Understanding Sheep Marking: Health and Practices
What is Marking in Sheep? Known as marking, this is the process often performed within the first few weeks of life that removes the tail, castration of rams, ear tagging, …
Understanding Drench Resistance in Livestock
A New Approach to Managing Parasites There is no argument that drenching is an important part of livestock management and in a lot of cases it’s critical to ensure your …
Effective Roundworm Control: Insights for Sheep Farmers
Source: Paraboss / WormBoss ROUNDWORM LIFE CYCLE Most roundworms of sheep and goats share this basic roundworm life cycle. DUNG STAGE Worm eggs that have passed from the sheep in …
FAMACHA: A Guide to Assessing Anaemia in Livestock
The FAMACHA system The FAMACHA® system is a methodology to slow the development of drench resistance in barber’s pole worms of sheep and goats. It is based on minimising the need …
Pestivirus (BVDV)
Pestivirus causes abortion, ill-thrift in young animals, diarrhoea and respiratory disease. It is also known as bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV). Transmission is via direct contact with a carrier animal. …
Managing the risk of mastitis in wet weather
Muddy conditions from floods and the ongoing wet conditions in Australia created an increased risk of mastitis in their cows. What can farmers do to manage this risk? Agriculture Victoria …
What Is A Freemartin
Freemartinism is recognized as one of the most severe forms of sexual abnormality among cattle. This condition causes infertility in the female cattle born twin to a male. When a …
NSW fast tracks mRNA FMD and Lumpy Skin Disease vaccines
The NSW Government has taken another step towards fast tracking the world first mRNA vaccines for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy Skin Disease, inking a deal with US …
Strong outlook for NZ beef, but new ideas needed to address key industry challenges – Rabobank report
19th Jan 23, 10:12am – This content is supplied by Rabobank. Tight global beef supplies and steady demand for New Zealand beef are expected to support healthy farmgate prices for New …
Summer worm problems in cattle, goats, and sheep
23 JAN 2023 – Written by ParaBoss Worms are active all year round. But some worms really love warm wet weather. This means that as the weather warms up in …
