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There are several problematic areas for sheep feet within pastures. Soil in gateways and creep feeders can become dominated by faecal bacteria that can cause feet problems in livestock. 

The AHC foam can be laid down in these problematic areas. 

Applying the foam to the gateway is far quicker than moving the ewes and lambs to the handling pen. This was their first time through the foam.

Clean water troughs, pipes, tanks, pumps and cows drinking more water as a result. This updated video shows the progress made by the Pruex cleaning process for borehole water. 

The video is made up of four sections

1. The starting situation showing debris within the water trough, and a thick slime on the trough walls.
2. The effect 3 days into the cleaning process, showing a greatly improved water quality.
3. The change seen in the way the cows drink water.
4. The situation after 7 days of the Pruex cleaning process, showing crystal clear water and a very clean water trough

A question we're often asked is, Why we generate foam to help reduce the risk of lameness in cattle? So, we thought we'd ask you. Why do you think we generate a foam to help reduce the need for antibiotics in agriculture?

The UK Mastitis Control Plan clearly states that mains water is preferred to on farm sources due to lower bacterial pressure on the animals that drink it from their troughs, bowls or vessels. But cows drink large volumes of water. But do they drink as much as they could do? Is their milk yield potential under achieved due to putrid tasting water? Does water infected by bad bacteria challenge their immune system and ultimately cause infections?

Helping farmers clean their water sources is an area Pruex specialise in.

Lowering the amount of antibiotics used in darying can only result from keeping animals healthy. Using antibiotic foot baths to control lameness in cows is known to significantly raise the mg/ml rate when measuring on farm use. Plus, what happens to the antibiotics in the footbath once discarded into the environment?

We are beginning to see some great results at Pruex from using probiotics to clean feet. Cows exiting their milking platforms simply walk through a foam of probiotic bacteria (AHC - Animal Hoof/House Cleaner).

E.Coli comes in many forms. Not all types create clinical infections, but the way we house our sheep can lead to high concentrations of coliform and other bad bacteria in the immediate environments that our newborn lambs are born into. The air they breathe will contain the same bacteria as will be within the bedding, carried by convection, they coat the roof and walls of our sheds. In other words, our sheds become contaminated.

By stabilising with AHS, in other words, spraying a fine mist of non infective bacteria, on the bedding, this contamination can be reversed or even prevented. The video below shows how easy it is to stabilise with AHS. 

So, what about the results?

Non infective bacteria dominant in the bedding, the different water bowls/troughs and the cladding, (Walls of the shed). A non infective environment to welcome the new crop of lambs.

You know that animals don't live in sterile environments. Make sure your lambs get off to the best start by stabilising your sheep sheds with AHS from Pruex.

It can be done from outside the pen.

Today we started tackling bad bactira, hoping to dry bedding up along with healthy udders, healthy lambs, healthy feet, healthy water. hoping to see results @PruexLtd ,very intresting concept #healthyshed #lambing18 #sheep365 #bacteria pic.twitter.com/CovVmUt4G5

— Rhys Edwards (@RhysTheFarm) 13 February 2018

You know how important breathing is to our continued prosperity. We often focus on air quality, but is there something lurking a lot closer to home that could be generating an allergic reaction in us that causes our sinuses to block? Are we allergic to the pillows and bed linen we sleep on? You might have heard of dust mites. You might know that people are allergic to either the mites themselves, or their excrement. You might not have considered that dust mites occupy your pillows and bed linen. So, what can be done? The video below explains more.