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How should livestock tick records be kept?

Records should connect date, field or holding, animal group, tick burden, treatment, response, travel or movement and any specimens submitted.

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Short answer

Records should connect date, field or holding, animal group, tick burden, treatment, response, travel or movement and any specimens submitted.

At a glance

Records should connect date, field or holding, animal group, tick burden, treatment, response, travel or movement and any specimens submitted. Interpret findings at animal, group and holding level. Veterinary and animal-health rules govern treatment, medicine records, movement and reporting.

Key takeaways

• Records should connect date, field or holding, animal group, tick burden, treatment, response, travel or movement and any specimens submitted.

• Interpret findings at animal, group and holding level. Veterinary and animal-health rules govern treatment, medicine records, movement and reporting.

• Seek veterinary advice for an unwell animal, a difficult attachment, an adverse product reaction or uncertainty about a species-appropriate treatment.

Direct answer

Records should connect date, field or holding, animal group, tick burden, treatment, response, travel or movement and any specimens submitted.

Put it in context

Interpret findings at animal, group and holding level. Veterinary and animal-health rules govern treatment, medicine records, movement and reporting.

What to do with this information

Seek veterinary advice for an unwell animal, a difficult attachment, an adverse product reaction or uncertainty about a species-appropriate treatment.