Worm management
Sustainable control of sheep worms involves a combination of planned stock and farm management, monitoring worm levels using worm egg counts, regular drench resistance testing, maximising the use of non-chemical worm management strategies, the strategic timing of effective drenches and breeding worm resistant sheep.
Without sustainable worm management, drench resistant worms will keep increasing and economic loss will be greater.
The aim of WormBoss is to reduce drenching and minimise the onset of drench resistance while increasing animal productivity and profitability.
When this happens, there are less larvae on the pastures, waiting for your sheep to ingest them!
Worm larvae in dew drop waiting to be ingested
Image kindly supplied by Dr Russ Hobbs, Murdoch University
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