Participant Guidelines
- Participants must order the kits before October 13th 2025.
- Participants can select which parasites they wish to test for.
Suit 1: Fluke Sedimentation for presence/absence of fluke eggs
Or
Suit 2: McMasters Egg Count for faecal egg counts of stomach/gut worm eggs
- Participants must carry out 2 faecal tests with a minimum of four weeks between each test.
- Participants who opt to carry out faecal testing will be required to complete a record showing the date of collection of samples, the number of samples collected, and the date submitted to a suitable laboratory/testing facility of their choosing for analysis. In addition, sale receipts of sample kits purchased must be retained on the farm and available for inspection. The Department may also request of copy of the record sheets and purchase receipts from an applicant during the year as part of an administration check to verify compliance with this measure
Sampling Guidelines
- Samples must be submitted to a suitable laboratory/testing facility of the Customer’s choosing (all faecal samples submitted must be fresh).
- Both cows or calves can be samples
- Take samples of fresh dung from a number of animals and get them to the laboratory / suitable testing facility as soon as possible. A pooled sample should contain faecal samples from ten animals or more.
- In order to avoid deterioration of the samples, it is important to send the sample away to the laboratory / suitable testing facility early in the week.
- Avoid sending samples to the suitable laboratory/testing facility on a Thursday or Friday, as deterioration of the sample over the weekend can result in inaccurate results.
- Avoid putting samples in the freezer or direct sunlight, or holding onto them for over 24 hours.