Flukeing cattle

Bossfarmer · Dec 7, 2018

are people sticking to their usual fluke programmes once they get the cattle in this winter? i understand the harsh spring and dry summer may have lowered fluke numbers this year so is it worth saving £10/cow on closamectin? nothings showing any signs of fluke at the moment

lazy farmer · Dec 7, 2018

Take a few samples

Samcowman · Dec 7, 2018

Bossfarmer said:
are people sticking to their usual fluke programmes once they get the cattle in this winter? i understand the harsh spring and dry summer may have lowered fluke numbers this year so is it worth saving £10/cow on closamectin? nothings showing any signs of fluke at the moment

Take samples. £10 a cow seems quite dear though and it doesn’t cover all stages of fluke.

Half Pipe · Dec 7, 2018

Bossfarmer said:
are people sticking to their usual fluke programmes once they get the cattle in this winter? i understand the harsh spring and dry summer may have lowered fluke numbers this year so is it worth saving £10/cow on closamectin? nothings showing any signs of fluke at the moment

Is that a double dose, ie 1 at housing and a follow up 8weeks later to get the immature fluke?
Or have you factored in a cost for applying closamectin?
600kg cow costs less than £4 for closamectin pour on + Bit for applying it, but pour on doesnt take long.

Bossfarmer · Dec 7, 2018

Samcowman said:
Take samples. £10 a cow seems quite dear though and it doesn’t cover all stages of fluke.

i usually wait 7 weeks then do it so it kills them all

Bossfarmer · Dec 7, 2018

Half Pipe said:
Is that a double dose, ie 1 at housing and a follow up 8weeks later to get the immature fluke?
Or have you factored in a cost for applying closamectin?
600kg cow costs less than £4 for closamectin pour on + Bit for applying it, but pour on doesnt take long.

i usually give them a bit extra to be sure and do the calves too

hendrebc · Dec 7, 2018

Use something other than closamectin it's expensive and iirc it only kills 94% of adults which is pretty crap for something that costs so much.

Hampton · Dec 7, 2018

Done mine with endo fluke

willie waver · Dec 7, 2018

are people getting trodax this winter? struggled to get it last winter and ordered some a month ago but haven't heard back yet

sidjon · Dec 7, 2018

We had last lots of cows come back with very active fluke, we find it's worse in a dry year.

frazMan · Dec 7, 2018

willie waver said:
are people getting trodax this winter? struggled to get it last winter and ordered some a month ago but haven't heard back yet

Had trodax ordered since June still ain’t got it good job cattle have only been in a week or so.

Northeastfarmer · Dec 7, 2018

willie waver said:
are people getting trodax this winter? struggled to get it last winter and ordered some a month ago but haven't heard back yet

You can’t get it atm

davidroberts30 · Dec 7, 2018

Bossfarmer said:
are people sticking to their usual fluke programmes once they get the cattle in this winter? i understand the harsh spring and dry summer may have lowered fluke numbers this year so is it worth saving £10/cow on closamectin? nothings showing any signs of fluke at the moment

You can give 500kg beasts 2 doses of bimectin plus for less than £2

ridger · Dec 7, 2018

Bossfarmer said:
are people sticking to their usual fluke programmes once they get the cattle in this winter? i understand the harsh spring and dry summer may have lowered fluke numbers this year so is it worth saving £10/cow on closamectin? nothings showing any signs of fluke at the moment

Buy it cheaper, should be around 4 pounds a head

Yale · Dec 7, 2018

I’ve decided not to fluke anything this winter,just ivermectin injection.

Spartacus · Dec 7, 2018

sidjon said:
We had last lots of cows come back with very active fluke, we find it's worse in a dry year.

Pretty much what I was thinking. Save a few quid now to lose out on time on cows never mind potentially weaker and less viable calves come spring as well as core with any fluke in them? Seems a backward idea to me.

Samcowman · Dec 7, 2018

Northeastfarmer said:
You can’t get it atm

Yeah couldn’t get it in the summer either. Had a product recall I was told. Had to oral drench the fat stick at housing everything else will be getting a combination injection.

Frank-the-Wool · Dec 8, 2018

sidjon said:
We had last lots of cows come back with very active fluke, we find it's worse in a dry year.

We always have a problem in a dry year where the animals are grazing the edges of ponds and ditches where the water levels have fallen. They are far more likely to pick up Fluke in these areas than in a normal year where they seldom bother to graze so close.

livestock 1 · Dec 8, 2018

Our sheep turned up with fluke in September. A month earlier than usual. Abattoir reports were showing fluke too. So it’s obviously here in the cattle too. They were dosed last month. If Closamectin cures your fluke issues you obviously don’t have much in the way of fluke to start with.

glow worm · Dec 8, 2018

sounds like all beef and sheep comments here but how do you legally deal with fluke in lactating cows? Plenty of recommendations from all and sundry, vets, retailers etc about importance of treating for fluke BUT all very quiet when you ask about lactating cows! Always used to treat at housing with Zanil and again during the winter but of course that now has a milk withhold. Yes, you can treat at drying off and we do, but that doesn't kill all stages. Also, anyone got any ideas how a housed animal can show fluke damage at abattoir? We've had a couple now and struggling to understand how that could happen and whether to believe the abattoir! I met someone in market once who swore that he had individually reared calves, never gone out, with worms, and he was convinced that it had been carried in on boots.

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