coccidiosis

Going through the last of the lambs and overall happy enough with them , but we seem to have really high losses from scanning to weaning.. so my question is , what steps do folk use to ensure best chance of a lamb to sell . Be it mineral drench, vaccinations, feed etc

Dad spotted these in one of our grazing cattle dung this morning. Seem to be blood filled. He burst one. Group of about 50 yearlings grazing and being fed a 2kg of molasses barley per day. Wormed about 3 weeks ago with ivermectin pour on. They have been on farm for 6+months. Bought as stores...

Had too many twins this year out of my Blackface. Lambing percentage was about 145%. Lost about 45 percent of that, if not more. Sheep are bolused at weaning ( end of this month). Go back to the hill and brought in for tupping. They were served on the hill, (that's another story) probably...

Hi, Lambs given white wormer to prevent Nematodirus in May. Plenty of cobalt doses, Vecoxan dose for coccidiosis (this seemed like a great dose and dried up lambs in June) and also received a clear wormer in June. Majority of lambs are clean however there are still a few with watery scour...

hi,can anyone give an opinion on this calf? aa calf , 1 month old, doing well. went out on saturday ,calf looked a bit empty,, under the weather, a dirty tail but not skittery. no better on sunday or monday. brought it in and dosed it for coccidosis.it,s mother has been sucked out all the...

Reared a load of pet lambs ( split triplets and odds n sods) this year on a couple of sheperdess feeders. They didn't look back, looking fantastic. Eating creep and on straw. Weaned them 6 weeks no bother, no check and eating creep like its going out of fashion. Id say they are the best looking...

Written by Hugh Harney from Agriland As calves have been slowly getting out to pasture in recent weeks, it is important to protect them against Johne’s disease and the exposure to mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), which is the bacteria that causes the disease. When it comes to...

Marking lambs this week, through the week have had 3 die on separate days shortly after handling(within 30 mins). This has never happened in my experience before. Two tup lambs and a ewe lamb. They are as usual dosed with rycoben, mineral drench, tails and balls rung, ear notch and 8ml of...

Written by Hugh Harney from Agriland Since the weather has improved, any farmer that did not have calves out already, has been able to get them out over the last week or two, and now, heifer calf targets must be considered. Post-weaning, a lot of the hard work is done, however, it is still...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

Aye up, We have been asked several times to supply medicated feeds at our feedstore. We can’t do that because we don’t have an SQP. That person would hold the qualification required to approve the supply of veterinary medicines through the store. We most likely won’t get into wormers etc...

Anyone done one yet with Feb/mar born lambs? Just started to notice the odd mucky bum, need to do a FEC count tomorrow to check levels of nemo as wells guess.

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The establishment of a new regional board in Northern Ireland has been announced by the Moredun Foundation, a leading farming animal charity. Chair of the Northern Ireland Moredun Foundation Regional Board, Dr. Simon Doherty said: He added that this...

Has anyone mixed the dose for coccidiosis in with the milk when feeding bucket reared calves or will I just go to the trouble of dosing them and be lazy!! It for prevention as had some trouble last year

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has launched its nematodirus forecast with the aim of helping producers deal with variation in disease risk this spring. The group said the forecast will be “really important” to help...

Vet gave steer steriod dex, side affect is increased appetite, gorged himself on hay now has hay stuck in rumen. They gave 10l of a brew to induce bloat to try get moving, hasnt worked, 500g of coffee also as laxative. Caecal dilation was diagnosis, heart rate fibe so not torsion. Have off...

Hi all are there other options to blade for contract rearing? Based southwest tia

I've got two kerry hill lambs (8months roughly) with really mucky back ends. Rest of the flock is alright. Wormed last week with albex 2.5 and fluked mud July. They are on slightly over grown land which they have grazed well, but rains been pretty consistent so it's wet. Thoughts? What do i need...

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Morning 8 days ago moved 70odd Feb born lambs onto new grazing. Before moving had a good few mucky so zolvixed the lot & kept in yard for 3 days. They dried up. Checking them this morning & see around 5+ looking mucky again! The ground isn't lush by any means, certainly no better than what...