Elanco Animal Health - maker of Clik and Clikzin - is urging veterinary surgeons to highlight the risk of blowfly strike to farmers, as two new cases have been reported in West Sussex

According to the company, 88% of farmers say blowfly is the most widespread…

Market research company Bax Interaction has made a last call for veterinary surgeons to take part in a survey about parasite control practices for beef cattle - with a chance to win a £500 cash prize.

The research aims to establish:

• which products…

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate has agreed to a request from Elanco to recategorise Zolvix 25mg/ml Oral Solution - licensed for the treatment and control of gastro-intestinal nematode infections and associated diseases of sheep - from POM-V to POM…

Krka has launched Tolracol (toltrazuril), a new prescription product for the control of coccidiosis in sheep, cattle and pigs.

Tolracol is a 50mg/ml suspension of toltrazuril which can be used in all three species to prevent coccidiosis infections in youngstock…

Merial has launched Eprinex Multi 5mg/ml Pour-on for Beef and Dairy Cattle, Sheep and Goats, the first licensed, zero milk withdrawal, pour-on worm control product to be made available to sheep and goat dairy producers. 

Eprinex Multi contains eprinomectin…

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has announced that Startect Dual Active Oral Solution (Zoetis), licensed for the treatment of mixed gastro-intestinal nematode infections and associated diseases in sheep, has been re-classified as POM-VPS, meaning…

Elanco Animal Health has announced that the first blowfly strike cases of 2018 have been reported on its Blowfly Strike Tracker.

The tracker, which Elanco produces with NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service), highlights areas hit with blowfly…

Virbac has announced that its parasite control ranges Deltanil and Neoprinil are now available in new packaging in a wider range of sizes, and the shelf life for Deltanil has been extended from three to five years.

Deltanil, which contains deltamethrin…

Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has announced a £5m programme to help eradicate sheep scab.

The disease had been identified as a priority by the Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group.

Further…

Techion, maker of the FECPAK faecal egg count diagnostic platform, is highlighting new research which showed that worm burdens in sheep can increase methane output by as much as one third.

Consequently, the company says the sheep sector is going to have…

Norbrook has launched Taurador Pour-on, a doramectin-based endectocide, licensed to treat gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms, eyeworms, warbles, sucking and biting lice, mange mites and hornfly in cattle. 

The company says Taurador Pour-on provides…

Bayer has announced the Europe-wide launch of Baycox Iron (36 mg/ml toltrazuril plus 182 mg/ml gleptoferron) suspension for injection for piglets.

Baycox Iron Injection is indicated for the concurrent prevention of clinical signs of coccidiosis (such…

Techion has announced the launch of the latest upgrade to the FECPAK^g2, which includes a raft of new features designed to make faecal egg counts quicker and easier than ever.

This latest incarnation of the FECPAK^G2 is now a battery-powered and wi-fi enabled…

Virbac has launched Kriptazen, a non-antibiotic, halofuginone-based medicine for newborn calves, to prevent or reduce diarrhoea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum.

Kriptazen is supplied with a twist-adjustable and weight-graduated dosing pump which means…

A study carried out by 24 independent XLVets practices has revealed evidence of fluke infection much later in the year than had been expected, suggesting a more targeted flukicide strategy could be effective. 

The collaborative study, which was sponsored…

Krka has added a new 20g pack size of Flimabend (flubendazole), its water-based chicken wormer, to suit the needs of smallholders and owners of backyard chicken flocks. 

Flimabend is diluted into water and replaces the flock’s drinking water for a set period…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health is urging vets who advise beef producers to highlight the importance of liver fluke control in growing youngstock at housing, as new research shows average lifetime losses of over £60 per animal¹ for fattening steers…

A group of veterinary practices within the XLVets community have got together to carry out a study into sheep scab and encourage greater transparency, after fears that some farmers may try to keep the condition hidden. 

Caused by the mite Psoroptes ov…

Forte Healthcare Limited has launched Cryptisel (halofuginone) 0.5mg/ml oral solution for the prevention and reduction of diarrhoea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum in calves. 

Cryptisel is for use in reducing oocyst shedding in calves where diarrhoea caused…

Elanco has announced that Baycox Iron, the injectable treatment used to prevent clinical coccidiosis and iron deficiency in piglets, is now available again, following the company’s acquisition of Bayer Animal Health in 2020.

Elanco says Baycox Iron…

Boehringer Ingelheim has launched "Change One Thing", a campaign in which farm vets are being urged to help livestock farmers move towards a sustainable, best practice approach to parasite control.

The campaign came after the company surveye…

Ceva Animal Health has announced that Eprecis, its zero-milk withdrawal, injectable wormer for cows has been recategorised from POM-VPS to POM-V.

As Ceva points out, the change gives veterinary surgeons an opportunity to get more involved in parasite control…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced that it has ceased production of the flukicide product Trodax 34% w/v Solution for Injection, containing nitroxynil, for the European market.

Trodax is used to treat the mature and late-immature stages of…

Ceva Animal Health has extended the licence for Eprecis, its injectable wormer for cattle, so it can now be used in sheep and goats as well. 

Eprecis injection (eprinomectin) is an broad spectrum endectocide with activity against gastrointestinal nematodes…

Ceva has launched Gabbrovet Multi (paramomycin) to treat scour in calves caused by cryptosporidiosis and E.coli

Gabbrovet Multi is the first and only ready-to-use solution licensed to treat both cryptosporidium and E.coli diarrhoea in calves.

The company…