South Dakota Beef Report, 1986

Document Type

Report

Report Number

86-18

Publication Date

1986

Keywords

cattle, grubs, paste formulation, anthelmintic

Summary

Eighty-nine bull and heifer crossbred beef calves were utilized in five treatments t o determine the effect of famphur administered as a paste for grub control. The five treatments were (1) experimental paste-0% famphur or control (A), (2) experimental paste-14.4% famphur (B), (3) experimental paste-21.6X famphur (C), (4) experimental paste-28.8% famphur (Dl and (5) Warbex famphur pour-on plus tramisol levamisole gel (El. In all treatments in which famphur was administered (B, C, D and E) effective control of grubs was accomplished. Weight gains were 355, 360, 384, 355 and 356 lb for bulls in groups A, B, C. D and E, respectively, and 214, 212, 217, 226 and 201 lb for heifers in groups A, B, C, D and E, respectively.

Number of Pages

2

Type

text

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Rights

Copyright © 1986 South Dakota State University

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