First farm field day a success
Ruapehu Farm Supplies in conjunction with the Waimarino and Taihape Veterinarian clinics held a field day in the district, of a kind that was a first in the area. Daniel Mills, manager of Ruapehu Farm Supplies, said he was quite pleased with the turnout which was held Friday 1 September on the property of Ross and Liz Waggery. Between 60 and 80 farmers showed an interest, all from within the district. The keynote speaker was veterinarian Alex Familton now a full time lecturer at Lincoln University. Mr Familton spoke on the importance of considering an alternative means of eradicating worms and other parasite life, other than drenching. He said although drenching does work, it is expensive, the period between dosing varies depending on the age of sheep and the number of stock units carried. He said that in order to comply with the strict overseas demand to produce drench free -meat researchers had to look more urgently at alternative measures such as silage spreading, injections, ovamec, Ivomec, Cydectin inoculation, which has a varying immunity time once again according to the weight and age of the sheep.
In questioning Mr Familton on whether or not there has been significant reduction of contamination in meat products, he said it is too early to tell. The aim is to reduce the number of parasites in the soil and in turn eradicating the worms as cost effectively as possible with out affecting the immune system of the animal, yet still produce good quality sheep. Paul McGuire, research station officer, spoke on graTses, in particular brassica, for forage crops, which can be used during periods of shortage when use of pastures are unacceptable due to stock health problems such as rye grass staggers or facial eczema.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 603, 12 September 1995, Page 4
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297First farm field day a success Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 603, 12 September 1995, Page 4
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