The document provides guidance on developing an optimal cattle deworming program including factors to consider like management, environment, weather, costs of not deworming, and herd management techniques. It also outlines deworming recommendations and products for different classes of beef and dairy cattle.
The document provides guidance on developing an optimal cattle deworming program including factors to consider like management, environment, weather, costs of not deworming, and herd management techniques. It also outlines deworming recommendations and products for different classes of beef and dairy cattle.
The document provides guidance on developing an optimal cattle deworming program including factors to consider like management, environment, weather, costs of not deworming, and herd management techniques. It also outlines deworming recommendations and products for different classes of beef and dairy cattle.
The document provides guidance on developing an optimal cattle deworming program including factors to consider like management, environment, weather, costs of not deworming, and herd management techniques. It also outlines deworming recommendations and products for different classes of beef and dairy cattle.
Professional Services Veterinarian Department Technical Bulletin
Deworming Cattle FAQs
What is strategic deworming? How do you evaluate your herd to design an A method of deworming that fluctuates based on: optimal deworming program? • Management - Type of cattle and how they are • Feed efficiency worked. • Fecal egg counts • Environment - Pasture density, rotation • Weaning weights schedule, housing type. • Overall herd health • Weather - Deworming approximately 1 month after heavy rain. How does season and latitude affect deworming considerations? What are the costs of failing to deworm? • Deworm more frequently during wet periods - • Immune suppression approximately 1 month after a heavy rain. • Decreased milk • Deworm more frequently if you live in a wet or • Decreased weaning weight humid climate.
Deworming Protocol • Decreased feed efficiency • Deworm in late fall in northern climates to kill larva before winter to clear infestations. What herd management techniques should be used in a deworming program? • Let pastures sit for a year without grazing to break the worm’s life cycle. • Make sure the proper dose is administered. If the dose isn’t adequate, resistance can more easily occur. • Proper chute facilities will decrease stress at handling and increase dosing compliance.
ANIMART Deworming Products Active Ingredient Drug Class
Beef Cattle Bulls Can be dewormed according to: • More susceptible to parasites. • Age • Deworm twice yearly. • Sex • Older animals can be dewormed with any • Environment product. Mature cows Young cattle • Have some built-up immunity, worm burden • Deworming should start pre-weaning at about isn’t as high as younger animals. 3-4 months old. • Pregnant with their second calf and older. • Will add significant weaning weight (20-40 lbs) • Deworm yearly around the time of freshening. compared with non-dewormed calves. • Wet year or crowded pasture - another • If kept as stocker calves, deworm again at deworming is recommended. weaning. • Extremely dry year or pasture vacant a year - • Avermectin/milbemycin-type products are deworming not necessary that year. going to provide the best treatment for these • Older animals can be dewormed with any young calves and have the added benefit of product.
Deworming Protocol controlling some of the external parasites.
Dairy Cattle Mature cows Youngstock • If pastured seasonally. • Dairy youngstock raised on pasture should • All mature cows on drylot, in semi-confinement be dewormed one month after turning out to or in pasture during dry period benefit the most pasture and in late fall. when dewormed at freshening. • Egg counts can be taken for different groups • Mature cows that live in confinement should of youngstock to strategically plan the optimal be dewormed once a lactation as a group or time to deworm. individually at freshening.
Albendazole Fair Good Some Some None None None None Fenbendazole Fair Good None Some None None None None Milbemycins Excellent Excellent None None Good Good Excellent Good Avermectins Excellent Excellent None None Good Good Excellent Good Table adapted from: T. A. Yazwinski, C. Tucker and H. Featherson. Cattle worms: their story and how the cattle producer might try to control them. Proceedings of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association, Cattlemen’s College. 1997. For more information contact: 1.800.255.1181 l info@animart.com
