What is Resilience?

Internal parasites are arguably the number one production inhibitor in NZ sheep farming systems.

Resilience is the term given to animals that can survive and thrive regardless of the internal parasite challenge they face.

Resilience underpins the key aspects of profitable sheep farming – what does that really mean?

- Growing grass and converting it to meat and wool efficiently is what farming is all about, so if the grass is wasted on animals that are struggling under an internal parasite challenge then that is a huge cost. If your drench effectiveness is compromised by having drench-resistant parasites you face huge costs of lost production.

-Resilience sheep require less drenching, and continue to thrive, Te Whangai ewes have not been drenched for over 30 years.