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Agrivator · May 9, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
The OP is talking of removing the wool from the struck area. The makers of Crovect give you directions of use to ensure the product works properly.

How do YOU treat a struck lamb? What do you use to kill the maggots and how do you ensure you have found and killed them all?

I use a 50:50 mix of Crovect and Battle's maggot oil. It is sprayed onto the strucken area, and a pair of shears used to ruffle the wool to work it in. The area around it is carefully inspected and any nest of newly hatching maggots are treated in the same way.

Leaving the wool intact allows the affected area to heal, and protects any broken skin. Wool is a great healing agent - for example, a sheep with headfly damage can be treated with a layer of wool held under a headcap.

But thankfully, the use of ivermectin in cattle has much reduced the incidence of headfly in sheep on the same farm. Do you know why?

shearerlad · May 9, 2020

Agrivator said:
I know it's the opposite of what most folk seem to do, but try not to clip the wool off any sheep with fly strike. Treat it effectively and then leave the wool as protection to aid healing.

Really don’t agree with that sentiment

Clipping the wool from the infected area does several things
- Lets the treatment of choice into kill maggots
- Maggots live in their own micro environment which is warm, moist and sheltered, remove the wool removed that environment
- Dry, fresh air can get in to dry the infected area and start the healing process.

Al R · May 9, 2020

shearerlad said:
Really don’t agree with that sentiment

Clipping the wool from the infected area does several things
- Lets the treatment of choice into kill maggots
- Maggots live in their own micro environment which is warm, moist and sheltered, remove the wool removed that environment
- Dry, fresh air can get in to dry the infected area and start the healing process.

Definitely, if I have a ewe or lamb struck more than a handprint area which is usually sweat and never poo then I shear the whole animal, saves catching again when the sweat patch spreads, I’ve also found some lambs especially carry a hormone that makes them worse targets, had 2 ram lambs retained for breeding 2 years ago, totally covered them in clikzin yet you could continuously see flies circling them, culled the 2 of them once withdrawal was up, 28kg E3H’s

Ffermer Bach · May 9, 2020

I use a 12v Lister (motor in handpiece clipper) and I can run it off the quad bike battery, usually start the quad so it is charging as I clip, but it works great and I am always on the quad to catch the ewe or lamb anyway.

Nithsdale · May 9, 2020

shearerlad said:
Really don’t agree with that sentiment

Clipping the wool from the infected area does several things
- Lets the treatment of choice into kill maggots
- Maggots live in their own micro environment which is warm, moist and sheltered, remove the wool removed that environment
- Dry, fresh air can get in to dry the infected area and start the healing process.

Wounds need air to dry and breath. Warm, wet/sweaty skin leads to infection.... and as you say a haven for maggots.

The worldwide sheep industry stance is remove the wool. Even in Australia, where the sun is much more fierce then the UK...

Al R · May 9, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Wounds need air to dry and breath. Warm, wet/sweaty skin leads to infection.... and as you say a haven for maggots.

The worldwide sheep industry stance is remove the wool. Even in Australia, where the sun is much more fierce then the UK...

Is it to dry there to get maggots?
I find I get a lot more when it’s humid/wet/sweaty as opposed to scorching heat like at the moment.

Green farmer · May 9, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Wounds need air to dry and breath. Warm, wet/sweaty skin leads to infection.... and as you say a haven for maggots.

The worldwide sheep industry stance is remove the wool. Even in Australia, where the sun is much more fierce then the UK...

Always try and shear the entire sheep once struck as well. Otherwise unseen areas will break out in maggot as well, a day or two later. Also use the blue spray to cover the infected area.

hilux · May 9, 2020

Green farmer said:
Could you fully shear a few sheep with one ?

Yes, proably 12 +

Nithsdale · May 9, 2020

Al R said:
Is it to dry there to get maggots?
I find I get a lot more when it’s humid/wet/sweaty as opposed to scorching heat like at the moment.

In Oz?

They'll have it worse than here - that's why they practice mulesing (removing the skin on the tail head - where we would dagg). Get rid of all the wool, get rid of the flystrike issue...

Al R · May 9, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
In Oz?

They'll have it worse than here - that's why they practice mulesing (removing the skin on the tail head - where we would dagg)

humidity makes it worse, pure dry like in very hot countries I’m sure the flies don’t like it?
I’m pretty sure that has been banned now in the recent months?

Nithsdale · May 9, 2020

Al R said:
humidity makes it worse, pure dry like in very hot countries I’m sure the flies don’t like it?
I’m pretty sure that has been banned now in the recent months?

The excessive heat mean the ewes sweat... hot wet wool and the flies are on it. Same with wet or dirty arses. Trust me, they get flystrike in Oz.

I did hear museling was potentially getting banned, but I can't remember if it has been or not. Doesn't matter if it now is, or not... flystrike prevention is why it was done.

hilux · May 9, 2020

@Nithsdale Farmer must have just given me the kiss of death asking about it. Just come in and have just sheared an ewe hogg with maggots out the field. A couple of minutes. Job done. No need to take it back to the yard and set the machine up, then take ewe back to field.

Nithsdale · May 9, 2020

hilux said:
@Nithsdale Farmer must have just given me the kiss of death asking about it. Just come in and have just sheared an ewe hogg with maggots out the field. A couple of minutes. Job done. No need to take it back to the yard and set the machine up, then take ewe back to field.

Want to like that, but can't... Is this early for your location, or about normal?

Last summer was bad for flies here, but I'm worried this one could be even worse

hilux · May 9, 2020

Jockers84 said:
Hi, any idea where to get a replacement battery? Spoke with the supply coming but they wanted a mint, must be an off the shelf item that could be sourced cheaper else where. Good bit of kit, had 3 years and paid for itself smartish

Apart from the welsh shearing centre I have no idea. Couple of you tube videos on how to replace batteries inside makita, dewalt etc.

hilux · May 9, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Want to like that, but can't... Is this early for your location, or about normal?

Last summer was bad for flies here, but I'm worried this one could be even worse

Early for us . Had an ewe yesterday the same. Seems like the sheep are sweating and then fly strike.

Bill dog · May 9, 2020

Al R said:
Definitely, if I have a ewe or lamb struck more than a handprint area which is usually sweat and never poo then I shear the whole animal, saves catching again when the sweat patch spreads, I’ve also found some lambs especially carry a hormone that makes them worse targets, had 2 ram lambs retained for breeding 2 years ago, totally covered them in clikzin yet you could continuously see flies circling them, culled the 2 of them once withdrawal was up, 28kg E3H’s

At the clipping a few years ago, we had a kiwi girl rolling the wool. I told her to put some red spray on the head of any ewes that had hard bags, no teeth etc.
I saw her spray three or four I couldn’t see anything wrong with. Oh they had the start of maggots on them. You don’t want to breed from them , get them culled !
First I’d ever heard of it being genetic!
Predictably they’re still here!

scottish-lleyn · May 9, 2020

Bill dog said:
At the clipping a few years ago, we had a kiwi girl rolling the wool. I told her to put some red spray on the head of any ewes that had hard bags, no teeth etc.
I saw her spray three or four I couldn’t see anything wrong with. Oh they had the start of maggots on them. You don’t want to breed from them , get them culled !
First I’d ever heard of it being genetic!
Predictably they’re still here!

I would hardly have a sheep left if id culled everything with fly strike last summer. Im so worried about it happening again this year i have just spent a small fortune on clik for the ewes ? which i have never felt i needed before but last year was sole destroying.

twizzel · May 10, 2020

I’ve had 2 hoggs struck in 3 days, I’ve only got 10 hoggs ffs

Shearer can’t get to me for a week or 2 so everything had clikzin last night

also bought a pair of Horner zippers but they won’t be here till next week.

Agrivator · May 10, 2020

The other major benefit of not clipping the wool off a strucken lamb is that it can soon look like its never been strucken. Have you seem some of the mutilated specimens in the store ring.

If any of your children get head lice, try clipping them before treatment, and see how they react. ?

Jackov Altraids · May 10, 2020

Agrivator said:
The other major benefit of not clipping the wool off a strucken lamb is that it can soon look like its never been strucken. Have you seem some of the mutilated specimens in the store ring.

If any of your children get head lice, try clipping them before treatment, and see how they react. ?

Are you just trying to live up to your name?

You are wrong.

It would be best to shave your kids head if you wanted them to be rid of head lice.

A lamb will not be more mutilated, you just seem to think aesthetics are more important than effective treatment.

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