The Best Advice: Know your Nozzle! Ensure you are ready for action against blowfly strike. The disease is potentially at its worst from June until September-October. Blowfly Strike poses a serious welfare challenge to animals and can significantly affect farm profitability. More than 80 per cent of sheep flocks are hit by blowfly strike every… Read more »
Essential Lamb is specially formulated for lambs over 25kg with a fully developed rumen and provides sustained release of trace elements for 4 months. It meets the needs of all classes of modern lambs by giving a daily supply of the trace elements we most commonly see shortfalls in. Importance of trace elements for lambs:… Read more »
Early season grazed grass is one of the most economical and nutritious feeds for ruminants. By mid-May, it is usually growing well and good gains in lambs and cattle are easily achieved, with nutritive values often higher than many concentrate feeds (up to 24% protein (DM), around 80 D-value and 12.5 ME MJ/kg DM). Adequate… Read more »
Matt Colston, Elanco Ruminant Technical Consultant. In recent years there has been a lot of information produced around how to manage worm burdens in sheep in an efficient and sustainable way. Much of the data we now have shows there is an urgent need to change some of the tried and tested, traditional worm control routines, and… Read more »