by Tegan Perry
To ensure lamb abattoirs purchase lamb from your flock and that your business generates as much revenue as possible, the health and wellbeing of your flock must be your top priority. If you don’t take extra precautions regarding your flock’s health and wellbeing, the sheep could be more prone to disease. Thereby, causing said lamb abattoirs to not purchase any lamb from your business. (Information source: http://www.blaauwberggroup.co.za/groenland-abattoi... )
With that being said, farmers need to stop thinking of parasites as a plague that needs to be eliminated. Instead, one should tackle the issue with a holistic approach and accept that parasites are part of the circle of life. In order to have a well-integrated holistic planning approach, farmers need to start breeding sheep that are fit for the environment they are in, rather than attempting to make the environment fit for the existing sheep.
To assist you in taking extra precautions when dealing with worm management, read through the following four holistic approaches to careful flock management:
1. Separating the groups:
Different groups within your flock will be more susceptible to helminths and nematodes than others, as well as be affected differently. Therefore, where possible, they should be separated into distinct groups that will be grazed, treated and managed at different times to prevent the parasite from getting worse.
2. Identifying which groups are most at risk:
The sheep in your flock that are most susceptible to parasites, according to research, are your lambs and pregnant ewes. This is due to the fact that they are unable to fight off the infection because they are either too young or temporarily unable to, due to pregnancy. Therefore, these two groups require more attention.
3. Strategically moving the groups:
To best deal with worm management, plan changes in your camps. For example, cattle are not susceptible to the same worm as sheep and goats. Therefore, if you were to have them graze the land before your flock, they would ingest most of the larvae and there would be less that could affect your sheep.
4. Quarantining and moving the infected:
Before introducing new sheep into your flock, ensure that they have been effectively quarantined to prevent them from infecting any of your current sheep. This can be done by first placing them in a pen that is “worm-unfriendly”, meaning it is made on bare earth or concrete, while treating them with the necessary medication.
By paying careful attention to the above-mentioned approaches, you should be able to ensure that there are no unnecessary production losses. It is inevitable that some of your flock may get parasites, as it is the natural order of things. However, to ensure you maximise your profits by getting many lamb abattoirs to purchase your sheep, make us of the above-mentioned tips on your farm and pay close attention to your sheep. If they are left untreated for long periods of time, they can end up becoming hosts for parasites. Thereby, infecting any healthy animals that share the same land.
With that being said, farmers need to stop thinking of parasites as a plague that needs to be eliminated. Instead, one should tackle the issue with a holistic approach and accept that parasites are part of the circle of life. In order to have a well-integrated holistic planning approach, farmers need to start breeding sheep that are fit for the environment they are in, rather than attempting to make the environment fit for the existing sheep.
To assist you in taking extra precautions when dealing with worm management, read through the following four holistic approaches to careful flock management:
1. Separating the groups:
Different groups within your flock will be more susceptible to helminths and nematodes than others, as well as be affected differently. Therefore, where possible, they should be separated into distinct groups that will be grazed, treated and managed at different times to prevent the parasite from getting worse.
2. Identifying which groups are most at risk:
The sheep in your flock that are most susceptible to parasites, according to research, are your lambs and pregnant ewes. This is due to the fact that they are unable to fight off the infection because they are either too young or temporarily unable to, due to pregnancy. Therefore, these two groups require more attention.
3. Strategically moving the groups:
To best deal with worm management, plan changes in your camps. For example, cattle are not susceptible to the same worm as sheep and goats. Therefore, if you were to have them graze the land before your flock, they would ingest most of the larvae and there would be less that could affect your sheep.
4. Quarantining and moving the infected:
Before introducing new sheep into your flock, ensure that they have been effectively quarantined to prevent them from infecting any of your current sheep. This can be done by first placing them in a pen that is “worm-unfriendly”, meaning it is made on bare earth or concrete, while treating them with the necessary medication.
By paying careful attention to the above-mentioned approaches, you should be able to ensure that there are no unnecessary production losses. It is inevitable that some of your flock may get parasites, as it is the natural order of things. However, to ensure you maximise your profits by getting many lamb abattoirs to purchase your sheep, make us of the above-mentioned tips on your farm and pay close attention to your sheep. If they are left untreated for long periods of time, they can end up becoming hosts for parasites. Thereby, infecting any healthy animals that share the same land.
