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Never heard that one. Are you sure vet mentioned scabivax , not spectramWon’t need to put up with them for much longer. Scabivax being discontinued, I believe, according to my vet, the last of the vaccine has now been made so when stocks run out, that’s it.
Definitely scabivax (as well as spectam).Never heard that one. Are you sure vet mentioned scabivax , not spectram
I hope they come up with an alternative! The loss of production in ewe and lamb can have a massive effect.Definitely scabivax (as well as spectam).
There's been one for ages.......I hope they come up with an alternative! The loss of production in ewe and lamb can have a massive effect.
Does it actually work?There's been one for ages.......
.....FRO buckets.
There's a bonus too...........
............they do their own 'applicating' (although it's better if they stick their head's in rather than their feet )
Stopped using Scabivax four or five years ago when the price went up. They have access to the buckets more or less from birth but they don't use them unless they need them.Does it actually work?
Do you have to keep ewes away from the buckets or don’t they bother with them?Stopped using Scabivax four or five years ago when the price went up. They have access to the buckets more or less from birth but they don't use them unless they need them.
See the occasional one with a blister but we did when we were scratching.
Started using the DXO buckets last year (they do cocci as well). That saves drenching them with Vecoxan too.
The orf buckets are very good, the ewes never used to bother with them much, not sure if it’s quite the same recipe now thoughDo you have to keep ewes away from the buckets or don’t they bother with them?
Ours don't seem to bother them too much. There was a problem a year or two ago when they changed the formula but they seem to have made them harder again.Do you have to keep ewes away from the buckets or don’t they bother with them?
We never used to scratch until we came to the current farm, which did have an off problem to be fair. I remember moaning about it on the telephone one day to one of my elderly neighbours from where we used to farm. Always remember him saying ‘just stop doing them’ he said you’ll have a year of pain then you’ll never need to do them again.Stopped using Scabivax four or five years ago when the price went up. They have access to the buckets more or less from birth but they don't use them unless they need them.
See the occasional one with a blister but we did when we were scratching.
Started using the DXO buckets last year (they do cocci as well). That saves drenching them with Vecoxan too.
It's probably six of one and half a dozen of the other.Do you not find you spend more on buckets than the cocci drench costs?