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.
