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For the first time in 22 years producers have a new drench to control worms in sheep and Industry & Investment (I&I) NSW has advised prudent use to maintain its effectiveness.

State co-ordinator for internal parasites, I&I NSW veterinarian, Stephen Love said monepantel represents a new drench group known as amino-acetonitrile derivatives or AADs.

 With the improving season and pasture conditions across the district, Lachlan LHPA district vets are reminding landholders to think about associated animal health issues, particularly bloat.

Recent rains and green grass point to something more ominous in lush paddocks and Industry & Investment NSW has alerted graziers to watch out for worms.

I&I NSW State worm control coordinator, Stephen Love, said producers should keep an eye out for worms in sheep, goat, alpaca and young cattle, particularly in central and southern NSW.

“These animals will need good worm management during the next few months or they could run into serious problems,” Dr Love said,

 How Pinkeye Affects You?
While the incidence and severity of pinkeye may vary year on year, one thing remains constant, it’s a frustrating and time consuming disease to treat.


When an outbreak occurs your daily routine can include the hassle of:

A number of micro-organisms can contribute to the establishment of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), Cattle Pinkeye, or Blight. These may be viral or bacterial (including Mycoplasma spp).

What is pinkeye?

Clearly, leaving animals untreated where animals are under stress from parasites and no effective organically accredited treatment is available is unacceptable from a welfare perspective. Most organic accreditation systems provide for the use of nonorganic accredited compounds to treat animals under stress from parasites without compromising the overall accreditation of the
property. These provisions usually include conditions that the treated animals:

Animals have had to coexist with parasites since they first walked the face of the earth; under natural conditions parasitic burdens are low. However, since domestication modern animals which are now farmed intensively particularly on small farms suffer from increased parasitic burdens.

Beef from Wagyu cattle is recognised as the most valuable of all breeds. Wagyus are recognised for their superior meat texture and flavour, much of which comes from the meats marbling (intramuscular fat). Wagyu cattle have the ability to marble on both pasture and grain. Wagyus are horned, lighter muscled than some traditional breeds and can be confused with the angus breed also being black in colour.

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People are genuinely pleased when it is stated “This product is Australian made”. It seems that many Australians are saddened by the decline in the availability of quality Australian made products, so the “Australian Made” statement seems to offers a sense of pride & hope, that perhaps one day, when the gigantic cheap labour forces of Asia, receive wages and working conditions equal to those received by Australian workers, that Australia can once again become a proud manufacturing Nation and not just an importer of ‘cheap’ and often dodgy products.