when to worm calves

[Ryesdexters]

Hi
Can you please advise when you first need to worm calves?
Thanks

[Broomcroft]

Been keeping Dexters for 8 years, had hundreds of calves and never wormed any, or treated any for cocci either. Yet, my AA calves have to be treated every year !!! 90% are born inside and stay in till they are 2-3 months old, which I'd have thought made the problem worse but it just doesn't seem to affect them!

I started by worming adults routinely back in 2004. Then my vet suggested doing faecel egg counts (spelling!) to see what worms we actually had. Did that for a few years and never had to worm adults either as very low worm burden found, Dexters or AA's.

We have had to treat for lungworm a couple of times though, which you can tell by their constant coughing/clearing of the throat.

It might be just our farm .. pass! Don't now what other people's experience is?

[Jac]

Hi
Can you please advise when you first need to worm calves?
Thanks

Useful brochure can be downloaded here http://www.eblex.org.uk/documents/conte ... 070211.pdf

[Rob R]

Much the same experience as yourself Clive.

[Mark Bowles]

Very rarely worm, move the cattle around regular between various fields so i don't have a problem. Another cost that the commercial people do as a matter of course that, if you are carefull, with dexters you can get away with not doing.

[debra wiltshire]

We did egg count for the first time this year and vet told us not to bother worming as count very low...good news. Not sure if they tested for fluke though...maybe I should go back to the vet and check...