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Complete feed package

Fabstock stud feed mixes offer a complete feed package from when the animal is weaned through to sale day. Peter has designed different mixes for all different wool types and breeds ranging from a superfine merino through to a Poll Dorset.

The weaner mix is a high energy feed designed to achieve maximum growth rates. While the animal is young the amount of feed required is far less so the cost involved are kept to a minimum.

A nourishment mix is used six weeks before shearing to help produce a nourished tip. A dry tip cannot be changed into a nourished tip a couple of months after shearing it needs to be fed and worked on long before the animal is shorn. A general wool growing mix is used for the majority of the time, this mix keeps the body and wool growing without letting the animal go to fat which can hinder wool style and growth as well as fertility.

Rams can be put on a finishing ration four to six weeks prior to the sale to add extra bodyweight and finish to your sale rams. Peter encourages communication during the time your stud sheep are on Fabstock to make shore things are ticking along nicely and to stop any potential problems early should they arise.

For the stud breeder who mixes his own feed Fabstock can supply you with a complete vitamin/Mineral concentrate designed to produce maximum results from your mix. Special ingredients you may not have access to such as linseed meal can be added to the mix on your request.

Peter is currently working with some of the top preforming bloodlines in Eastern Australia including Oakbank, Glendonald, Towalba, One Oak, Haddon Rigg, Boonoke, Wanganella and One Oak Poll, Willandra, Hillcreston, Western Plains, Hinesville, Greenland, Karoola Downs, Borambil as well as Mt Ascott and Well Gully QLD.

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Photosensitisation i Sheep

Photosensitisation in Sheep? – FABSTOCK can help

Kyle Sturgess, pictured, from Redline Stud @ West Wyalong contacted FABSTOCK in August '24. Kyle, who also works as a contract stock agent, had a client at Lake Cargelligo, who had ewes & lambs grazing lucerne and the lambs had developed severe facial eczema.

The condition was caused due to cowpea aphid, which had infested the lucerne. The lambs were ingesting aphids as they were grazing, and it is believed that the aphids contain a pigment that causes severe photosensitisation.

The condition was first reported on the Monaro in 2021, and it caused significant losses of lambs and longer-term impacts for those that survived 1

When Kyle contacted FABSTOCK, the lambs were struggling badly as the photos show.

We suggested Fabstock LSM ‘Summer Weeds Plus’. Whilst designed initially for sheep grazing cereal stubbles where weeds such as Hairy Panic and Heliotrope were a problem, we were able to make the necessary alterations to improve suitability for protein rich pastures such as lucerne.

Talking on Tuesday, Kyle commented:

“Whole mob, consisting of between 4 – 600 lambs where badly affected.

And they were bad. They were as bad as you think sheep could be and still be alive. 8 weeks after starting on the product (Fabstock’s LSM ‘Summers Weeds Plus’), you couldn’t even tell there’d been a problem. 8 weeks from absolutely buggered to perfect. The hair had grown back and there was no sign of scaring.

I would unfortunately say that those lambs were unmarketable, unsaleable un-anything. 8 weeks later, they could have gone straight into the marketplace and been sold, no problems.

I told the client that she was going to lose a lot, at least 10% or more. Ended up losing bugger all!”

As always, prevention is better that cure. Don’t let photosensitisation ruin your valuable livestock and more importantly, your profits.

For further information, please go to www.fabstock.com.au/summer-weeds, or talk to your nearest Fabstock distributer.

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