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Sheep Vaccination Programme: Read This Before You Start

The standard programme that comes with the EkBoer app is the developer's own flock programme. It is an example to start from, not advice for your farm. This video explains what it was set up for, and how you can keep, change, switch off or delete its rules.

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In this video

0:00 Read this first
0:12 What it was set up for
0:38 Check with your vet
0:59 What you can do

What you will learn

Read this first

It is the developer's own programme
It is not advice for your farm

Before you rely on any reminder, please read this. The standard programme that comes with the app is the programme the developer uses for his own flock. It is not advice for your farm.

What it was set up for

Dorper sheep, near Carletonville (Highveld)
Lambing once a year from 1 October
His own products and label timings
Sources are written in each rule's Details

It was set up for Dorper sheep on a farm near Carletonville, on the Highveld, with summer rain. Lambing happens once a year, from the first of October. It uses the products he uses: Blu-Vax, Ovi-Clos P, Duplocillin, Dectomax, Valbazen, a copper sulphate mix, and an enzootic abortion vaccine. The timings come from those product labels, and from the sources written in each rule's Details.

Your farm is probably different

Another breed, area or lambing time
Other products and your own vet
Check timing, dose and withdrawal period with your vet and the label

Your farm is probably different. You may have another breed, another area, another lambing time, other products, and your own vet. So treat the standard programme as an example to start from. Before you rely on any reminder, check the timing, the dose, and the withdrawal period with your vet and the product label.

What you can do

Keep the rules that suit you
Switch rules off for ewes, rams or lambs
Change the days and the wording
Add your own vaccines and treatments
Or delete everything and start blank

You have full control. Keep the rules that suit you. Switch rules off for ewes, rams or lambs. Change the days and the wording. Add your own vaccines and treatments. Or delete everything and start with a blank programme. The next videos show you how to do each one.

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