Ticks

[GTB]

Got a bunch of sheep in for fluke and worm drench today as they weren't thriving. Quite a few with dirty back ends and have had a few die in the last couple of weeks. I was amazed to see them carrying a large number of ticks. Could the ticks be harming them at this time of year? I always thought they weren't a problem after May/June? I'm beginning to think I may have mis-diagnosed the problem.

Before you say anything @bovine Yes I know I should have got them FEC tested but I thought it was too urgent a problem to wait until Monday or Tuesday.

 

[exmoor dave]

Funny enough I got berated in a non nasty way today by a concerned walker who thought I didn't ought be wading through bracken with the knapsack.

Haven't noticed much tick activity here yet on the animals but a lady walker did stop me the other day because her daughter who was with her had ticks all over her legs.....they'd only walked 1/4 mile off the road!
She wanted to know what to do about them!

 

[Gulli]

Funny enough I got berated in a non nasty way today by a concerned walker who thought I didn't ought be wading through bracken with the knapsack.

Haven't noticed much tick activity here yet on the animals but a lady walker did stop me the other day because her daughter who was with her had ticks all over her legs.....they'd only walked 1/4 mile off the road!
She wanted to know what to do about them!

Did you lend her a dose of dysect?

 

[JD-Kid]

place next door with organic sheep has ked's dose not seem to beat them up too much like a good course of leachs in the old days i guess

some drenchs may have some efect on them some pour on's work but most are kinda hopeless

 

[sidjon]

We had lots on cows early March into April but seen very few since, normally have more during a dryish summer though.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Got a bunch of sheep in for fluke and worm drench today as they weren't thriving. Quite a few with dirty back ends and have had a few die in the last couple of weeks. I was amazed to see them carrying a large number of ticks. Could the ticks be harming them at this time of year? I always thought they weren't a problem after May/June? I'm beginning to think I may have mis-diagnosed the problem.

Before you say anything @bovine Yes I know I should have got them FEC tested but I thought it was too urgent a problem to wait until Monday or Tuesday.

a shearer i know told a tale of a lad that had few lambs drop dead got vet involved they reckon ticks i didnt get the detail though.edit was there any suspect lameness ?

 

[unlacedgecko]

Funny enough I got berated in a non nasty way today by a concerned walker who thought I didn't ought be wading through bracken with the knapsack.

Haven't noticed much tick activity here yet on the animals but a lady walker did stop me the other day because her daughter who was with her had ticks all over her legs.....they'd only walked 1/4 mile off the road!
She wanted to know what to do about them!

Not much bothers me but ticks I can f**king stand! I go itchy at the thought...

 

[bovine]

Large burdens of ticks suck blood and make the sheep anaemic. They can also serve as a vector of various diseases. If the burdens are high then I would have treated for the ticks.

Yes you SHOULD have had an egg count done first!

 

[Jim75]

On some of our ground we have a constant problem with tick, not uncommon for us to loose several ewes/lambs a year. Anything bought in or coming from lower lying ground has been vaccinated in the past. We try and buy in from tick acclimatised ground or that have been vaccinated already.
Maybe someone else can confirm but even harsh winters don't seem to knock them. FIL reckons needs to be -12c to knock them if at all.

 

[czechmate]

On some of our ground we have a constant problem with tick, not uncommon for us to loose several ewes/lambs a year. Anything bought in or coming from lower lying ground has been vaccinated in the past. We try and buy in from tick acclimatised ground or that have been vaccinated already.
Maybe someone else can confirm but even harsh winters don't seem to knock them. FIL reckons needs to be -12c to knock them if at all.

Vet here says they can survive to less than -20

 

[GTB]

Large burdens of ticks suck blood and make the sheep anaemic. They can also serve as a vector of various diseases. If the burdens are high then I would have treated for the ticks.

Yes you SHOULD have had an egg count done first!

I agree but tbh I thought time was of the essence in this case. I hadn't realised there were ticks still about. I've never seen them causing trouble this late before. Incidentally, when we were getting them in about five ewes were too weak and had to be drenched in the field. I didn't notice ticks on any of them but it was as if their legs gave way underneath them. They were bolused for cobalt, sel, copper and iodine about three weeks ago so should be ok for those. I assumed fluke as a lot of them had been grazing on fairly wet ground over the summer, if you can call it a summer.

 

[Bury the Trash]

blowfly stuff will easily deal with ticks -with fairly long cover?

 

[exmoor dave]

On some of our ground we have a constant problem with tick, not uncommon for us to loose several ewes/lambs a year. Anything bought in or coming from lower lying ground has been vaccinated in the past. We try and buy in from tick acclimatised ground or that have been vaccinated already.
Maybe someone else can confirm but even harsh winters don't seem to knock them. FIL reckons needs to be -12c to knock them if at all.

We're seeing ticks please
Over the whole farm now, including down in the valley.
On lambs born in the shed and put down in the valley fields, often have ticks when by the time with gather them for the first time.

Saw redwater in cattle for the first time (I've ever it it, &dad in 30yrs +) last winter.


Not enough of the traditional control method going on........

 

[exmoor dave]

blowfly stuff will easily deal with ticks -with fairly long cover?

Dysect 10-12 weeks cover, very effective on ticks

 

[exmoor dave]

Did you lend her a dose of dysect?

I thought she might either be horrified by my suggestion of a dab of spot on.......... or she might actually go in to the tesco pharmacy (only place open on sat) and ask for "spot on"......cause some farmer said so!

 

[Jim75]

We're seeing ticks please
Over the whole farm now, including down in the valley.
On lambs born in the shed and put down in the valley fields, often have ticks when by the time with gather them for the first time.

Saw redwater in cattle for the first time (I've ever it it, &dad in 30yrs +) last winter.


Not enough of the traditional control method going on........
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Any reason to get the swan vestas out eh. Similar story here, never had much bother with cattle but had a case last yr and sent it all dozy and staggering about. Typically it was the best bullock but it recovered and did ok. Ewes usually go down then on there side act like they're running on the spot. What breed of sheep have you got @exmoor dave
We're largely scotch mules and think the Leicester side makes them that bit more vulnerable?????? Or is that rubbish

 

[exmoor dave]

Any reason to get the swan vestas out eh. Similar story here, never had much bother with cattle but had a case last yr and sent it all dozy and staggering about. Typically it was the best bullock but it recovered and did ok. Ewes usually go down then on there side act like they're running on the spot. What breed of sheep have you got @exmoor dave
We're largely scotch mules and think the Leicester side makes them that bit more vulnerable?????? Or is that rubbish

Sheep are exmoor mules and Suffolk cross ex mules.
Also some exlana's and wilts.

Don't get many problems with the sheep providing the lamb's are dosed with dysect before they go up over.
Ewes get a dose of dysect early Aug for strike which helps mop ticks up.

Cattle are predominantly Hereford cross
All home bred so don't usually have problems.
The two that got red water were bought in devons but had been on farm for 3 years. So we were surprised they got redwater.

 

[GTB]

Another two of ours dead this morning. Opened one up and there was no sign of fluke so treated them all with crovect. Never had tick problems this time of year before.

 

[shearerlad]

Resurrecting an oldie

Still seeing active ticks, so using my replacement ewe lambs as tick mops.
I have always used crovect for tick control as dysect affects me. Anyways, Dad was speaking to "a man" who reckoned crovect was useless against tick. Bottle of dysect was bought and applied this morning.

I've been spewing, dizzy spells and currently my head is thumping.

I will be going back to crovect in the future but what's the thoughts on its effectiveness compared to dysect

 

[Nithsdale]

Resurrecting an oldie

Still seeing active ticks, so using my replacement ewe lambs as tick mops.
I have always used crovect for tick control as dysect affects me. Anyways, Dad was speaking to "a man" who reckoned crovect was useless against tick. Bottle of dysect was bought and applied this morning.

I've been spewing, dizzy spells and currently my head is thumping.

I will be going back to crovect in the future but what's the thoughts on its effectiveness compared to dysect

Sorry Dysect makes you feel like that, must be horrid! Hope you get over it soon!!

Dysect is the best pour on for the job, but Crovect does work.