{"id":97,"date":"2016-11-03T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T12:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2016-11-03T17:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:48:03","slug":"management-tips-for-paras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/2016\/management-tips-for-paras\/","title":{"rendered":"Management Tips for Parasites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5937-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"img_5937\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5937-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5937-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kjhdorpersheep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5937.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">November 3, 2016 and I am hearing about people struggling with \u00a0wormy Sheep. It doesn&#8217;t matter what time of\u00a0the year it is in the south the Parasite battle is never evending. Here are a few things that I do to keep the problem under control.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do fecal egg counts to determination if you need to deworm, and if your dewormer is working. Your vet can do these for you for a small fee, or \u00a0I picked up a Microscope from http:\/\/eggzamin.com\u00a0and it was one of the best investments I have ever made. I think I paid $500.00 for the Microscope and the kit and probably saved the lives of 50 sheep&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Check eyelids, inner eyelid membrane should be a bright healthy red, if they are pink, light pink or white you have a problem and need to treat ASAP.<\/li>\n<li>Use the same dewormer until it stops working, rotating dewormers will build a resistance to your herd sooner.<\/li>\n<li>Dont deworm just to deworm, if you deworm your sheep because you feel they need it when actually they don&#8217;t , it is just like you taking medication when you don&#8217;t need it and you build a resistance, so when you bust your leg and take a pain pill it doesn&#8217;t work because you have been taking them on a regular basis.<\/li>\n<li>Rotation, Rotation, Rotation, other than deworming a few individuals, \u00a0I have avoided deworming my entire herd going on 4 years by rotating pastures. It takes the barbarpole \/ bloodsucker \/ stomach worm 21 days to hatch. If you can set your place up where you can rotate your herd into a &#8220;clean&#8221; new area every 21 days you will drastically improve the health of your sheep\/goats. The key is to get them off that area before the parasite eggs hatch and your animals \u00a0have ingested the larve.<\/li>\n<li>Good feed, it is also my thoughts than when livestock are on good feed and they are in good fleash, \u00a0they have a easier and faster recovery time. Being in Texas and the growth rate of the grass a foot a day it doesn&#8217;t carry much protein and vitimans. A flake of good quality hay goes a long way. Myself I don&#8217;t grain I feed strictly alfalfa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 3, 2016 and I am hearing about people struggling with \u00a0wormy Sheep. It doesn&#8217;t matter what time of\u00a0the year it is in the south the Parasite battle is never evending. Here are a few things that I do to keep the problem under control. 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