November 11, 2025 • 8 mins
Disaster looks at dog dosing and why it is so important regarding animal health.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Chabl m along bad days days.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Now thanks to Abi Rural, it's time to catch up
the Grant disaster. McMaster farming on the edges of lake Walk,
A turpo, A beautiful clothes baring station. Good afternoon, Grant.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Good afternoon, Andy, good after and then everybody in a
beautiful day here at close Burn. There's not a RiPP
along the lake. There's a little bit of a cool breeze.
Earlier on suns come out. And when the sun came
out it was quite warm and setting about fifteen degrees
and we had seven mills of rain yesterday and oh sorry,
the day before, So that's been that's quite a reprieve
(00:34):
from the fifties, sixties and all the big numbers we
were getting. So things are well, they're sort of drying out.
It'saw a lot of water around, you know, it's creeks
and still coming out of the hill. But bit of
heat and a bit of grass growth. So that's it's
all very it's looking God.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I'd say everything's looking rather green with all that rain
and a bit of heat.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Everything's very green, isn't it. I just went down to
Gore yesterday and to farewell Johnny Windle and you know,
there's a lot of crop being cut, and the balers
were out, and you know, some some areas I saw
up actually behind Belfa that had been you know, it
had been cut earlier on and the and the regrowth
and those paddocks obviously cut and carry was looking pretty good.
(01:16):
So I thought, you know Southam, well, what I saw
east in Southam was it was looking good.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Say the lambing just about be over and done with that.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Imagine, Yeah, there's there's sort of the end of that
second cycle, just sort of finishing. I saw a couple
of lambs born the other day, but those things are
just about pretty well done and dusted now. And we've
got a couple of big cows that were a bit
bit later when we scanned, and they they are due
to drop. I've just seen a couple of them. They
(01:44):
haven't haven't carved yet. But no, apart from that, it's
it's all looking pretty good. Over the hills or the
two ds over there have have lambed and all the
all the heifers have carved. So we'll be to mark
some of those hefers shortly, and sorry not the heathers
calves and those do those lambs before we do the
(02:04):
main light at the end of this month. But yeah,
lambs are growing. You know, it's good quality sheep for
the feed as I said, sheep feed for the sheep,
as I said last week, but not an abundance for
the for the cows. So thank goodness, they're all set
stopped around the place that you know that they're getting
by all right. But yeah, talking to them and neighbors
(02:26):
up here that everyone's in the same boat just from
going back from that, you know, the dry summer, dry autumn,
and yeah, probably the cows of there there the stock
units that are that are suffering the most.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
High Dana's you want to comment on this today?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, Hi, dadda's sort of a word we I think
people sort of get over and or seat measles And
hi dad, it's massed up. And I was I was
reading an article in the country Wide about and at
the headlines said no slacking on sheep measles prevention. So
so sheep measles is the is the Ovis tapeworm. And
(03:02):
the Meat Industry of New Zealand or the m I
a meat industry association, they have sort of been promoting
the awareness and the control of sheet measles, and I
read in this article that they provide three there's three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars funding a effort for the
promotion of of of you know, towards sheet measles and
the and the national prevalence is of sheet means is
(03:25):
a zero point of zero descent. And and the sheet
measles unlike the old hydatis, it doesn't affect humans. But
it's just the fact that it's it leads to you know,
targeters are being rejected and they have to be required
further cutting to remove which you know the effect of
areas which which is during processing, which you know costs
(03:47):
a bit of money. But you know, it's quite a
risk to the to the export market with this. And
there was a there was one article. One article said
that a recent case study of an outbreak of sheet
measles on one hundred and fifty hect here finish unit
costs the owner about four thousand dollars not income, and
it takes months to remedy. So it's you know what, obviously,
(04:09):
with sheet measles, you need to dose your dogs with
every with every month and share dogs are frequently visit
your farms a dose, and you've got to remember to
keep you keep your meat frozen to minus ten degrees
so that you know that's the sheet measles and they
(04:29):
with with with high. So I got thinking about hydatus
and in the old days when you know, we had
the high datus control officers and you used to every
six weeks you went to the dog dosing strip. For
people out there that can't remember, you know, every every
district had a dog dosing strip and the dog dos
that come around. And one of those icon icons of
(04:50):
dog dosing was one of Alpha's finest, John Vicowan and
nickname Purge. So I gave pur during the other day
just to refresh my memory on how the hydatis used
to work. And he is he is a bundle of knowledge, John,
and he's still he still does over his control. In fact,
he travels monthly down south and up sort of back
(05:12):
to the Mackenzie country, doing the bigger places on a
monthly basis. So and likes of me. He sends me
pills once a month for the dogs and does that
to a lot of people. And I've always liked that
idea because it because an envelope comes in the mail
says treat dogs first day of each month, you get
it and you don't sort of think I must get
the pills out and do it. He runs a pretty
(05:34):
good service. But he was saying that. So Hydatis was eradicated,
eradicated about ninety ninety six and that was with that
was with the drug droms and that basically, you know,
before then, as I said, every six weeks used to
go to the dog dosing strips and every every once
in a while they would purge the dog. So that
(05:54):
was that was they gave them a pill and it
made them, you know, purge out. And John said it
was it was quite severe on the animals, on the dogs.
It was quite quite hard on the system. But that
then those those samples were then sent for into May
and the whole all the samples throughout all the dogs
in New Zealand at the time at the time that
(06:15):
they were all sent for info May. And that was
basically too just to check if you know, if the
dogs had had high datus and and also that and
if they did that, those farmers were you know, they
were they were investigated more because unlike sheep means, all
these high datus affected people and you know, I know
people that were infected with Hydatus and that you know,
(06:36):
they would have to have some of their lungs removed
or tumors, so it was quite it was quite an
infectious disease. So that's what happened then. And in nineteen
seventy nine there were eighty cases alone in the south
in the Southland district of i datus. So the difference
between Hygadatus and over as I say the effects. One
effects the humans, the other doesn't. But one high datus
(06:59):
were in could lay between eight hundreds of thousand eggs
and the sheet means are worm as we're calling the
overs now it does anywhere with track and effect any
it can sort of get rid of eighty thousand eggs.
So it's a it's quite a problem that we that
we deal with. So getting back to it, you know
that those days of going around the strips and the
dog dos is doing all that work yet got rid
(07:21):
of the high datas, but that the overs, it's still
a cost of it to the economy, and it's you know,
it's a good it's a reminder. It's a good reminder
to everybody that to make sure and get your dogs
dose once a month. You can do it yourself, obviously,
get your pills and do it. But and and be
aware of other dogs coming on and on your on
(07:42):
your farm. So I think that's you know, we're trying
to with. You know, the meat industry is under a
lot of scrutiny and we want to we don't want
to be known for cargases that aren't up coming up
to standard and having to be cut in the processing.
So make sure and get your dogs what's the word
dost Sorry he is just you can cut their bit. Yeah,
(08:04):
make sure and get your dog's dosed. And any inquiries
give John Purge mciuner and he'll pet you're right.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Absolutely. Disaster will leave it there and your homework for
next week is to bring a PG friendly joke to
the show. How's that?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Oh, well, well I should have give him. I'll have
to give m kiwan a ring.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Back Grand Disaster McMaster thanks to Abby River. All up
next Nicolable from Dry and Z
Chabl m along bad days days.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Now thanks to Abi Rural, it's time to catch up
the Grant disaster. McMaster farming on the edges of lake Walk,
A turpo, A beautiful clothes baring station. Good afternoon, Grant.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Good afternoon, Andy, good after and then everybody in a
beautiful day here at close Burn. There's not a RiPP
along the lake. There's a little bit of a cool breeze.
Earlier on suns come out. And when the sun came
out it was quite warm and setting about fifteen degrees
and we had seven mills of rain yesterday and oh sorry,
the day before, So that's been that's quite a reprieve
(00:34):
from the fifties, sixties and all the big numbers we
were getting. So things are well, they're sort of drying out.
It'saw a lot of water around, you know, it's creeks
and still coming out of the hill. But bit of
heat and a bit of grass growth. So that's it's
all very it's looking God.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I'd say everything's looking rather green with all that rain
and a bit of heat.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Everything's very green, isn't it. I just went down to
Gore yesterday and to farewell Johnny Windle and you know,
there's a lot of crop being cut, and the balers
were out, and you know, some some areas I saw
up actually behind Belfa that had been you know, it
had been cut earlier on and the and the regrowth
and those paddocks obviously cut and carry was looking pretty good.
(01:16):
So I thought, you know Southam, well, what I saw
east in Southam was it was looking good.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Say the lambing just about be over and done with that.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Imagine, Yeah, there's there's sort of the end of that
second cycle, just sort of finishing. I saw a couple
of lambs born the other day, but those things are
just about pretty well done and dusted now. And we've
got a couple of big cows that were a bit
bit later when we scanned, and they they are due
to drop. I've just seen a couple of them. They
(01:44):
haven't haven't carved yet. But no, apart from that, it's
it's all looking pretty good. Over the hills or the
two ds over there have have lambed and all the
all the heifers have carved. So we'll be to mark
some of those hefers shortly, and sorry not the heathers
calves and those do those lambs before we do the
(02:04):
main light at the end of this month. But yeah,
lambs are growing. You know, it's good quality sheep for
the feed as I said, sheep feed for the sheep,
as I said last week, but not an abundance for
the for the cows. So thank goodness, they're all set
stopped around the place that you know that they're getting
by all right. But yeah, talking to them and neighbors
(02:26):
up here that everyone's in the same boat just from
going back from that, you know, the dry summer, dry autumn,
and yeah, probably the cows of there there the stock
units that are that are suffering the most.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
High Dana's you want to comment on this today?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, Hi, dadda's sort of a word we I think
people sort of get over and or seat measles And
hi dad, it's massed up. And I was I was
reading an article in the country Wide about and at
the headlines said no slacking on sheep measles prevention. So
so sheep measles is the is the Ovis tapeworm. And
(03:02):
the Meat Industry of New Zealand or the m I
a meat industry association, they have sort of been promoting
the awareness and the control of sheet measles, and I
read in this article that they provide three there's three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars funding a effort for the
promotion of of of you know, towards sheet measles and
the and the national prevalence is of sheet means is
(03:25):
a zero point of zero descent. And and the sheet
measles unlike the old hydatis, it doesn't affect humans. But
it's just the fact that it's it leads to you know,
targeters are being rejected and they have to be required
further cutting to remove which you know the effect of
areas which which is during processing, which you know costs
(03:47):
a bit of money. But you know, it's quite a
risk to the to the export market with this. And
there was a there was one article. One article said
that a recent case study of an outbreak of sheet
measles on one hundred and fifty hect here finish unit
costs the owner about four thousand dollars not income, and
it takes months to remedy. So it's you know what, obviously,
(04:09):
with sheet measles, you need to dose your dogs with
every with every month and share dogs are frequently visit
your farms a dose, and you've got to remember to
keep you keep your meat frozen to minus ten degrees
so that you know that's the sheet measles and they
(04:29):
with with with high. So I got thinking about hydatus
and in the old days when you know, we had
the high datus control officers and you used to every
six weeks you went to the dog dosing strip. For
people out there that can't remember, you know, every every
district had a dog dosing strip and the dog dos
that come around. And one of those icon icons of
(04:50):
dog dosing was one of Alpha's finest, John Vicowan and
nickname Purge. So I gave pur during the other day
just to refresh my memory on how the hydatis used
to work. And he is he is a bundle of knowledge, John,
and he's still he still does over his control. In fact,
he travels monthly down south and up sort of back
(05:12):
to the Mackenzie country, doing the bigger places on a
monthly basis. So and likes of me. He sends me
pills once a month for the dogs and does that
to a lot of people. And I've always liked that
idea because it because an envelope comes in the mail
says treat dogs first day of each month, you get
it and you don't sort of think I must get
the pills out and do it. He runs a pretty
(05:34):
good service. But he was saying that. So Hydatis was eradicated,
eradicated about ninety ninety six and that was with that
was with the drug droms and that basically, you know,
before then, as I said, every six weeks used to
go to the dog dosing strips and every every once
in a while they would purge the dog. So that
(05:54):
was that was they gave them a pill and it
made them, you know, purge out. And John said it
was it was quite severe on the animals, on the dogs.
It was quite quite hard on the system. But that
then those those samples were then sent for into May
and the whole all the samples throughout all the dogs
in New Zealand at the time at the time that
(06:15):
they were all sent for info May. And that was
basically too just to check if you know, if the
dogs had had high datus and and also that and
if they did that, those farmers were you know, they
were they were investigated more because unlike sheep means, all
these high datus affected people and you know, I know
people that were infected with Hydatus and that you know,
(06:36):
they would have to have some of their lungs removed
or tumors, so it was quite it was quite an
infectious disease. So that's what happened then. And in nineteen
seventy nine there were eighty cases alone in the south
in the Southland district of i datus. So the difference
between Hygadatus and over as I say the effects. One
effects the humans, the other doesn't. But one high datus
(06:59):
were in could lay between eight hundreds of thousand eggs
and the sheet means are worm as we're calling the
overs now it does anywhere with track and effect any
it can sort of get rid of eighty thousand eggs.
So it's a it's quite a problem that we that
we deal with. So getting back to it, you know
that those days of going around the strips and the
dog dos is doing all that work yet got rid
(07:21):
of the high datas, but that the overs, it's still
a cost of it to the economy, and it's you know,
it's a good it's a reminder. It's a good reminder
to everybody that to make sure and get your dogs
dose once a month. You can do it yourself, obviously,
get your pills and do it. But and and be
aware of other dogs coming on and on your on
(07:42):
your farm. So I think that's you know, we're trying
to with. You know, the meat industry is under a
lot of scrutiny and we want to we don't want
to be known for cargases that aren't up coming up
to standard and having to be cut in the processing.
So make sure and get your dogs what's the word
dost Sorry he is just you can cut their bit. Yeah,
(08:04):
make sure and get your dog's dosed. And any inquiries
give John Purge mciuner and he'll pet you're right.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Absolutely. Disaster will leave it there and your homework for
next week is to bring a PG friendly joke to
the show. How's that?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Oh, well, well I should have give him. I'll have
to give m kiwan a ring.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Back Grand Disaster McMaster thanks to Abby River. All up
next Nicolable from Dry and Z
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