Supplies of the sheep dip Cyperguard are back on the market again following disruption to supplies in recent months.

Manufacturers of the dip, Bimeda Animal Health, report that supplies should be back on shelves from the end of this week or early next week.

Cyperguard is a cypermethrin-based sheep dip licensed for the prevention and treatment of blowfly strike, sheep scab, lice, keds and ticks on sheep by plunge dipping after dilution of the product with water.

The news will be welcomed in particular by organic sheep farmers with the use of organophosphate-based dip prohibited under organic farming principles.

Non-organophosphate-based dip is allowed to be used where it is advised under animal welfare grounds and included in the farm’s animal health plan.