Farmer's Weekly

Understanding livestock medicine guidelines

With the proliferation of various livestock diseases, farmers need to become acquainted with the medicines and other remedies they will use throughout their careers.

If you do not understand how these remedies work within the biological system of livestock, then you could actually make matters worse. For example, employing a deworming drench dose at the incorrect quantities can lead to toxicity if too much is used, or parasite resistance to the remedy

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