[Jacob-list] bottle jaw

[Linda]

I'd be happy to put up with liver flukes, if it meant we'd get some rain!  

What dewormer do you use for liver fluke?

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


>

> common cause of bottle jaw. We do see liver flukes, but not that

> often.>>

>

> Thank you Linda and Jennifer, this is very interesting. Perhaps

> because Britain is such a wet country, liver fluke is the biggest

> problem here, causing large economic losses.  However, haemonchus

> contortus has recently been found in the south of Scotland,

> presumably having made its way north with the many sheep movements

> which take place across the border. This is the first year we have

> been officially warned about it - very useful to hear your

> experience.

> Over here too whole flock worming is no longer recommended, except

> for fluke which does a lot of damage to the animal before it is

> noticed. We lost a shearling to fluke a few years ago; she had been

> grazing away for a month but on high pasture similar to our own

> which does not have wet areas for the snails which host the disease

> to live, so we had not thought of fluke. After her death we dosed

> the whole flock then with a specific flukicide , on our vet's

> advice, and have had no further incidence.  Normally we allow the

> animals to build up their own resistance to worms and dose only

> when necessary.  This way of dealing with worms is slow to catch on

> amongst the commercial, largescale breeders over here.

> Juliet in Scotland

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