Trace minerals play a crucial role in late pregnancy and around lambing, so ensuring diets are balanced to meet ewe requirements should be a high priority.
With the busiest period of sheep farming just around the corner, health planning now plays a crucial role in reducing lamb and ewe losses.
Rafoxanide is not an appropriate alternative to closantel when treating liver fluke, farmers warned.
Sheep producers are being urged to plan carefully for their peak lambing season and put the focus on sound preventative health practices to mitigate key disease risks in lambs.
The benefits of getting ewe nutrition right in the late stages of pregnancy is well-known and can have a huge impact on colostrum quality and yield.