General sheep thread

I noticed tapeworm segments in droppings from lambs couple of days ago..early February born lambs..gave albex yesterday and see long bits of tapeworm hanging from them this morning..I assume this is a good sign that the dose is working? Lambs in fine fettle..

I knew they are not supposed to be much harm but they are unsightly..can't see how they would do any good either....I don't actually have a sheep dog..we do have a dog that's not near the sheep and is well wormed..better looked after than myself..

Apologies wrangler.. looking back at that it was quite an abrasive response by me..I was just frustrated as I had tapeworm over a year ago too..possibly came in some lambs I bought ..do they stay in soil like other worms can?..

As far as i know tapeworms need dog to complete it's life cycle, sheep pick them up in dogshit,we used to have them here years ago but since we dosed the dogs every thrree months we haven't had them. Aparently they don't do much harm but a bad infestation must physically take up a lot of room in their stomach with what I've seen coming out of lambs.

Only a white dose controls tapeworm but it's getting useless for the stomach worms

Have a ewe that has been losing wool and now as you can just about see in the pic attached has a big patch in the middle of its back that the wool is gone completely. Is it something to worry about she is fine besides

Did she get any injections for an infection at lambing time?

It’s not scab or lice or something is it? She looks to be have a patch behind the shoulder as well?

If it’s due to an infection or sickness a while back - then the wool will have been weak at the point when it grew when she had the infection. It will break at this point. So when it falls out, she shouldn’t be totally bald - there should be a bit of wool coming underneath again… if that makes sense…

last hogget lambed here Saturday,thats it for this year now thankfully,was our first year lambing our own llyen ewe lambs,they would really put the Suffolk x or mule hoggets i used to buy to shame for mothering ability,very impressed with the llyens as ewes now overall

I treated her with spotinator 2 weeks ago but I don't think that does anything for scab think I better inject with ivomec just in case. Only thing is would she not be off form if it was scab. I bought the ewe last year with lambs and foot and she was the only one of the group sheared so I asked the seller why she was sheared and he said he had injected her for something and her wool started shedding so he sheared her...so I'm wondering is it something that happens annually

Bought a hogget from a lad on Monday. Went out this morning and she had a lovely lamb running after her.

Had a hogget scanned in lamb for a double.

She was poorly the past 2 days, was kinda putting off the inevitable of more than likely taking dead lambs from her.

After seeing her with 2 lovely lambs at foot. Happy days

would It be to early yet to worm dose lambs that were born last week of March and first week of April ? All seem to be thriving well ? Or would I be better to leave them another two weeks time and then go in with a white dose for nemodirus?

Is there any word of Nemo outbreaks yet?......my ewes started lambing from around March 12th.....majority done by March 28th so was thinking of going with a white dose this weekend.