Abstract |
Herbage intake was measured in two groups of 20 first-year grazing cattle. The animals in one group each received a morantel sustained release bolus at turnout to control nematode parasitism and the animals in the other group remained untreated. The latter group showed a mean peak faecal egg count of 655 eggs per gram (e.p.g.) in October associated with high serum pepsinogen concentration and clinical signs of ostertagiasis, compared with a peak of 119 e.p.g. in the treated group which remained in good health. In September the daily voluntary feed intake of the untreated animals was significantly depressed (94 g kg-1 body weight vs. 77 g kg-1 P less than 0.001), but no difference in digestive efficiency was recorded between the two groups. This difference in feed intake was associated with a 47 kg mean live weight advantage of the treated animals at housing.
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Authors | S L Bell, R J Thomas, M T Ferber |
Journal | Veterinary parasitology
(Vet Parasitol)
Vol. 28
Issue 1-2
Pg. 125-35
(Apr 1988)
ISSN: 0304-4017 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 3388730
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Delayed-Action Preparations
- Pyrimidines
- Morantel
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Topics |
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
(physiopathology, prevention & control)
- Delayed-Action Preparations
- Digestion
- Eating
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
(physiopathology, prevention & control, veterinary)
- Male
- Morantel
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Ostertagia
(growth & development)
- Ostertagiasis
(physiopathology, prevention & control, veterinary)
- Pyrimidines
(therapeutic use)
- Seasons
- Trichostrongyloidea
(growth & development)
- Trichostrongyloidiasis
(physiopathology, prevention & control, veterinary)
- Trichostrongylus
(growth & development)
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