Integrated worm management for sheep workshop |Swifts Creek, VIC

Join Agriculture Victoria to discuss integrated worm management practices to improve flock health. Workshops focus on critical strategies such as monitoring drench effectiveness, grazing management and breeding for resistance.

Topics covered:

• outcomes of the drench resistance testing undertaken as part of the project
• importance of quarantine drenching
• grazing management to reduce worm burdens in your pastures and flocks
• Breeding for resistance
• Update on demonstrations sites in each area.

Presenter: Ben Blomfield, Bairnsdale BestWool/BestLamb group coordinator and veterinary consultant from Melbourne University’s Mackinnon Project.

Note: Ben will also speak at the end of these sessions on his cattle worm PDS for those interested.