This continues to be a scourge upon the sheep industry.
It is now endemic and widespread so you have to assume you may have it or soon will if you dont protect your flock against another sheep.
We see most cases in the Winter months when sheep become grouped up closer together and hence aids the transmission.
The scab mite can live off the sheep for 18 to 20 odd days if conditions are favourable to it.
Dipping in Diazinon is the most effective treatment/control measure by far.....but failing this you would have to use an injectable protocol with either Ivermectin/Cydectin or Dectomax.
These regimes must be done diligently and treat all sheep to be effective and so not waste money and labour doing it.
The meat withholds are long so this can be a headache with store lambs, but sheep with scab never thrive so you are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Please ask for advice before doing anything "ad hoc."
