Tests & tools

Worm control is most effective when a number of strategies (tests and management tools) are used in a planned and integrated manner.

WormBoss provides regional Worm Control Programs that integrate these strategies in the most suitable way for most properties within the region.

Also, there are WormBoss Drench Decision Guides that assist you to make day-to-day drenching decisions.

Each regional Worm Control Program and Drench Decision Guide provides clear directions on what tests and management tools to use and how and when to implement them.

Further detail on each test or management tool can be found by following the links below (or in the side menu).

Tests

• Checking a mob of sheep or goats for worms with a WormTest
• Checking for drench resistance with a DrenchCheck
• Testing drench effectiveness with a DrenchTest
• Collecting dung samples from individual sheep or goats
• Worm egg counting
• Worm testing for ram and buck breeders
• Assessing worm burdens without a WormTest
• Assessing faecal consistency score

Management tools

• Preparing low worm-risk paddocks
• Grazing management
  • Paddock contamination with worms
  • Larval survival of barber's pole worm
  • Scour worm larvae on pasture
• Nutritional management
  • Pasture and browse for worm control in goats
  • Feedlotting Goats
  • Nutrition
• Breeding
  • Understanding WEC and DAG ASBV
• Host immunity
• The Barbervax vaccine program
• Drenches
  • Drench groups and actives
  • Combination drenches—benefits and efficacy
  • Combination-Drench Efficacy Calculator
  • Drench mixtures and combinations
  • Drenches for goats: using products correctly and legally
  • Drenches for goats: using cattle and horse anthelmintics
  • Drenches for goats: alternatives to registered commercial drench products
  • Effective use of long-acting drenches
  • Choosing and using drenches
  • Strategic and tactical drenching
• Drench Resistance
  • Managing drench resistance
  • Quarantine drenches
  • Using refugia to prolong drench life
  • Resistance status of drench groups
• Withholding periods for worm, lice and fly treatments for sheep
• Dairy goats and milking sheep
• Wasting in goats

Service Providers

• Professional Service Providers