Table 2 Main determination of time and routines for anthelmintics drenching in Norwegian sheep and goat flocks (frequency and percentage).
From: Worm control practice against gastro-intestinal parasites in Norwegian sheep and goat flocks
Sheep | Goats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Determination of treatment time | Sheep flocks (n = 587) | Pasture rotation | 195 | 33.2 | ||
Only at housing | 51 | 8.7 | ||||
Faecal egg count | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Clinical signs/scouring | 4 | 0.7 | ||||
Combinationa | 337 | 57.4 | ||||
Goat flocks (n = 235) | Non lactating period | 199 | 84.7 | |||
Pasturing | 21 | 8.9 | ||||
Faecal egg count | 1 | 0.4 | ||||
No treatment | 14 | 6.0 | ||||
Calculation or estimation of weight | Individual weight | 12 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.8 | |
Weighing (heaviest animal) | 35 | 6.2 | 2 | 1.7 | ||
Weighting (mean sized animal) | 69 | 12.2 | 5 | 4.1 | ||
Visual appraisal | 444 | 78.6 | 103 | 85.1 | ||
No estimationb | 5 | 0.9 | 10 | 8.3 | ||
Total | 565 | 121 | ||||
Control of drenching gun | 1 per flock treatment | 225 | 41.4 | 94 | 51.9 | |
2 per flock treatment | 90 | 16.6 | 11 | 6.1 | ||
>2 per flock treatment | 81 | 14.9 | 7 | 3.9 | ||
Never | 147 | 27.1 | 69 | 38.1 | ||
Total | 543 | 181 | ||||