KNOWLEDGE HUB

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Welcome to the Knowledge Hub section of our Coopers website. Here you’ll find a wealth of information and tools dedicated to helping you care for the wellbeing of your animals. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and resources that can help assist with an overall animal health plan for your animals. We hope that you find the resources here both informative and useful. Please feel free to browse out articles, download helpful guides and reach out to our friendly team if you have any questions or suggestions.

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Sheep Lice Cost Estimator

Want to know how much lousy sheep might be costing you? Check out our sheep lice cost calculator.

Kate Stewart

Central North Island/Northland

Effects of Flystrike

Flystrike occurs when blowflies lay eggs in warm, moist areas on a sheep and these eggs hatch into maggots, which then invade the living sheep.

Lexi Brady

Upper South Island

Lice Treatment Decision Making Guide

Check out the Coopers Lice Solutions Flowchart to ensure you’re choosing the right product for your flock.

Drenching your calves? Think Coopers Converge

Did you know Coopers Converge was specially formulated for calves? It’s also very effective against the major worm species affecting young cattle including Ostertagia, Cooperia, Trichostrongylus and lungworm.

How to use effective drench combinations

A key driver of farm productivity is the weight of lambs at weaning. If lamb growth rates are good and more lambs are at killable weights at weaning this…

Immunity against worms

Both cattle and sheep normally develop immunity against worms by 18–20 months of age. Immunity reduces new worm infections.

Types of Worms on Farms in NZ

Every farm in New Zealand has worms. These cost farmers due to: Reduced weight gains, Deaths, Prolonged maintenance feeding.

Lice principles of control

The key to lice control is to plan a well-timed annual treatment of all sheep. Lice prevention requires planning in terms of timing and method of application

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