WYNNGUARD is a bespoke health package concept – unique to Wynnstay. It is the ultimate additive for calf health and performance, now available in our range of milks and Start ‘n’ Wean feed, offering your calves total digestive tract protection.
Follow our guide to perform adequate slurry treatment in a slatted shed. Slurry Treatment will reduce the crusting and create a homogenised and easy to handle slurry.
Feeding minerals to livestock, especially through the winter months, helps to correct mild to serious dietary deficiencies in grazing, forages and straights, to maximise health, fertility and performance and improve disease resistance. Getting the mineral balance right produces visible results in sheep and beef. Performance indicators include: wool growth, milk production and weight gain.
Holstein-Friesian heifers calving at 23 to 25 months of age have been shown to outperform later calving cows in terms of fertility, milk production and survival over their first 5 years of life.
What do we know about worm control? Advice on the best ways to control worms in horses has changed in recent years and it is important to stick with the new advice to ensure a healthy and happy horse.
Tapeworms are the biggest worms to affect horses in this country. The most common type of tapeworm can grow up to 20cm long, but there is a much rarer type that can grow up to 80cm!
A faecal worm egg count indicates whether you need to give your horse a wormer or not. It measures the number of worm eggs contained in a sample of your horse’s dung.
To help keep your horse free from illness, you need an effective worm control plan. Parasite life cycles are linked to the seasons, so your worming schedule should consider the time of year.
Small and large redworms, large roundworms and tapeworms are four of the most dangerous equine worm parasites that can affect your horse. Every horse, like any animal, is home to countless microscopic creatures. Most of them are nothing to worry about.
Horses are natural ‘flight’ animals. If something scares or concerns them, they turn and run. This is part of what makes them such natural athletes. But as riders, we also need to help calm them to keep them focused and ready to do what we ask of them. Checking for any physical issues, such as back and teeth problems, together with good management and training will help, but some horses will also benefit from the targeted nutritional support of a calmer.
