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What Are the Benefits of Automated Water Dosing Systems?

What is a Water Dosing System? The term “Water Dosing System” covers several different types of equipment. Some of these ‘systems’ are quite manual and labour intensive (header tanks and trough dispensers, for example); while others are best described as automated.  Automated water dosing systems are designed to deliver precise amounts of medication, supplements, water sanitisers, or vaccines through the watering systems on farm. At their core, these systems are all about ensuring the correct proportion of any additive to the water volume. For some examples of the types of additives these systems are used for, check out this article. Main Benefits Additional Considerations While initial setup may require some investment, the long-term efficiencies and health benefits make automated dosing systems a worthwhile investment. ConclusionAutomated water dosing systems offer accurate, efficient, and reliable medication delivery, ultimately improving herd health and farm productivity. If livestock health management is a priority, automation

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May 12, 2025

How Do I Choose the Correct Needle Size for My Livestock?

Choosing the right needle size is essential for safe, effective, and humane vaccination or treatment procedures for livestock. Using needles of the wrong gauge or length can cause discomfort or damage to the animal, while also negatively impacting the performance of the vaccine or medication.

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May 12, 2025

Tube Adjustment for Select Dosers

Tube Adjustment for Select Dosers We’ve had a number of customers in the past who were a little confused by the Tube Adjustment ratings on their peristaltic pump tubes for the Select Doser. So, we’ve put together both this article and the accompanying video to explain what the tube adjustment is and how to change it on your Select Doser.

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January 20, 2022

Flow Sensors

How to choose the right one to suit your water dosing task and your Select doser type. There are a lot of farmers across Australia with a need to add something into the drinking water for their Livestock. Most of these applications have one thing in common: The need for dosing to be automatically adjusted in proportion to the water flow. When we first launched the Select Doser in Australia about 16 years ago, there were only a couple of options available for Water Flow measurement. We had sensors in our range to measure very small and very high flows, but very little to cover the middle of the range that people encounter on farm. This meant that our customers in the early years could use the Select Doser for precision applications (such as a Poultry Shed, or Weaners on a pig farm) or Farm-wide applications (such as Water treatment

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January 12, 2022

COVID-19 and Think Livestock

A message from our managing director, Dave Roberts – Updated June 5th 2020 Hi there. We want to thank all of our customers for your patience and cooperation during the temporary lockdown of our premises due to Covid-19. While we have now reopened our store in Huntly, I must stress that we are continuing to maintain vigilance in protecting both you and our staff during your visits to our premises. We ask that you continue to do the following: Sanitise your hands on entry to the store with the complimentary hand sanitiser inside. Keep a distance of 1.5 metres between yourself and our staff (or other customers) during your visit. Do not come to the shop in person if you or any of your family members are feeling unwell. We can easily organise delivery of nearly all of our products directly to you, wherever you are; either by post or

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March 18, 2020

5 Key Reasons to automate your Water Dosing

5 Key Reasons to automate your Water Dosing. Every animal drinks, and our livestock are no exception. Because of this, more and more farmers are turning to Water Dosing as a simpler and more cost-effective way to deliver a range of medications and supplements to their livestock.

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February 7, 2018

Hydrometers for Zinc Sulphate Testing in Sheep Footbaths

Hydrometers for Zinc Sulphate Testing in Sheep Footbaths Zinc sulphate testers are used by sheep farmers to check the concentration level of zinc sulphate in sheep foot baths. The product consists of a small glass tube with an enclosed weight to keep it standing upright in a container holding a sample of the footbath solution. The tube is marked by level indicators. The higher the concentrationof zinc sulphate the more buoyancy is created so the tube floats higher up for the higher concentrations and sinks lower down for low concentrations. The farmer just needs to read off the height level against the surface of the water to determine the remaining concentration of zinc sulphate.

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March 9, 2017