Nudibranch
Well-Known Member
Trying to find a firm consensus on this as there is still loads of conflicting advice, even in the farming world.
Years of zero worm counts (previous large acreage for grazing, sheep and cattle on in rotation). Moved to a house with 10 acres. Poorly managed by previous owners - 3 horses grazing the whole lot all year, absolutely nothing done to the land and no poo picking. We didn't have the option to rest it so had it split into 3 fields and then animals on. Horses plus goats and sheep rotating round the fields and resting.
Unfortunately worm counts for the horses have been crap ever since. Sheep, goats and poultry are all zero but horses varying between medium and high. Next move is to Pramox them - I've been trying to avoid Pramox as it doesn't agree with one of them but I think we are out of options.
My main question is, what's the current thinking re. grazing post worming. I think it's to turn out on the same grazing so as not to cultivate resistant worms. Ie reinfect with non resistant. But then surely we will just end up with a continuous worm problem?
Or keep in for 48-72 hours so that everything is picked up...but then after that any resistant worms will go on the pasture anyway? And back to existing field or move to a rested one?
I could worm and move to my dad's which is clean grazing. I can follow with sheep. But then when do I bring them back? And that's a pita as he's 20 miles away.
Any suggestions? I'm going round in circles with it!
Years of zero worm counts (previous large acreage for grazing, sheep and cattle on in rotation). Moved to a house with 10 acres. Poorly managed by previous owners - 3 horses grazing the whole lot all year, absolutely nothing done to the land and no poo picking. We didn't have the option to rest it so had it split into 3 fields and then animals on. Horses plus goats and sheep rotating round the fields and resting.
Unfortunately worm counts for the horses have been crap ever since. Sheep, goats and poultry are all zero but horses varying between medium and high. Next move is to Pramox them - I've been trying to avoid Pramox as it doesn't agree with one of them but I think we are out of options.
My main question is, what's the current thinking re. grazing post worming. I think it's to turn out on the same grazing so as not to cultivate resistant worms. Ie reinfect with non resistant. But then surely we will just end up with a continuous worm problem?
Or keep in for 48-72 hours so that everything is picked up...but then after that any resistant worms will go on the pasture anyway? And back to existing field or move to a rested one?
I could worm and move to my dad's which is clean grazing. I can follow with sheep. But then when do I bring them back? And that's a pita as he's 20 miles away.
Any suggestions? I'm going round in circles with it!
