Ivermectin

[An ancient git]

Self contained flock here , odd rams from VERY specific sources . No probs . But occasional store lambs etc that go to mart NEVER come home , whatever the trade may be .... Same with any Store Cattle .... Not worth the risk and hassle , whatever ....

 

[The sheep dipper man]

make sure it's scab and not lice first ..... you probably have ,but saying just in case as I think ivermectin is no good for lice ..... I'm happy to be corrected !

Your correct an injectable is no good for lice and likewise a pouron is no good for scab. Best to get tested first.

 

[Andy84]

It’s time compulsory dipping was brought back in far too many reports of jag resistant scab and it spreading through marts!

 

[neilo]

It’s time compulsory dipping was brought back in far too many reports of jag resistant scab and it spreading through marts!

It'll never happen. OP is a nerve agent, and was developed as such for WW1. No government can ever introduce enforced exposure to that product again, or there would be shiny suited lawyers blocking all the courtrooms with claims.

 

[Mc115reed]

It’s time compulsory dipping was brought back in far too many reports of jag resistant scab and it spreading through marts!

I wouldn’t say that statement is entirely true.... too many people injecting for scab because they didn’t get blood tests done and then they’re telling all there mates the jab didn’t work because it wasn’t bloody scab it’s mites and they’ve used the wrong product!

 

[neilo]

I wouldn’t say that statement is entirely true.... too many people injecting for scab because they didn’t get blood tests done and then they’re telling all there mates the jab didn’t work because it wasn’t bloody scab it’s mites and they’ve used the wrong product!

That will certainly be happening, but there are also a lot of resistant mites getting about too. With the speed they multiply, they will be spreading very quickly as soon as the first few developed, particularly as most people’s first port of call has been to use a product that eliminates all the susceptible ones that they might have bred with.

It’s the same mechanism by which anthelmintic resistant worms develop, but happens at a much faster pace, and with spread by contact as well.

 

[The sheep dipper man]

That will certainly be happening, but there are also a lot of resistant mites getting about too. With the speed they multiply, they will be spreading very quickly as soon as the first few developed, particularly as most people’s first port of call has been to use a product that eliminates all the susceptible ones that they might have bred with.

It’s the same mechanism by which anthelmintic resistant worms develop, but happens at a much faster pace, and with spread by contact as well.

I must ssy i have been and dipped alot of confirmed scab cases where injectables have not worked.

 

[sean m]

I must ssy i have been and dipped alot of confirmed scab cases where injectables have not worked.

Most of the new customers we Go to have jabbed at least once with something