Economic and production repercussions of deworming by pulse release device and oral suspension in grazing double-muscled fattening cattle.
In this field trial, the repercussions of 2 administration forms of oxfendazole, namely a single administration of a front-loaded device (group 1; n = 18) and a repeated administration of a 90.6 per cent oral suspension (group 2; n = 18), were compared in first season-grazing double-muscled fattening bulls. The comparison was based on the production performances, the mean worm egg counts and the product- and labour-costs. The daily body gains determined on the whole trial period, i.e. 1.312 +/- 0.055 kg and 1.270 +/- 0.056 kg for groups 1 and 2 respectively, and mean worm egg counts per gram (on days 0 and 130:200.0 +/- 44.3 and 94.4 +/- 27.4 for group 1; 366.7 +/- 98.4 and 100.0 +/- 33.6 for group 2) did not differ significantly between the two groups. However, the total costs were lower with a front-loaded device (1,021 Belgian Francs) than with oral suspension (1,248 Belgian Francs per bull).
Genicot
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Laboratory for Functional Investigation, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium.
Mouligneau
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Lekeux
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D015430:Weight Gain
D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; C011030:oxfendazole