Dectomax

[EasTex]

Is it OK to use Dectomax injectable this time of year?

 

[kenny thomas]

Is it OK to use Dectomax injectable this time of year?

I will let the vets answer for your area but here we don't use it between Thanksgiving and Chrismas. Otherwise it's ok.

 

[Buck Randall]

Why wouldn't it be okay?

 

[kenny thomas]

Why wouldn't it be okay?

We have always been warned not to use any of the good wormers during the time the grub could be moving through the spinal column.

 

[Buck Randall]

We have always been warned not to use any of the good wormers during the time the grub could be moving through the spinal column.

I didn't think of grubs; I've never actually seen one. Didn't realize they were still a concern in some parts of the country.

 

[kenny thomas]

I didn't think of grubs; I've never actually seen one. Didn't realize they were still a concern in some parts of the country.

I'm actually not sure they are a big concern but for me because I buy cattle year round with no idea of the background I am cautious.

 

[EasTex]

Thanks Kenny!
I read on the label about the grubs, that’s why I asked, figured you folks would know the answer. I don’t know anything about grubs or if they are a problem here.

 

[kenny thomas]

Thanks Kenny!
I read on the label about the grubs, that’s why I asked, figured you folks would know the answer. I don’t know anything about grubs or if they are a problem here.

You have them worse than we do here. Or at least you have the big flies that make the grubs.

 

[Lucky_P]

Should be fine, with regard to grub migration.
That said, I've not seen a cattle grub since the late 1970s... essentially since ivermectin came on the market.
Danger of bloat/paralysis/death due to grubs dying during migration was always less of an issue for the ivermectin-type dewormers than it was for the old organophosphate pour-ons, like Warbex.

Now, as to whether Dectomax will even have any effect on parasites on your premises...that's another thing altogether. It was one of the first of the macrocyclic lactone anthelminthics that showed up with high levels of parasite resistance having developed... I quit using it at least 15 years ago because of that.

 

[kentuckyguy]

I personally really like Dectomax. I rotate it every other year. I can definitely tell a difference in the younger cattle after they have been given dectomax inj

 

[Lucky_P]

What do you rotate it with?

 

[kentuckyguy]

Let me preface this by saying this is my opinion and from what I’ve seen I’m happy with it. Doesn’t mean it’s the only way.

I use Dectomax in the spring and Eprinex pour on in the late summer early fall.

The next spring I use Cydectin inj in the spring and Eprinex in the fall.

I don’t worm anything over 2 1/2 years old. And if I have to they get wormed and loaded on the trailer on the next trip to the stock market.

From all the testing I have read Eprinex is the only pour on dewormer that reliably works.

 

[Lucky_P]

I'm absolutely with you on not deworming adult animals. Generally not needed, not economically profitable, and hastens development of anthelminthic-resistant strains of worms on the premises.

But... Your 'rotation' is using all the same class of anthelminthic - Dectomax(doramectin), Cydectin(moxidectin), Eprinex(eprinomectin)... are all macrocyclic lactones. As far as the parasites are concerned, you've not changed anything.
But that's good... as long as you think the MLs are working - and I presume you're just going on how the cattle look and not fecal egg counts - stay with what you're doing... there's no reason to bring other anthelminthic classes into the picture... and start creating a population of worms resistant to two or more classes of dewormers.

 

[Ebenezer]

Try some fecal egg counts on young animals if internal parasites are the main concern. Many of them here did not benefit from worming.