!

[Fleecewife]

Crovect needs to be applied every six weeks during the 'fly' season, which varies around the country but starts sometime round about late May and ends late Sept, early Oct.  We apply ours using a plant sprayer as much less is wasted, and judge the amount visually compared with the dose given by the dosing gun.  The areas to concentrate on are over the rump and tail, between the back legs, over the shoulders and along the back, and a bit on top of the head.  In tups, the wool around the sheath is worth a quick spray too.

Panacur is a mild wormer given by mouth, which works well especially if you have only a few sheep.  If your sheep have no contact with other animals and are on ground which has not had sheep on for several years, then they will not need to be wormed frequently.  If on the other hand they are crowded on 'dirty' land then you may need to worm more frequently. Older animals tend to become more resistant to worms so they also need worming less frequently.  Lambs may need to be wormed from once to 3 times over the first summer, but some breeders worm them every six weeks.  You can find out if your sheep need to be wormed by asking your vet to do a faecal worm count, then as you get more experienced you will learn the symptomsd of worms and know when to worm.  The latest veterinary advice (from Mordun research) is only to worm when necessary, only to worm those individuals which need it, and not to move them onto fresh ground, all in an effort to reduce the development of worms which are resistant to the wormers.
Both Crovect and Panacur are expensive, so if you have only a few sheep you should find that your vet will dispense the number of doses you need, certainly for Panacur.  If you are buying a whole bottle, make sure that the 'use by' date is as far ahead as possible.  You must also record that you have dosed your sheep in your medecines record book.
If you are unsure of how to use either product, then do consult with your vet, rather than accidentally under or overdosing.

[jack]

Thank you for the info the vet told me to give 6mg  to the 4 month old Ram and  18mg to the big Ram so this is what I did and hope that is ok. I

[jack]

The vet told me to give 6mg to the 4 month old Ram and 18 mg to the 5 year old large Ram so this I hope should do the trick. I will get some Crovect is this from a vet too. They are on clean land with no other animals been on it for about 10 years . . .

[Fleecewife]

You can get Crovect from the agricultural merchant too I think.  It might be possible to get it in one litre packs (usually 5) and I don't think it goes off particularly, but you do have to watch the use by date in case of an inspection - they check the dates in your medecine cabinet.  We have kept ours from one year to the next as our vet knows we need a long use by date.

For Panacur, I think the dose is 1 ml (ie liquid measure not mg) per 10kg of sheep - not going to check as it's out in the barn and it's dark    We write all the dosage rates on the bottles in thick black marker pen so when we don't have our specs on we can still get it right 

[hexhammeasure]

I have found that crovect loses some of its effectiveness if it is stored overwinter. It is definately affected by frost. we found this several years ago when we stored the dosing stuff and crovect in a shed overwinter. it didn't prevent flystrike the next year. so now we buy a new one every year. Even if it was still viable we at least know the new stuff will work