Use of anthelmintics for cattle in England and Wales during 1978.

摘要: A study of anthelmintic treatments received by 40,000 cattle during 1978 on a random sample 240 farms in England and Wales showed that most were given against gastrointestinal nematodes for purposes prophylaxis. Analysis the data indicates an estimated pounds 15m spent anthelmintics their administration, was far less effectively employed than it might have been. Errors three kinds common, some classes being dosed unnecessarily, animals at unfavourable occasion or time year, directed parasites which they had no action. Existing knowledge control helminths is not used; dosing done without advice from identifiable source.