Bolus and drench at the same time

[msheep66]

Going to Bolus my ewes this year with Tracesure with copper was just wondering if its ok to also worm drench the ewes at the same time. Any thoughts?

 

[ford4000]

I bet they don't need to be wormed

 

[msheep66]

I bet they don't need to be wormed

Well you could be right although the younger ewes look leaner than the older ones.

 

[Macsky]

I can only imagine a chaser would just help the bolus down. Did it a few weeks ago with a fluke dose following a Mayo bolus, no harm done.

 

[Sierra Lama]

Have done so for years without any bother ??

 

[Tim W]

Well you could be right although the younger ewes look leaner than the older ones.

FEC???

 

[Stewartry hill]

Piece of rubber pipe on end of drenching gun put bouls in do both at once

 

[ford4000]

Well you could be right although the younger ewes look leaner than the older ones.

Yeah, some shearlings might not have developed full immunity yet

 

[msheep66]

Yeah, some shearlings might not have developed full immunity yet

Is it wise to only drench the young ewes?. I haven't done a FEC.

 

[msheep66]

Piece of rubber pipe on end of drenching gun put bouls in do both at once

Does that work?

 

[unlacedgecko]

FEC???

ARSE! DRINK!

 

[Tim W]

Is it wise to only drench the young ewes?. I haven't done a FEC.

If you do a FEC (one on older and one on younger ewes) then you will know what to do
I assume you have done some blood testing or other analysis to determine that you need to supplement with mineral bolus?

 

[msheep66]

I don't have a kit to do a FEC so I will have to take some samples to the vet. I have not done any blood tests but my neighbour has and his sheep have responded very well to Boluses.

 

[Stewartry hill]

Does that work?

yes if bolus is the right size for pipe

 

[ford4000]

If you do a FEC (one on older and one on younger ewes) then you will know what to do
I assume you have done some blood testing or other analysis to determine that you need to supplement with mineral bolus?

With regards to slowing down wormer resistance just worming the thinner ones would be better than blanket treating them all

 

[ford4000]

I don't have a kit to do a FEC so I will have to take some samples to the vet. I have not done any blood tests but my neighbour has and his sheep have responded very well to Boluses.

Your neighbour and yourself would have similar soils so I'd think if you use the same bolus as he does you'll get similar results

 

[neilo]

Going to Bolus my ewes this year with Tracesure with copper was just wondering if its ok to also worm drench the ewes at the same time. Any thoughts?

I’ve never heard of any reason why you can’t give a worm drench at the same time as a TE bolus, and I have done so often enough. I certainly wouldn’t be worming ewes routinely pre-tupping, but I do drench thin ewes and shearlings. In fact I have been doing just that today, alongside giving an Iodine drench.

Ideally you should be FEC testing different groups of ewes, but in practice.....

 

[Al R]

The same time not a problem, a few years ago I gave zolvix,dectomax,triclabendazole,Bolus and footvax in 1 job as a quarantine. Before I did it I phoned all 5 companies to ask them if it would be ok and they all said, if they die, phone us back so we can note it down not to do it. All survived. I don’t do more than 2 things at a time unless it’s a small number and I’m not near them with a handling system for a while.