Crovect

Nithsdale

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No that seems to be the problem, knotted matted twirl of wool, pour on didn't seem to penetrate properly

You can't just spray the wool, sadly. The Crovect (or any of the generic products) won't penetrate down to the skin... unless you 'waterlog' the fleece in the affected area. So the wool actually shelters the maggots from the product and they continue merrily eating the sheep.
 

spin cycle

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Careful using crovect on open wounds. I've lost lambs doing that :cry: 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 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
 

hendrebc

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Livestock Farmer
i 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 (y)
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 :mad:
 

spin cycle

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north norfolk
I use iodine now too (y)
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 :mad:

i 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:)
 

hendrebc

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Livestock Farmer
i 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:)
Your more particular than I am :oops: 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 move :facepalm:
I don't dag many anymore i think the most I did in one go was 10 but usually only 2or 3. Partly getting better with timing wormers thanks to doing my own fec and being more picky with my replacement ewes and rams. And not keeping suffolks anymore. I used to dag literally hundreds of them every time they came in :cry::poop:
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Careful using crovect on open wounds. I've lost lambs doing that :cry: not even bad patches of maggots either vet told me the cypermethrin in it can poison them if it gets on open wounds.

How much did you put on :eek::confused::(

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
 

hendrebc

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Livestock Farmer
How 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
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
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

I just trim and spray. I lost 1 lamb and 1 ewe this year... but I put that down to how badly they were eaten into by time they showed signs and I caught them :( I didn't blame the Crovect (n)
 

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