Any feedback on Smartshot B12. lamb injection.

[LAMBCHOPS]

New on the market from New Zealand. Who can import it?, vet only? cost, results etc Thanks

 

[cheviot53]

My vet gets it from another vet who imports it . Just paid 88.8 p per ml inc vat, last year I think I paid 79p . Last year I gave the x lambs 0.5 ml and the hill and any ewe lambs 1ml . While every one around complained lambs were lighter at sales , my lambs ave 1kg heavier

 

[LAMBCHOPS]

Thanks . Have always been pleased with bolus which also includes co. sel. and iodine . It seems there is one smartshot with sel added . However it looks as if you need to drench a pottasium iodide crystal(water) mix at 4% to cover iodine which we are short of. Think i will give it a go pre weaning lambs. Bolus method still for ewes though.

 

[cheviot53]

Only the straight B12 can be imported

 

[Bob the beef]

My vet gets it from another vet who imports it . Just paid 88.8 p per ml inc vat, last year I think I paid 79p . Last year I gave the x lambs 0.5 ml and the hill and any ewe lambs 1ml . While every one around complained lambs were lighter at sales , my lambs ave 1kg heavier

That sounds really good value @cheviot53 . Myself and a mate are using it this year sourced from 2 different vets and we re both paying nearly £1 per ml. He used it last year on 1/2 of his lambs , bolused 1/2. The smartshot lambs were all around 2kg heavier than the bolused lambs at weaning

 

[cheviot53]

Like the simplicity of one injection , used to dose with cheap cobolt drench every month

 

[Razor8]

anyone got a contact name or number for a supplier in the UK?

 

[Bob the beef]

anyone got a contact name or number for a supplier in the UK?

At moment you can only get it through a vet.
Not sure why, because there is nothing to cause concern in it. Probably a rouse to keep the price up

 

[Razor8]

Have a vet that will prescribe it but told me to ring and find out where to get it

 

[ISCO]

We used it last 2 years as we have severe cobalt problems and it works very well. We pay nearly £1 per ml