has it stopped working?
Treated 4 lambs last week. Six days later all crawling again in same spots.
Treated 4 lambs last week. Six days later all crawling again in same spots.
has it stopped working?
Treated 4 lambs last week. Six days later all crawling again in same spots.
No that seems to be the problem, knotted matted twirl of wool, pour on didn't seem to penetrate properlyDid you trim out the struck area and spray properly?
No that seems to be the problem, knotted matted twirl of wool, pour on didn't seem to penetrate properly
Careful using crovect on open wounds. I've lost lambs doing that not even bad patches of maggots either vet told me the cypermethrin in it can poison them if it gets on open wounds.
I use iodine now tooi use iodine on strike....work it into the wool with gloves....drives the maggots out and is kinder to the skin...it's a bit unsightly but soon fades
iodine looks expensive on the shelf but is safer for you and better for the sheep IMO
crovect all mine 10-20 mls every 4-5 wks while worming.....less than 1% struck this year
I use iodine now too
I use crovect on my lambs but only a stripe on the back. Find if I keep them clean and dag any dirty ones when they come in they don't really get struck on the back end. Bloody frustrating when clean lambs get struck on their backs and tops of the shoulders
Your more particular than I am my gun is set at 20ml or whatever and they get one blast along the back trying my best to cover from their heads to the top of the tail and that's it. Doesn't always work if they movei have a mix of woolies and shedders.....set the gun at 5ml....woolies get blob on the head, 2 stripes down the back and one on tail....shedders get head blob and stripe in centre of the back
got on top of worms this year so no dagging needed
Careful using crovect on open wounds. I've lost lambs doing that not even bad patches of maggots either vet told me the cypermethrin in it can poison them if it gets on open wounds.
Oh for the good old days, when you could just mix a bit of dip up in a drum and slosh it over the affected area. Far too simple, cheap and effective to be allowed these days of course.....
Not a lot I'd used it for years before with no trouble but I won't use any again. Iodine works just as well anywayHow much did you put on
Cypermethrin is a nerve agent... an open wount means the sheep can absorb it into its system much easier but you still need high levels to kill
Not a lot I'd used it for years before with no trouble but I won't use any again. Iodine works just as well anyway
Iodine none probably but it kills the maggots well enough. I usually put something else on when any broken skin has dried up to keep the flies off. I had some horsey green gel stuff with fly repellent and antiseptic in it that worked well enough at keeping flies off the wound and just put crovect on the wool around itHow long a cover does it give against getting strike?
Iodine none probably but it kills the maggots well enough. I usually put something else on when any broken skin has dried up to keep the flies off. I had some horsey green gel stuff with fly repellent and antiseptic in it that worked well enough at keeping flies off the wound and just put crovect on the wool around it