Wormcasts
ParaBoss Wormcasts are hosted by Susan Swaney and Ian Campbell and cover worms, fluke, flies, lice and ticks in sheep, goats and cattle on Australian farms. They will help you to manage your parasites to achieve better production, improve your animal welfare and help your bottom line. They include interviews with experts and farmers.
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 8 What’s important about a parasite’s life cycles
There are many ways to tackle parasites and a good understanding of their life cycles is critical knowledge. In this episode we look at the life cycles and the conditions for development of flies, lice and worms and we see how this can help us ...
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Season 2019
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Episode 8
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33:31
Episode 7 The History of drenches
In this episode we look at the amazing history of where drenching began then move onto the various classes of drenches available today. We look at what their properties are and their role up to today and the best way we can look after them now....
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Season 2019
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Episode 7
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39:28
Episode 9 Better control of parasites and extending the life of your drenches through Integrated Parasite Management (IPM)
This episode looks at integrated parasite management (IPM), which is all the different practices you can use to reduce parasites on your property. IPM reduces your reliance on drenches and aids in extending the life of those drenches on your fa...
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Season 2019
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Episode 9
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23:38
Episode 10 Has organics got anything to teach the non-organic farmer
In this episode Susan interviews Ian, who in the past has been an organics standards auditor, and we learn a little about organic farming of livestock and how organic farms manage their parasites. The question is : are there some lessons in the...
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Season 2019
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Episode 10
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14:48
Episode 6 Fly control as you move away from mulesing with John Webb Ware
In this episode we interview John Webb Ware, the senior consultant with the Mackinnon Project, University of Melbourne Veterinary School, about his experiences with his clients that have chosen to move away from mulesing into non-mulesed fine w...
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Episode 6
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39:12
Episode 5 Visiting our friends at the APVMA
In this episode we speak with James Deller the Director, Residue and Trade, with the APVMA as he explains the role of the APVMA in protecting our livestock, us the farmers, our trade and our environment. He discusses what is needed to bring a p...
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Season 2019
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Episode 5
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17:45
Episode 4 What about the parasites on the pasture?
This episode with Dr Paul Nilon of Tasmania will explore the ways in which we can clean up the parasite stages on the paddocks and make them suitable for young weaners through their first testing season. It covers Smart grazing and cross grazin...
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Season 2019
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Episode 4
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41:56
Episode 3 What happens when you take your finger off the pulse
This episode looks at disasters that did occur when a quarantine drench was missed, even with experienced producers. It explains the importance of the quarantine process, including drench choice and timing, isolation, monitoring and paddock sel...
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Season 2019
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Episode 3
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15:20
Episode 2 Code-breaking the jargon
This episode describes some of the language around internal parasites and drench tests, and makes it clearer for our way forward in future podcasts.Email your feedback or topic suggestions: wormcasts@paraboss.com.auIan...
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Season 2019
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Episode 2
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20:48
Episode 1 Introducing Wormcasts and its hosts
Susan and Ian introduce themselves and discuss what they see Wormcasts providing for the listeners. This introduces the ParaBoss podcasts and its hosts, Dr Susan Swaney (Technical Manager ParaBoss, former Technical Services Manager Virbac, Vete...
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Season 2019
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Episode 1
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4:22
