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Post by bja105 on Apr 18, 2015 1:17:07 GMT
I have two heifers that I need to worm. Both have big bellies. The 8 month old may be a nutrition problem, but she has never been wormed. The 1.5 year old is the other. I have pour on Ivermectin. Is it as effective as the injectable? I saw plenty of horse pastes, but none of them were for cattle. I don't yet have a relationship with a vet, and I prefer to do everything myself.
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Post by Awnry Abe on Apr 18, 2015 4:37:14 GMT
I don't know the answer to "is it as effective as injectable". Pour-ons are effective, though. Don't under dose.
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Post by junaleefarm on Apr 25, 2015 22:48:38 GMT
I use pour-ons for cattle and they seem effective. We only worm when needed, it can be expensive if you just worm all the time. You should have your cows tested to see if this is the problem or not. I believe it is fairly inexpensive or pretty easy to do yourself if you have a microscope. We test our cows and goats on occasion(it is a good science project for the kids) usually once a year or if either are looking rough. Like Awnry Abe said underdosing is bad as this is how the worms grow a tolerance for the wormer so the next time you use it it will kill less worms.
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Post by willowgirl on Apr 26, 2015 2:02:23 GMT
I don't think Ivermectin is approved for use in dairy cows. Not sure if you're planning to milk those girls!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 12:14:21 GMT
I use ivermectin pour-on on my beef cows, My family does not worm their cows, unless they go to the vet and that is usually just for Bangs vaccination on heifers. If you have an alley, or even a trailer, pour on is super easy, I only have 4 head, but I crammed them in the alleyway and just dosed them, waited a bit and sprayed a little permethrin, then turned them back out into the pasture, getting them into the pen was the hardest part and with a truck and a sack of feed it wasn't that hard. I had one cow that I know I had never been wormed and she just weaned a calf back in December and she was looking pretty poor, I was expecting her not to breed back for a while but after the worming I saw her get bred by the bull a month ago, probably a month or so after worming and she has put considerable weight on, of course she didn't have a calf nursing her either. She was a first timer. Just my .02 and that's about what its worth
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