Ticks/Dip

[egbert]

Anyone know how long op dip should prevent ticks?
We've a ewe lamb come in off the common covered, and she was dipped about a month ago.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Anyone know how long op dip should prevent ticks?
We've a ewe lamb come in off the common covered, and she was dipped about a month ago.

High rainfall will have reduced the time it will stay in the wool, probably only a couple of weeks when it is as wet as it has been.
Also I don't think the strength of the Dip is as high as it used to be.

 

[egbert]

High rainfall will have reduced the time it will stay in the wool, probably only a couple of weeks when it is as wet as it has been.
Also I don't think the strength of the Dip is as high as it used to be.

We were dipping for scab...so I bleddy hope it was up to speed!

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

We were dipping for scab...so I bleddy hope it was up to speed!

I think it works fine at the time of application, just doesn't have the persistency that it used to have when it had lots of other additives in it.

 

[Wooly]

30 years ago you dipped with OP and you wouldn't get any fly for a year.

Today it barely lasts 6 weeks !

 

[Anymulewilldo]

30 years ago you dipped with OP and you wouldn't get any fly for a year.

Today it barely lasts 6 weeks !

Today you’re batting flies away while dipping the sheep like you say, when I was a little kid there wasn’t a fly to be seen for days in the yard after dipping

 

[Pistonbroke]

Our hill has become bad for ticks in the last few years. Seen them on ewes a fortnight after dipping. Useless as a preventative. I'm pretty doubtful about how long scab protection is although,no doubt it is the best short term cure

 

[Dealltdim]

30 years ago you dipped with OP and you wouldn't get any fly for a year.

Today it barely lasts 6 weeks !

Years ago dip used to have a strong smell and then we would add dieldrin powder.No worries about flies then.Today s dip is watered down to within an inch of its life!.