Sheep Trial Results

The results of trials on a farm with a history of severe facial eczema outbreaks are shown below.



Sustained zinc levels provided by the Time Capsule protect sheep against the FE toxin for six weeks.

80% of animals that were untreated suffered from facial eczema, with consequent loss in productivity. In contrast, only 8% of sheep receiving and retaining the Time Capsule showed any sign of the disease.

During the 2006 FE season, mating performance was monitored on three separate sheep farms involving a total of 1,500 breeding ewes when spore counts were recorded as sub-clinical between 25-50,000 and would normally be considered low risk. At each farm, each ewe from one group (n=500) was treated with a Time Capsule bolus (repeat dosed at 6 week intervals) and a similar sized control group remained untreated. The mating performance of all ewes was determined at scanning. The Time Capsule treated flocks showed an increase in conception rate of between 3—4% over the non-treated control ewes, which clearly demonstrates mating performance will be impaired even at low FE spore challenges.