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Doing your own Worm Egg Counting (WEC) is a great aid to your sheep management plan.
At a recent workshop where this technique was demonstrated to a group of sheep producers, five key points became obvious:
Queensland weather has been very inconsistent over the last few months. We experienced abnormally wet periods in spring in some areas while other areas are looking down the barrel of a seventh year of drought. Many areas have also experienced long periods of extreme heat. Very little survives prolonged days over 40oC. These conditions are having the expected effects on worm counts on many properties with larvae on pasture at very low levels. Rain from summer storms will increase the likelihood of transmission.
If you have had rain and have not drenched or done a WormTest, you should do one now. There have been high egg counts from properties that received limited rain because low-lying areas of green have created a high-density stocking situation.
Along with monitoring with worm egg counting, a 14 day post worming Drench-Check is also recommended as we are seeing some unexpected cases of drench resistance.
Merry Christmas to all and we pray for a wet 2018.