Lamb marking and calf marking are always a super busy day on farm, so products that make marking as quick and easy as possible are important in both cases.
Lamb Marking
We supply the quality Bainbridge Lamb De-Tailer or Docking Iron which makes the tail docking process so much easier and cauterises the skin after the tail is removed.
We also know how frustrating it is when the tagging applicator is not up to the job, so we supply a range of tagging applicators and ear tags to suit your preferences as well as quality Bainbridge mulesing shears, marking and elastrator pliers and elastration rings.
To assist with cleaning equipment between each lamb we carry 5 litre Coopers Hibitane disinfectant, with this product helping to prevent the bacteria that cause arthritis getting into the bloodstream of lambs through broken skin. And of course, we stock the Scabigard® scabby mouth vaccine as well as Glanery® 4 in 1 and Glanery® 7 in 1 vaccine products plus vaccinators like the Abbey Fixed Vaccinator. The 7 in 1 vaccine protects against pulpy kidney, tetanus, black disease, swollen head in rams, malignant oedema, blackleg, cheesy gland and erysipelas arthritis as well as includes vitamin B12 to address deficiency where this is a problem. For farmers looking to prevent or manage flystrike risk in the forthcoming spring, we also carry Clik, Clik-Zin, Clik Extra, Di-fly Extra and Strikeforce-S to accommodate varying stock management needs.
Calf Marking
For calf marking we supply a range of ear marking pliers as well as a range of tagging applicators and tags, including Allflex applicators and tags and Leader applicators and tags. We also stock Bainbridge SM & LG Bander elastrator pliers and rings and quality Bainbridge vaccination guns. We carry the commonly used Websters® 5-in-1 vaccine that also contains Vitamin B12 to boost the health of your herd as well as the Ultravac® 7-in-1 vaccination product that protects against pulpy kidney, tetanus, black disease, blackleg, malignant oedema (a blackleg-like disease) and leptospirosis (including protection from the L. Hardjo strain).
Pain Management Options for Lamb Marking & Calf Marking (No Prescription Required)
We have three easy pain management options for lamb and calf marking that you can pick up at your local FarmCo store without a veterinarian’s prescription. The most popular option is Butec® OTM 450ml and the ® Applicator. Butec® is an economical and short acting anti-inflammatory gel that is quickly applied with a drench gun applicator to the inside of the cheek of the lamb or calf. Pain relief kicks in after 10 minutes and lasts six to nine hours. Butec® can be used with all forms of castration, tailing and mulesing in lambs as well as for pain relief when dehorning and castrating calves, with a handy and practical how to use guide for Butec® also available online. Our second most popular pain management product is Tri-Solfen® and the Tri-Solfen® Applicator. Tri-Solfen® is a local anaesthetic and antiseptic that is applied as a fan spray to open wounds and that provides pain relief after just one minute, with the relief lasting up to 24 hours. As it is only absorbed via exposed blood vessels it is only effective in lambs when mulesing, castrating by knife and tail docking by knife, and only effective in calves when disbudding or dehorning.
For lambs we also stock the NumNuts® ring applicator and the associated local anaesthetic NumOcaine®. The NumNuts® handheld device allows quick delivery of a rubber ring and injection of a local anaesthetic for pain relief on the body side of the ring using the same device when castrating and/or tailing. NumOcaine® provides local anaesthesia within 1 minute and pain relief lasts for 60 minutes when either injected into body of the animal during castration or the body of the tail during tailing.
For any other lamb or calf marking enquiries, please give us a call on 9651 1312 or drop in to our Moora or Yerecoin store.
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