Walterp
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Hmmm, think I spelled it right..
Anyway, after a wet Summer we took proper advice from our vet and dosed the cattle with a 'proper' drench. Got the co op bill to prove it, too. But I was happy, 'cos I'd done it thoroughly, hadn't it? Even bought a nice Australian drenching gun to do it thoroughly (me, who grew up watching farmers using a milk bottle to drench with....)
I thought it was odd that a few cattle weren't recovering like they should. "Hmmm..." I thought, "Johnnes?" Not sure I can pronounce it, or spot it, but there was SOMETHING wrong, wasn't there?
Right on cue, one of our tackmen 'phoned up and said that they'd lost a couple of lambs and, 'cos he's a big believer in drenching he PM'd 'em. Result? Tricladenzadole resistance.
So, back to the co-op. They aren't doing refunds, but they suggested a pour on instead, which we did. The vet says the pour on isn't going to work, and we'd better get used to jabbing every animal with Trodax instead. In the meantime, the affected cattle don't look any better - and they've had the combined assault of a triclabendazole, a pour on AND Trodax.
So, this turnout, what's the most effective fluke-ing strategy when you've got Super Fluke?
Anyway, after a wet Summer we took proper advice from our vet and dosed the cattle with a 'proper' drench. Got the co op bill to prove it, too. But I was happy, 'cos I'd done it thoroughly, hadn't it? Even bought a nice Australian drenching gun to do it thoroughly (me, who grew up watching farmers using a milk bottle to drench with....)
I thought it was odd that a few cattle weren't recovering like they should. "Hmmm..." I thought, "Johnnes?" Not sure I can pronounce it, or spot it, but there was SOMETHING wrong, wasn't there?
Right on cue, one of our tackmen 'phoned up and said that they'd lost a couple of lambs and, 'cos he's a big believer in drenching he PM'd 'em. Result? Tricladenzadole resistance.
So, back to the co-op. They aren't doing refunds, but they suggested a pour on instead, which we did. The vet says the pour on isn't going to work, and we'd better get used to jabbing every animal with Trodax instead. In the meantime, the affected cattle don't look any better - and they've had the combined assault of a triclabendazole, a pour on AND Trodax.
So, this turnout, what's the most effective fluke-ing strategy when you've got Super Fluke?