Controlling worms is the number one animal health issue for most sheep producers in Australia, costing more than $350 million annually in deaths, lost production, prevention and treatment costs. With this in mind it is important that producers can easily find all the information they need in one place. That source is WormBoss.
The WormBoss website is a national information resource for worm control that provides rapid and convenient access to the latest advice on sustainable and effective sheep worm management. The WormBoss website includes information on:
You can subscribe to the WormBoss monthly newsletter to keep up to date with current issues, prevailing conditions and whether worms are on the increase in your region. WormBoss has been a collaborative effort, developed by leading Australian sheep parasitologists to provide accurate, reliable and independent information on worm control and funded by Australian Wool Innovation and the Sheep CRC and is also supported by agribusiness including Animal Health Alliance (Australia) Ltd, the national organisation representing drench manufacturers and registrants.
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Recommended users: Ram breeders, commercial producers, lamb finishers, veterinarians, advisors & consultants, teachers & educators.
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Worms can cost sheep producers thousands of dollars each year in lost production, but a new series of WormBoss Worm Control Workshops are about to commence to help producers improve the effectiveness of their worm control practices. A national roll out of the WormBoss Worm Control Workshops will commence in the NSW New England region in September at Guyra, Uralla and Deepwater.
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http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/new-wormboss-worm-control-workshops-to-cut-sheep-costs-10-08-2011.php
New research has found producer costs for drenching and sheep worm control have been previously underestimated, prompting a call to overhaul management practices. A 3 year Sheep CRC funded project carried out by Postgraduate researcher Gareth Kelly estimated that worms on farms with typical poor worm control practices in summer rainfall areas were costing farmers $11 per breeding ewe based on 2010 valuations.
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http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/worm-control-options-costed-05-07-2011.php
Worm control specialists are now receiving reports of extremely high, even dangerous, internal parasite levels in sheep from Tasmania and South Australia through to Western Queensland. Arthur Le Feuvre, manager of the industry’s web-based worm management resource-centre, WormBoss, says the outbreak is a direct consequence of the abnormal seasonal conditions across eastern Australia.
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http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/eastern-australia-sheep-worm-outbreak-08-02-2011.php
The WormBoss workshop is a small-group, activity-based workshop for sheep producers across Australia, to improve their ability to effectively control sheep worms. The focus is on practices a sheep producer can do to control worms on their property, with the minimum of academic theory. The workshop is tailored to cover all aspects of worm control relevant to the region in which it is delivered. This typically includes: The effects of worms; Preparing low worm-risk paddocks; Breeding for worm resistance; Worm testing; When to drench and Managing drench resistance.
