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
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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