Dosing ewes today with triclabendazole for fluke. The stuff had been stored properly, shaken before use and was "in date". After struggling with two guns (good guns and clean too!) had to abandon the stuff and get a new batch. There must have been some small "lumps" in the drench that was causing problems with the valves on the guns. Is this a known problem with triclabendazole based drench? I know I`ve had the same problem before but can`t remember if it was the same product....frustrating...!
Fluke drench - dosing gun problem.
- Thread starter Moors Lad
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Downtrodden Dad
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- Cumbria
In the past I have seived stuff through a pair of tights to stop this problem[emoji12]
Northeastfarmer
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Didn't your legs get cold?
.....no, but his missus gave him the cold shoulder..
I shall give it a try, thanks
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Was it Tribex by any chance, we had problems with it this autumn and in the past. had to buy a new drench gun , with a bigger bore pipe to use it
Fasinex seems to work ok
we tried 3 guns on one bottle of tribex recently before deciding it was the stuff that causing the problem, rest of bottles been no bother
this is a big bore/flow drench gun i use.make is Genesis and he works very well. wold be ideal for min/vits as well i guess.
The non return valves are better in it and the barrel is bigger bore. dfferent than usual gun.
The non return valves are better in it and the barrel is bigger bore. dfferent than usual gun.
Had this issue last week,found gently tapping the gun nozzle on the race hurdle frame as you released the hand lever seemed to settle the valve.
Can these be bought online?
Had 2 guns feck up today and had to resort to syringes and bowls
yeah here it seems http://chilverscountrysupplies.co.uk/index.php?_a=product&product_id=595 but thats not the bigger one like mine sed forfluke drench for ewes.
where i got mine they dont sell them anymore.
might be worth asking that lot if they could.get a higher capcity one.if you need it
I dont get any trouble with Tribex.
i dont use mixed products either.
i dont use mixed products either.
Might be better for the benefit of others if you were to explain why rather than filling my screen with silly pictures!.
Combinex on some occasions has nearly driven me to despair ( plus horrendous BAD language!) - some batches can be very bad ! Not used here any more for that reason..........
At this time of year we expect to see chronic fluke infections and therefore drugs such as Closantel or Nitroxynil are appropriate.
Triclabendazole resistance is increasing and we need to reserve its use for times when sheep are being actively infected with fluke. Even then we really need to follow up after treatment to ensure its worked. I've talked to 4 farmers with suspected resistance today.
Who the hell suggested triclabendazole in Feb?!
Triclabendazole resistance is increasing and we need to reserve its use for times when sheep are being actively infected with fluke. Even then we really need to follow up after treatment to ensure its worked. I've talked to 4 farmers with suspected resistance today.
Who the hell suggested triclabendazole in Feb?!