Al4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,1980
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Leon Riegel
Are parasites
bogging my cows?
A reader asks: We are
planning to worm our cattle.
With so many products on
the market, what should we
look for in a worming
medicine? It is best to worm
the cattle in the feed, by
bollus, or tube them?
Without a lab check, a there
any way to know if the
animals are infested? What
parasites normally affect
cattle?
Dr. Sheaffer comments:
It’s good you’re concerned
about internal parasites in
your cattle.
Withour modern
husbandry practices of
concentrating many cattle
on small pastures or
feedlots, numbers of
parasites can build up to a
harmful level quite rapidly.
You did not mention if you
have a beef or dairy herd.
This will determine
somewhat the type of worm
medication that you will use.
Many wormers have
restrictions on age,
pregnancy and lactation.
For example, if you use
thiabendazole, which is
usually readily available
from veterinarians and
other suppliers, on lactatmg
dairy cows, you must
discard the milk for eight
Government
announces poultry
plan
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The Department of
Agriculture announced
Saturday a program to
provide more chicken for
donations to hospitals,
nursing homes and other
institutions, and to remove
pnce-depressmg supplies of
poultry from domestic
markets.
Carol Tucker Foreman,
Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Food and
Consumer Services, said the
action is being taken
because contracts for
poultry exports to the Soviet
Umon could not be fulfilled
as a result of the President’s
suspension of trade with that
country on January 4.
The action announced
today has two parts. First,
the Department will invite
bids thus next week for a
supply of whole frozen
chicken, at least equivalent
to that which had already
been packaged for shipment
to the Soviet Umon
This action is being taken
under the authority of
Section 32 of Public Law 320,
which provides that
perishable commodities that
cannot be sold by producers
at reasonable prices may be
purchased by the govern
ment for use in food
assistance programs
“By making these pur
chases, we hope to improve
the market demand and
eliminate excess supplies
caused by the trade
suspension.
“President Carter has said
actions will be taken, not to
guarantee profits for ex-
Ask the
VMD Jh
milkings after dosing.
There is at least one other
product on the market that
can be used with the feed on
lactating cows without
discarding the milk, such as
organo phosphate products.
This type of worm
medication doesn’t seem to
be detected m the milk, but
the effectiveness of the
product as a wormer is not
certain. It is used especially
in herds where the greatest
percentage of cows are in
fested very heavily, and the
dairyman can’t afford to
discard all of his milk for
eight milkings.
The organo phosphates are
sprinkled lightly on the feed
for five days. In a heavily
infested cow herd, 30-40 per
cent of the parasites may be
treated which is some help.
I generally recommend
that die dairyman wait until
the cow is dry and then treat
her individually with
thiabendazole. If your herd
consists of pregnant cows
and heifers, only certain
medications are safe to
administer. Always
carefully read and follow the
label directions. If you have
any doubt about a specific
medication, consult your
veterinarian.
The method of worming
that is best is the one that
porters, but to prevent
catastrophic losses by
producers. We think that by
making additional pur
chases of poultry above what
we normally would have
purchased for our programs,
we can help maintain
reasonable prices for poultry
products,” Foreman said.
Second, the Department
will increase its regular
purchases of poultry (under
Section 6 of the National
School Lunch Act) to help
absorb the extra supply
which may have been
generated to fill the Soviet
contract.
Chicken will be purchased
m frozen, cut-up or cooked,
breaded form for use in the
school lunch program.
Foreman said, “Chicken
has been one of the most
popular commodities in our
school and other feeding
programs. We are confident
that the poultry will be well
used, and that the poultry
industry will be protected
from devastating losses ”
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works best in your particular
housing situation. Ideally,
each animal should be
caught up in a chute or
headgate, and given the
proper dosage for its size
and weight.
Oral boluses, oral paste or
injectable wormer can be
used on an individual basis.
Some of our clients do not
have adequate restraint
facilities so that using pellets
on the feed is best for them.
If you plan to mix wormer
with the feed, make sure that
it is safe, palatable, and
properly mixed. Your
veterinarian can help you
calculate how much wormer
should be mixed with the
amount of feed your cattle
will eat in one meal.
Fecal exams for internal
parasites are routinely
performed at least three
types of facilities in our
area.
First, most veterinary
hospitals perform both
smears and flotations on
fresh cow manure samples
submitted by farmers.
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Secondly, state diagnostic
laboratories do the above
plus certain special
techniques for difficult to
detect species of worms.
Thirdly, institutions like
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The tests are designed to
locate and identify parasite
eggs, called ova, and/or
larval forms of the parasite.
For good parasite control,
you should have laboratory
work done at least three
tunes each year. If your
cattle are concentrated in a
relatively small area, more
frequent fecals may be
necessary. Costs for each
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exam can range from about
$2 to |lO, depending on
techniques needed.
Next week, we will discuss
the various species of in
ternal parasites in cattle.
If you have a question you
would like to have answered
by the team of doctors at
Valley Animal Hospital,
send it to Ask the VMD, Box
3M,Lititz, PA 17543.