Drenching
Cattle drench performance on the slide
Dairy grazers and farmers running R1 dairy beef are being urged to check the performance of their drenches after a recent cattle drench survey highlighted worrying levels of drench-resistant worms. Ginny Dodunski is urging farmers running dairy beef to check the performance of their drenches. Words Sandra Taylor.
Tool aids decisions at prelamb
A free tool which aids decision making on animal health based on each farm’s unique needs is continuing to prove popular with sheep farmers in the lead up to the critical prelamb period.
Different approaches to drenching beef cattle
Wormwise Programme Manager Ginny Dodunski says the real opportunity in combatting drench resistance is minimising the worm challenge in the first place.
Episode 8 – The ticking time bomb of drench resistance
A recent national report showed that a third of sheep farmers have triple drench resistance. Rebecca Greaves and Sarah Perriam-Lampp uncover what that means for you, discussing the financial impacts of drench resistance with Wairarapa vet Sara Sutherland, drench management plans with Clive Bingham of Zoetis NZ, and worm control with Ginny Dodunski, Wormwise Programme Manager.
Tool to find alternatives to capsules this pre-lamb
MSD Animal Health has developed the following best practice decision-making guide for vaccinating and drenching this pre-lamb.
The trusted triple is back
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