The rams reported in this morning with five H. Contortus eggs, 250 eggs per gram. That is negligible. They are getting 1/2 tsp DE per day (that's actually a lot of dust on a small grain ration), and were moved to a paddock that had been rested for 30 days. Could be also, that the worms are going into hypobiosis (dormancy). We've had a couple of nice frosts, so hopefully that will help kill some of the larvae in the other paddock. Will shift them back next week, another 30 day rotation (life cycle of worms is 21 days).
Totally inconclusive, but parasite management is an integrated effort, and I am sure happy with today's report. Will keep checking in on this. Regards, Barb L. _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
