The effects of long-acting eprinomectin treatment on faecal egg count (FEC) reduction and herd performance when administered to spring-calving cows treated approximately 5 days before initiation of the calving season were evaluated and compared it to an oxfendazole-treated group and a negative...

This chapter presents the favourable results of a series of experiments on the effect of feeding medicated urea-molasses multinutrient blocks (UMMB) on the productive, reproductive and economic performances of dairy cattle in Thailand.

The 25 projects presented in this work cover key areas in dairy herd health, quality and safety of milk and milk products and milk production chain services aimed at helping in the improvement of production indices and sustainability of milk production systems. Focus is given on control strategies...

A brief history and current status of milk production in Vietnam are described in this chapter, followed by the formulation and chemical composition of urea-molasses multinutrient blocks (UMMB) and the positive effects of feeding UMMB/medicated UMMB on the milk production, reproductive performance, ...

First cases of resistance of Cooperia pectinata and C. oncophora to avermectins were detected in Argentina in 2001. Spread of resistance to anthelmintics in various parts of the pampas region is outlined. Differences in anthelmintics resistance in helminth parasites of cattle and sheep are...

Mastitis is first described and an experiment is recorded in which a herd of dairy cattle was formed of 26 " ceased reactor " cows and 14 unbred negative reacting heifers. During two years no case of Brucella abortus infection occurred, indicating that the " ceased reactor " cows were not a danger. ...