Trodax no longer available
- Thread starter Macsky
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Yes, I was told this on Friday, too, by a friend who works in the local ag. store.
Same as you, I think it's the best for cleaning the ewes out in winter.
There has been a lot of issues with Trodax in recent years.
Same as you, I think it's the best for cleaning the ewes out in winter.
There has been a lot of issues with Trodax in recent years.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Is it no longer available, or just temporarily unavailable like lots of other things?
I heard this week that ewe sponges & CIDRs are almost out anywhere, so have been scrabbling round trying to source for my ET program later. PMSG was the same earlier in the year too.
Lots of stuff is being held up by various supply or manufacturing issues.
I heard this week that ewe sponges & CIDRs are almost out anywhere, so have been scrabbling round trying to source for my ET program later. PMSG was the same earlier in the year too.
Lots of stuff is being held up by various supply or manufacturing issues.
Mr always wrong
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- Location
- cumbria
I'm reliably informed it has been discontinued, unfortunately
I wonder why? That really isn’t a great move, treatment options for fluke are limited enough as it is, especially for those that have resistance issues with triclabendazole.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
That’s a bummer
cheviot53
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Is this the end for many on the west caost , (stopped Loupling ill vaccine 5yrs ago) now many that can't use triclabendazole will only have closantel left for immatures and will have been using it already for a long time
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
There's been a lot of problems this past 4 or 5 years, with bad batches. Trodax has been off the shelves more often than on, over this time
It's a shame but I'm not surprised - I expected the plug to have been pulled before now...
The drug is there so HOPEFULLY someone else steps in to produce it... no doubt Elanco, keeping us bent over that barrel - and they won't even lube us for their privilege
The same active ingredient, at the same strength is marketed by Kepro in Holland:
www.kepro.nl
Wonder if it’s just rebranded Trodax?
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Wonder if it’s just rebranded Trodax?
Bad in what way? Other than the stoppers not sealing and getting covered in the stuff.
livestock 1
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I’ve not had a great lot to do with Trodax but most folks say it’s a very good product
Was told by a college that it’s very hard on ewes if they have fluke
Considering you can only treat them with it when they have it that’s not too appealing
Was told by a college that it’s very hard on ewes if they have fluke
Considering you can only treat them with it when they have it that’s not too appealing
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Batches going off having bits/lumps floating in them through contamination (sealed fine and well within expiry date). Many batches taken off shelves/returned and destroyed.
Not just a 1-off, it's been quite regular
It’s only hard on them because it’s effective, kills all the fluke very quickly and leaves the body with a big clean up task, the key is not to let them get too infested to start with.
I liked it as a mid winter dose as anything in them by that point is likely to be mature and therefor susceptible , and that have possibly been resistant to closantel doses in the autumn, and it wipes them out, like a fresh slate for the year.
muleman
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It does a good job....the only ones it will be too harsh on is the odd one that is better off gone.
livestock 1
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Yes I wondered that
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
It's worth getting a muck sample tested for fluke, since doing this have been able to avoid a lot of routine fluke drenching and only dose when they definitely need it
livestock 1
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Some of the land I farm I need to dose for fluke every five weeks from October until May
In the wet summers we have to start in August