Careful planning can remove parasites scourge

When cattle come off grass and are housed for the winter, they bring in a large number of parasites that intend to feed off them.

Left unchecked, these parasites can do a lot of damage, reducing animal performance. When the cattle are turned back out to grass, many of the parasites are then in an ideal position to re-infect pastures, keeping the cycle going. Housing is an ideal time to break that cycle and to ‘clean out’ cattle of their parasite burden.

Once inside, if they are cleaned out properly, cattle cannot be re-infected (apart from lice), as they are no longer grazing.