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Partner Insight: Have you made parasite plans?

Before turnout it’s crucial to make a parasite control plan to protect your cattle over the coming grazing season.

22 January 2024 • 2 min read

Partner insight: Planning ahead against worms

While cattle are housed over winter, it is a good time to review your plans for parasite control next year. The main species to focus on are gutworms, lungworm and liver fluke

06 December 2023 • 2 min read

How to have a worm-free winter

Removing production-limiting worms from cattle at housing can support healthy growth rates in youngstock, and improve milk production in heifers due to calve over winter.

30 October 2023 • 2 min read

Plan for parasite control

Plan your parasite control at housing with a view to preventing production loss and supporting healthy growth in youngstock this winter.

03 October 2023 • 2 min read

Don't leave fluke to chance

Even though housing is a few months away, it pays to consider the liver fluke challenge your cattle may have faced this grazing season and plan for any flukicide treatments you may need to administer before winter.

01 September 2023 • 2 min read

Summer showers raise lungworm risk

Warm and wet weather this summer has raised the risk of lungworm infections in at-risk cattle.

07 August 2023 • 2 min read

Weigh up the worm risk

From mid-July, pastures grazed since turnout will be increasingly infected with worm larvae, which can lead to significant worm burdens in youngstock and other high-risk cattle unless effective control plans are in place.

12 July 2023 • 2 min read

Wormer resistance threatens future of sheep farming

Wormer resistance is a very real threat to sheep farming. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø must adopt new, sustainable worming practices, to prolong the effectiveness of wormers

30 June 2023 • 6 min read

Worm control: is it time to treat?

The mid-summer rise in parasite numbers can cause significant worm burdens and production loss if left unmanaged.

20 June 2023 • 1 min read

Paddock management for parasite control

Pasture management is one of the most effective ways to reduce parasite load in cattle, and some alternative paddock and grass-utilisation strategies can also be useful in overall parasite management.

01 June 2023 • 2 min read

Parasite watch - Planning for parasite control

A lack of forward planning can make parasite control more difficult, so take time this winter to prepare for worm and fluke control at turnout and the coming grazing season.

16 January 2023 • 1 min read

Worm at housing for winter productivity

Assessing cattle for worm burdens before using a wormer can save money and time, as well as prevent unnecessary treatments that can drive wormer resistance.

05 December 2022 • 1 min read

Is it worth testing for worms?

Assessing cattle for worm burdens before using a wormer can save money and time, as well as prevent unnecessary treatments that can drive wormer resistance.

10 October 2022 • 1 min read

Worms and rotational grazing: what is the risk?

Pasture management is an essential component of parasite control, particularly because it is estimated that 95 percent of parasites are on the pasture and only 5 percent are present in the animal.

28 September 2022 • 1 min read

Manage the mid-season rise in parasites

Young cattle are at risk from the mid-summer rise in parasite larvae on pasture, unless effective control strategies, including pasture management, monitoring and targeted treatment if required, have been implemented.

14 July 2022 • 1 min read

Be alert to Lungworm

The increasing threat of lungworm to dairy herds means producers need to take extra care to manage the parasite and be alert to early signs of disease to prevent unnecessary loss of production.

11 August 2022 • 1 min read

Parasite Watch

Turnout provides the chance to minimise parasite challenge to youngstock, thereby reducing the impact of parasites on weight gain, growth and fertility, says Sioned Timothy, technical services manager at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.

17 February 2022 • 2 min read

Lice and mites

07 August 2023 • 6 min read

Gutworm

Ostertagia ostertagi

07 August 2023 • 6 min read

Roundworm

Cooperia oncophora

07 August 2023 • 2 min read

Lungworm

Dictyocaulus viviparus

07 August 2023 • 5 min read

Liverfluke

Fasciola Hepatica

07 August 2023 • 6 min read

Sheep Liver Fluke

Fasciala hepatica

07 September 2023 • 8 min read

Sheep Round Worms

Gastrointestinal Nematodes

07 September 2023 • 13 min read

CATTLE Wormers: How to apply INJECTION products

Cattle wormer application tutorial video for all Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health INJECTION Products.

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Cattle Wormers: How to apply POUR-ON products

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

SHEEP Wormers: How to apply ORAL DRENCH products

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Farmer Story: IVOMEC Super - Pedigree Beef - Moore's Livestock

Meet Natasha Moore and her family who farm a 230 pedigree/beef herd in the UK. They have 3 grazing groups and 2 Limousin bulls and a British Blonde bull. Natasha and her team see how important it is to be proactive when it comes to worming after a recent parasite problem. Natasha sits down with their vet at the beginning of the year to work out a worming control plan.

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Animated LIFECYCLE of the Liver Fluke

Liver fluke continues to be a problem for many sheep and cattle farmers across the UK. Livestock become infected by eating grass contaminated with fluke cysts shed from mud snails found in damp, marshy areas of pasture. Infection is very common and even low levels can lead to serious losses in production.

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Animated LIFECYCLE of the Lungworm

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Animated LIFECYCLE of the Gutworm

29 June 2023 • 1 min read

Prioritise fluke control this winter

Housing is an ideal time to assess liver fluke and protect productivity over winter.

27 June 2023 • 4 min read

Management of pasture for parasite control

Pasture management is an important, although often under-utilised, element of sustainable parasite control.

27 June 2023 • 4 min read

Cattle producers urged to change one thing to improve parasite control

Cattle producers are being urged to change their approach to parasite control as part of a new campaign to help livestock farmers move towards a sustainable, best practice approach.

27 June 2023 • 2 min read

On target for sustainable worm control

Wormer resistance is posing a threat to profitable production, but there are steps farmers can take now which will improve the sustainability of worm control and safeguard the future of cattle production.

27 June 2023 • 4 min read