anthelmintics

Anyone know if these are available yet in the UK? I heard rumours someone had imported embryos in 2022? Vowed i would never touch sheep but having seen them delivering superb results in Albury Wodonga when visiting if i can get my hands on some here ill swap some of my cattle for sheep. They...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Dairy farmers are being urged to vaccinate their youngstock and naïve cattle against lungworm ahead of the 2024 grazing season. Veterinary adviser with MSD Animal Health, Dr Kat Baxter Smith, said cases of lungworm have been increasing and that...

Should we worry both as consumers and producers? Glyphosate on oats is the obvious one.Recently highlighted by tim Spector on one of his zoe podcasts. Do we know if glyphosate is toxic in any way. Is it messing with our microbiome? Also as a strawberry grower I am well aware of the very short...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Nuffield Farming report has highlighted the current problems faced by the UK sheep industry due to anthelmintics over usage and has outlined sustainable steps for addressing resistance. Carried out by Welsh farm veterinarian Miranda Timmerman...

Welcome to the latest issue of the RH&W newsletter. It’s been another busy month for the livestock sector and RH&W with multiple working groups making great strides forward with the Sheep welfare strategy – a document developed by industry for industry. It’s a great privilege to have so many...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Dung beetles can play a very important role in reducing the use of anthelmintics to control nematode worm burdens in livestock. That is according to Co. Laois dairy farmer Bruce Thompson. He believes this is because the beetles act to prevent L3...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Anthelmintic resistance (AR) is currently one of the biggest problems confronting the UK and Irish sheep sectors. It is also an issue that could potentially impact the the cattle sector over the coming years. Against this background it is evident...

Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...

Former NFU Vice-President Paul Temple has welcomed the recent passing into law of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act as a major opportunity to capitalise on the UK’s world-leading scientific strengths in plant genetics, and to accelerate the development of higher-yielding crop...

Apologies for a silly question and I think I know the answer but does anyone know if clik does for ticks as well as blow fly? We called in a merchants today and we’re sold click instead of spot on……

Why can’t we get this in the uk?

I was talking to a farmer in India, he the owner of a large estate would never get too closely involved with work on the ground as they have staff for everything I was talking to him about his rose garden, which was superb. Knowing as I do ( my wife has a large collection) the difficulties of...

Dipped ewes on the 27th January.Was thinking of dosing the ewes tomorrow with Levafas diamond. It says on box not to use product if ewes have been treated with organophosphate either 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after intended treatment. Can anyone explain why? Tia

Morning all, (edited to include links) I'm sorry not to have been here for a while. Today we've published some information about what we'll be paying for in the Sustainable Farming Incentive this year, and everything else we'll be paying for through Environmental Land Management schemes. Here...

Moderator notice OK we have done this now in the resource section to try separate he questions and answers from the general chat - we will update it as new questions and answers are added to this thread...

Why is responsible medicine use important? How can I use medicines responsibly on farm? Responsible use of medicines Responsible use of antibiotics Responsible use of anthelmintics Useful links Read our advice to help you learn about using medicines responsibly. You will find information and...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Cattle farmers are being encouraged to think differently about lungworm in 2023 and to develop strategies to prevent production losses, rather than treat infections. Tom Warboys Tom Warboys, a vet from Synergy Farm Health, said: “Habitually...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called for the Dairy Council of Northern Ireland (DCNI) to support the resolution of issues that it said could have “potentially devastating consequences” for dairy farmers. The four issues, which the union said are as...

Having a mare with fattening lambs dying 30 + so far they have been dipped wormed ovivac P Alvited and there still dying talking to guy at local ag merchants he’s telling me I’m not on my own and one chap was telling him he’s lost almost 200 . We‘ve done our normal routine weaned from hill farm...

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS) The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to other ruminants requires more investigation regarding parasites and drug...