Eld—Lancastcr Famine, Saturday, June 7,1980 Ask the VMD If you have a question yon would like answered by the team from Valley Animal Hospital, send it to Ask the VMD, Box 356, Utitz, Pa. 17543. Questions will be kept anonymous on request. Is Jane tapeworm month? A reader asks: Why can I only worm sheep in June for tapeworm? I have read on the worming medications label that the time to worm is from June 1- 10. And, I was told to worm between June 10-20.1 guess if 1 worm on the 10th of June m be safe. Please explain these recommendations. Dr. Sheaffer comments: Contrary to what you’ve been told, yon may worm your sheep at times other than between Jane 1-20 lor tapeworms. The newer thiabendazole compounds have a wider margin of safety than previous medications and can be used on young lambs and on pregnant ewes in the Leonßiegel TimTrayer Edgar Sheaffer later stages of pregnancy. But, remember—do not use any worming medications on sheep during the first two months of pregnancy. To understand the reasoning behind the June recommendation, keep in mind the oribatid mites are the intermediate hosts for sheep tapeworm species. Worming in early June may disrupt the cycle bet ween this intermediate host and the tapeworms. This would result in a greater decrease of live tapeworms in the pasture during the Summer and Fall. The Merck manual lists four medications that are effective against tapeworms in sheep, cattle, and goats. They are lead arsenate, niclosamide, cambendazole, and albendazole. The latter two have a wider margin of safety and may be used several times yearly. Follow dosage recom mendations carefully on any % I ¥ wonner you may choose. And be sure to consult your veternanan for specific recommendations for your flocks. An effective worming program should be included as part of the flushing process before breeding your ewes. Another time to treat ewes for tapeworms is about one month after lambing in Spring. Contrary to what you’ve been told, you may worm your sheep at tunes other "than between June 1-20 for tapeworms. The newer thiabendazole compounds have a wider margin of safety than previous medications and can be used on young lambs and on pregnant ewes in the later stages of pregnancy. But, remember—do not use any worming medications on sheep during the first two months of pregnancy. State egg output zooms 15% HARRISBURG - April 1980 egg production in Pennsylvania totaled 353 million, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. The April production was 15 percent above the 308 million egg produced in April 1979. The April average of 16.3 million layers was 12 percent higher than a year ago. Egg production per 100 layers was 2,167 compared with 2,109 in April 1979. The nation’s laying flocks produced 5.70 billion eggs during April 1980, slightly below the 5.72 billion produced a year ago. The number of layers during April averaged 282 million Calvin Gum and Doug Johnson have 71 years of combined experience in the milking machine business. We Sell BODMIN NU-PULSE Meet Some of the Dairymen We've put in Systems for from Wind Gap. ROBERT SKRZPEK Mt Bethel, PA 6 units GEORGE C. OTT Bangor, PA 3 units TONYCAMPAGNOLA Columbia, NJ 4 units on new pipeline from pails ALLAN MINICH Northampton, PA 4 units on new pipeline from pails WILBUR VAN DOCKENBURY Vernon, NJ 8 units on new 110 stall low line barn EDWARD SOSNOVIK Blairstown, NJ 5 units on new pipeline from pails HAROLD A STERLING FABIAN Bethlehem, PA 4 units on new pipeline from pails Let these dairymen and your neighbors be our salesman. They can teM you what we did for them! PIPELINES, PARLORS, BIG MUELLER TANKS, AND ACCESSORIES IN STOCK FOR AT ONCE DELIVERY Call SIMPLIFIED MILKING SYSTEMS compared with 287 million a layers during the month was year earlier! 2018 compared with 1994 a Egg production per 100 year ago. OF WIND GAP GEORGE C. OTT, JR. FULMER BROS. Bangor, PA Nazareth, PA 4 units on new pipeline 6 units on new from pails pipeline from pails FRANK GIBBS FARM DONALD DUCKWORTH Allamuchy, NJ Phillipsburg. NJ 3 units on new pipeline 4 units , from pails RAYMOND KLINETOP Damelsville, PA 6 units ANDREW BORISAK Vernon, NJ 5 units ALBERT BEATTY Stewartsville, NJ 5 units on new pipeline from pails STEVEN M.CZARR 111 Alpha, NJ 5 units on new pipeline from pails RICHARD SMITH ft SONS Northampton, PA 8 units of Wind Gap, PA 215-863-4557 Calvin Gum ANDY CERAZK Carbondale/PA 4 units on new pipeline from pails MARRING BROS. Blairstown, NJ 4 units & new pipeline LONNY MILLER Bangor, PA 4 units on new pipeline from pails JOHN STROKES Leighton, PA 3 units WILLIAM FREITZ Glen Gardner, NJ 3 units
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