Cattle farmers have become over reliant on topical and injectable worming products and a shift in thinking is needed. Granted, there are human welfare risks when we drench cattle orally. However, there is no excuse for keeping excitable animals on a farm nowadays and likewise none for not investing in safe animal handling facilities. Head scoops are becoming more and more common now and take a huge amount of hardship out of oral drenching. A clever strategy for oral drenching is to source two hook drenchers, having a person hooking animals ahead of the person treating. Once caught, an animal will remain stationery and the hooks can be simply swapped over for treatment. The process is sped up in this way. Filling the chute relatively tightly will also help to make things easier.
Cattle farmers have become over reliant on topical and injectable worming products and a shift in thinking is needed. Granted, there are human welfare risks when we drench cattle orally. However, there is no excuse for keeping excitable animals on a farm nowadays and likewise none for not investing in safe animal handling facilities. Head scoops are becoming more and more common now and take a huge amount of hardship out of oral drenching. A clever strategy for oral drenching is to source two hook drenchers, having a person hooking animals ahead of the person treating. Once caught, an animal will remain stationery and the hooks can be simply swapped over for treatment. The process is sped up in this way. Filling the chute relatively tightly will also help to make things easier.
