ParaBoss News - December 2018 - State Outlooks

How do sheep lice backline products make contact with the lice?

Which classes of goats are most susceptible to worms?

The Quick Quiz

This quick quiz tests your knowledge of sheep and goat parasites and their control. 

1. Which nutritional component is more important for building worm resistance in stock: energy or protein?

2. After shearing wool from the affected area of a flystruck sheep, why is it recommended that maggot-infested wool is collected and put into a bag in the sun?

3. How do sheep lice backline products make contact with the lice?

4. Which classes of goats are most susceptible to worms?

>> Check the answers.

State Outlooks for December 2018

Warm temperatures, sporadic rain and severe summer storms have hit across the country. The expanding patches of green pick in paddocks indicate that worms are active and that lambs/weaners need to be carefully monitored to determine when to drench.

Heads up: The Australian Sheep Parasite Survey will be coming your way in early February.

Best wishes and thankyou

We hope our readers in all the drought-affected areas experience a much wetter 2019.
ParaBoss would also like to thank the contributors from across Australia who provide our monthly reports!