Louping Ill vaccine

[DartmoorEwe]

I'm fairly enthusiastic to vaccinate my replacement gimmers having now lost 6 lambs in a week. My vet says the existing louping ill vaccine has been withdrawn. If anyone knows of any still for sale please pm me - I only need 25 doses.

I found this article https://www.farminguk.com/news/rese...el-vaccine-for-louping-ill-control_55292.html dated 26 March 2020. Does anyone know if Moredun has been able to make any progress?

 

[exmoorromney]

The louping ill vaccine hasn't been available for quite a few years now so very doubtful you will find any anywhere. We suffer with ticks really bad and it even affects our in ground ewes and lambs from where the hill ewes come in and drop ticks. We have lost up to 40 out of 120 2 tooth replacements on the hill in recent years, it gets very disheartening.

 

[DartmoorEwe]

So you're losing one third of your replacements!

 

[exmoorromney]

So you're losing one third of your replacements!

Not every year but we have done yes and every time they come in they get some kind of treatment for it, be that dysect, spot on or dipping etc. We sure do miss the louping ill vaccine, it was certainly worth the high cost per dose.