WormBoss Workshop

Wednesday 12 July 2017

DEEPWATER NSW

RSVP essential Friday 7 July

This WormBoss New England Producer Demonstration Site Workshop is brought to you by Meat and Livestock Australia's Producer Demonstration Site Project.

WormBoss helps you to

• reduce your number of drenches

• reduce losses from worms

• reduce your cost of worms

Program: 8.30am–1pm

• Overview of WormBoss program
• Feature Presentations
  • Using and monitoring low worm-risk lambing paddocks
  • Preparing low worm-risk weaner paddocks
  • Using the Barbervax vaccine (plus Q&A session after workshop) by Fiona Macarthur
  • Worms and liver fluke
  • Project participants’ use of WormBoss
  • The new combination drench: Zolvix Plus, by Peter Ramsay, Elanco

After the workshop: 1.30–3.30pm

There will be two concurrent sessions:

Barbervax Q & A session (approx 30 minutes)

Presented by Fiona Macarthur to answer all questions about Barbervax—please note there is an initial session during the workshop.

Worm Egg Counting Training (approx 2 hours)

Presented by Nigel Brown, NT LLS, Glen Innes. This is limited to 10 people from the NT LLS district, and is free. It is a practical "how to do WEC" session using microscopes.
Contact Nigel directly to book: 0419 434 087

New WormBoss project participants

—are still also wanted, who will

• Apply WormBoss on one mob of ewes and weaners 
• Conduct a Drench Resistance Test
• Conduct WormTests
• Receive guidance and advice on test results

MLA pays over half of these test costs so it’s a great way to get started with WormBoss.

Our workshop hosts, mother and son, Jude Cox and Jeremy Phipps, are using the WormBoss program on Kurrajong.

• Attendance is Free
• Morning tea will be provided courtesy of ELANCO 
• Please bring your own chair
• Please forward this invitation on to your friends and neighbours
• Consider becoming a project participant
• Time and location details sent after you RSVP

RSVP essential by Friday 7 July

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