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Re: [RC] Fw: [RC] Panacur Purge - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM - Ag47xAu49

How much of the cattle Panacur per 1000 lb? Do you just administer it orally, in a small syringe? Beccy in Ut.
 
In a message dated 4/3/2006 8:33:13 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, loribertolucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

RE: [RC] Panacur Purge - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM


Dear Karen et al:

        The Panacur Purge has the advantage of killing younger worms.  There are encysted small strongyles that are too young to be killed by Quest.  Some people like the Panacur Purge also, because it is gentler than Quest.

        As a footnote, a manufacturers rep reported to me that 1.5x for three days has almost 90% efficacy as 2x for five days, at obvious cost and labor savings.

Quentin

PS.   The only advantage of Quest or the Purge is to kill the encysted small strongyle.  This is a problem thru the winter months, as the cysts reduce the absorption of food.  The life cycle of the small strongyle is timed with the season, so that the larvae wait in cysts in the wall of the gut (I think small intestine) for spring, when they are released  en masse to pollute your pasture.  Killing them in the winter with either Quest or Panacur, not only helps the animal now, but is sanitation for next season.  Thus there is really no point in using either method at other times of year, as ivermectin is otherwise a broader spectrum wormer.