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Take the Merial Parasite Control Challenge
2014-03-07 18:29:13| Beef
Merial introduces the LONGRANGE® (eprinomectin)/IVOMEC® (ivermectin) Spring Challenge. Cattle prices are up, but so are production costs, and producers are feeling the strain on the profit outlook this year. To help promote greater profits and optimize herd health in 2014, Merial will help take on some of the production risks. Producers will benefit from taking advantage of the LONGRANGE/IVOMEC Challenge with a way to ensure spring parasite control pays. read more
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Cat parasite found in Arctic Beluga
2014-02-14 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause blindness in people, has been identified in Beluga in the western Arctic. The discovery by University of British Columbia scientists has prompted a health advisory to Inuit people in the region who eat the whale's meat. Researchers say it is an example of how the warming of the Arctic is allowing the freer movement of pathogens. Icier conditions in the past acted as an obstruction to infectious agents. "Ice is a significant ecological...
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Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug'
2013-04-29 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria have been identified by scientists. Researchers found parasites in western Cambodia that are genetically different from other strains around the world. These organisms are able to withstand treatment by artemisinin - a frontline drug in the fight against malaria. Reports of drug resistance in the area first emerged in 2008. The problem has since spread to other parts of South East Asia. The study is published in the journal...
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Timing Is All-Important For An Effective Parasite Control Program
2013-03-27 14:43:00| Beef
Larry Stalcup How, and more importantly when, parasiticides are administered is critical in achieving the maximum benefit from a strategic deworming plan. Learn more about timing in cattle parasite management in this article. read more
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ROTATING CHEMICALS LOWERS RISK OF PARASITE RESISTANCE
2013-03-22 22:13:58| Cattle Today
Parasite control or maintenance is just one of the many tools managers have to improve performance in the beef herd. Internal and external parasites impact production goals. High priced inputs such as feed and fertilizer change the demeanor in which some managers approach this task.
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