Efficacy of doramectin in the protection of neonatal calves and post-parturient cows against field strikes of Cochliomyia hominivorax

• Published in: Veterinary parasitology Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 155 - 161
• Main Authors: Muniz, R.A., Anziani, O.S., Ordoñez, J., Errecalde, J., Moreno, J., Rew, R.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.1995
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Argentina; CALVES; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - prevention & control; Cattle-Arthropoda; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; Control methods-Arthropoda; COWS; Doramectin; Female; Genitalia - parasitology; INSECTICIDAS; INSECTICIDE; INSECTICIDES; Insecticides - therapeutic use; Ivermectin - analogs & derivatives; Ivermectin - therapeutic use; PUERPERIO; PUERPERIUM; Screw Worm Infection - prevention & control; Screw Worm Infection - veterinary; TERNERO; Umbilicus - parasitology; VACA; VACHE; VEAU; Venezuela; Cattle-Arthropoda; Control methods-Arthropoda; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Doramectin

Two studies were conducted in Latin America, one in Venezuela and one in Argentina, using a common protocol to investigate the efficacy of a single s.c. injection of doramectin in the prevention and control of field infestations of Cochliomyia hominivorax in newborn calves and post-parturient cows....