Fluke dose for ewes this time of year

No point in people recommending brand names. Unfortunately you must do your homework on what does/doesn't work in your area.

Fasinex is Triclabendazole as are some others. There is a HUGE problem with Triclabendazole resistant fluke in most hilly and wet areas.

Endofluke is exactly the same drug -> it won't work in many areas.

Maybe your area isn't affected. Local sheepmen would know.

I've not heard of any resistance to closantel yet which is the active drug in Flukiver and in Solantel.

I use this in Autumn and then something like Zanil in February, the point being that an adult stage of fluke dose will be all that's needed then as they'rell be no immature/early immature or eggs left by then.

Zanil also covers rumen fluke. I think it's actually not available this year but there's an alternative with the same drug.

I was just thinking a board should be set up to discuss dosing of sheep.

The father went to the co.op yesterday to get a fluke and worm dose for lambs.

They gave him/he got endospec fluke and worm. Just give a larger dose to do fluke.

Would this be ok to give to sheep before putting them to the mountain

I think the cobalt in endospec is at a level where the biggest benefit is the company can market it as having cobalt.

No harm in giving a separate cobalt dose along with it and if the lambs are lacking it will be of benefit.

The worm dose in endospec is a white dose. White doses are nearly useless for the majority of sheep farms in Ireland, so if your lambs need a worm dose you need to do a faecal egg count a fortnight after dosing to make sure it has worked

After dosing the lambs with levacide. Done a fec last week and vet said to dose with that.

How long before I should take another fec

Supaverm

I'd ask my vet. Does a dung sample check for both liver fluke and rumin fluke

Ya I have the same, ewes look shook and I was sure they would be full of fluke or worms or something but dung samples came back clear 🤷🏻‍♂️….sheep really testing the mental health this year !

Anyone doing any worm reduction testing in lambs? I tried it a month ago and found that Cydectin is still working here, its a little bit of peace of mind. I'll try some of the other products next year.

What fluke dose would ye recommend for Ewes or find good.

I gave them Flukiver last year and not sure whether I should go with a different one this year or not ?

I'm going with a triclabendazole based one. Not sure on the whole switching them for next time round.

Nothing dosed here yet. What you going with

I gave Flukiver, my store lambs havent been dosed since September 20th , their always heavy with fluke coming from West Cork. Ill have to do them with tramazole though because ill be killing every 3 weeks

Told to go with lefevas diamond. Would that be OK to dose with??

Levafas only kills adult liver fluke. As above, it’s targeted at worms & rumen fluke

was a good video. Hes very good.