Always read the label and ask advice from a vet, vet pharmacist or SQP before deciding which product to use
Always weigh cattle or use a weigh band to calculate the correct dose for each animal
Check meat and milk withdrawal periods for each product before administration
For advice on managing parasite infections in sheep visit www.scops.org.uk
Control Of Worms Sustainably (COWS) is a voluntary initiative aiming to provide the best available, evidence-based information to the beef and dairy cattle industries in relation to the sustainable control of both internal and external parasites.
As a voluntary initiative, COWS is kindly funded by: AgriSearch, AHDB, AHDA, AHDB Beef & Lamb, AHDB Dairy, AMTRA, HCC, NFU, NOAH and QMS. COWS also works closely with SCOPS.
Daniel Scovenna of Torch Vets offers a case to illustrate using the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway visit as an opportunity to work with a farmer to establish a parasite control and monitoring programme in a suckler herd. It outlines the discussions and tests undertaken, the interpretation of the results and actions taken, including implementing … Continued
Parasitologists at Moredun have released a new, enhanced version of ‘FEC Check’ for interpreting faecal egg counts (FEC) from cattle. The farmer-facing, free, online tool helps with the interpretation of faecal egg count results for roundworms and provides lots of information on testing and the use of wormers (anthelmintics). Parasitologists at Moredun have further developed … Continued
Concerns have been raised about lack of efficacy or suspected resistance to anthelmintic products authorised for use in cattle and sheep but at the same time there are not large numbers of suspected lack of expected efficacy (SLEE) reports received from the livestock sector. There may be many reasons why this is the case, but … Continued
