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December Animal Health Checklist

Dec 8, 2021 | Beef cattle, Calf rearing, Dry stock, Sheep

Lambs 

  • Docking and weaning
  • Clostridial vaccines – don’t forget their booster shot!
  • Fly treatment 
  • B12 injections 
  • Scabby mouth vaccine
  • Tapeworm drench
  • Shearing

Ewes 

  • Cull ewes – prepare work certs for liver Copper tests 
  • Zinc bolusing preparation
  • Order Toxoplasmosis and Campylobacter vaccines – Toxo needs to be at least one month before mating.
  • Rams
  • Palpation and Brucella ovis testing 
  • Surgery for Teaser rams – at least a month before using 

 

Dairy Grazers 

How is your mating going?
  • Trace element testing, liver (best)or bloods 
  • Zinc supplementation preparation
  • BVD, leptospirosis  vaccine boosters  
  • Ready for animals arriving?
  • Quarantine drench
  • Tick treatment
  • Vaccination history 
  • Mineral, nutrition history 
  • Check if any disease problems eg. Scours, pneumonia?

 

Young Beef 

Ready for weaning?
  • NAIT tags 
  • Combo drench (consider FEC to see if required)
  • Rings for castration
  • Clostridial vaccinations
  • B12 injections
  • Tickicides
  • Trace element check – copper / selenium
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