Search results

Principles for the Allocation of Nutrients …

… about worm challenge on different forage types, and approaches to managing worms and drench inputs while animals are grazing crops.  … Why crops?  Crops not only provide a less favourable habitat for worm larvae, but can also provide … of worm challenge on crops can vary substantially and monitoring is very important to safely reduce drench use while grazing young stock on these.   Which crop is best?  Its not always possible to say which forage will be ‘best’ – … getting used to the new feed. They can then become ‘unexpectedly’ infected with worms.  Solutions to this could be:   Grazing lambs through a crop with their mums in the week or two before weaning, so that they are used to the new forage.  …

… northern parts of the country. Whereas Nematodirus mostly only causes problems in the deep South – it’s eggs require winter chilling to hatch and challenge young lambs in spring.  Barber’s Pole worm and Nematodirus can cause sudden, severe …