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Monitoring Worm Burden & Assessing Drench Effectiveness

Monitoring Worm Burden & Assessing Drench Effectiveness

Update: 2025-08-29
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One of the key factors influencing lamb performance at this stage of the season is managing and effectively treating the worm burden. For this OviCast episode, Sheep Specialist Damian Costello joins us to discuss this in detail.

 

Damian explains why it’s important to monitor worm challenge regularly and how to interpret the results. He also highlights the key areas to focus on to ensure treatments are effective.

 

We then look at why now is an ideal time to carry out a drench test on farms, helping to determine how well the products being used are actually working.

 

How to conduct a drench test: 

https://youtu.be/1TXV1kpMhs8?si=olWviv4hcCHMjNky

 

For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast

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Monitoring Worm Burden & Assessing Drench Effectiveness

Monitoring Worm Burden & Assessing Drench Effectiveness

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