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Things to do at housing

Steps you should be taking now to protect your herd

Beef

  • Check if youngstock needs worming for gut worms at housing using faecal egg counts (FECs). If infection risk is high, use a product that contains a macrocyclic lactone (ML) to kill off inhibited Ostertagia worms to reduce the risk of Type ll ostertagiosis later in the winter. Adult cattle should not require any treatment for gut worms.
  • There is no natural immunity to liver fluke, so all ages of stock must be assessed for treatment where there is a history, or risk of infection. Check fluke forecasts and abattoir returns to monitor presence of fluke
  • Blood test a group of first season grazing calves (as sentinels) two weeks after housing to check whether they have been in contact with liver fluke in the summer

Dairy

  • Check if youngstock needs worming for gut worms at housing using faecal egg counts (FECs). If infection risk is high, use a product that contains macrocyclic lactone (ML) to kill off inhibited Ostertagia worms to reduce the risk of Type ll ostertagiosis later in the winter. Adult cattle should not require any treatment for gut worms
  • Take a bulk milk sample to test if the milking herd has been exposed to liver fluke.
  • There is no natural immunity to liver fluke, so all ages of stock must be assessed for treatment where there is a history, or risk of infection. Check fluke forecasts and use abattoir returns to monitor presence of fluke

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2019 Press Releases

 31st December 2019

  Treat cattle for liver fluke just after housing – 18th December 2019 Sheep and cattle farmers urged to start testing for liver fluke this autumn – 15th October 2019 Watch out for surge of headflies from mid-July – 8th July 2019 Nematode control in cattle – Page 1 Nematode control in cattle – Page … Continued

2018 Press Releases

 31st December 0218

COWS SCOPS Liver Fluke Warning – 16th October 2018 Farmers urged not to get caught out by low fluke risk this winter page 1 – 12th October 2018 Farmers urged not to get caught out by low fluke risk this winter page 2 – 12th October 2018 COWS SCOPS Liver Fluke warning – 5th September … Continued