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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 101883" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>After posting about the aerators, Jerry 27150 brought to my attention on how dung beetles break up the manure piles by eating the fly larve and burying the manure. This creates a cleaner pasture for the cattle to graze and a better environment for the grass to utilize the nitrogen below the surface of the soil. </p><p>The articles say that most of the nitrogen is lost when the piles remain on top of the surface. </p><p>The articles that I have read, lists the wormer that will not kill the beetles is one that contains the ingedient "Moxidecton." Cydectin Pour on is the only one I can find that contains this agent. </p><p>It also stated that you should worm the cattle after the temps are too low for the beetles to be out. I am wondering if you shouldn't worm with the Cydectin in the spring, then after a killing frost going into the winter and the temps lower, use Eprinex. By then, the beetles have gone. </p><p>Does anyone else work around the beetles to keep them alive in the pastures? I would like to know what practices others use to make this work and yet keep the cattle healthy and free of parasites as much as possible. Has anyone else come up with another wormer that is safe for the beetles?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 101883, member: 637"] After posting about the aerators, Jerry 27150 brought to my attention on how dung beetles break up the manure piles by eating the fly larve and burying the manure. This creates a cleaner pasture for the cattle to graze and a better environment for the grass to utilize the nitrogen below the surface of the soil. The articles say that most of the nitrogen is lost when the piles remain on top of the surface. The articles that I have read, lists the wormer that will not kill the beetles is one that contains the ingedient "Moxidecton." Cydectin Pour on is the only one I can find that contains this agent. It also stated that you should worm the cattle after the temps are too low for the beetles to be out. I am wondering if you shouldn't worm with the Cydectin in the spring, then after a killing frost going into the winter and the temps lower, use Eprinex. By then, the beetles have gone. Does anyone else work around the beetles to keep them alive in the pastures? I would like to know what practices others use to make this work and yet keep the cattle healthy and free of parasites as much as possible. Has anyone else come up with another wormer that is safe for the beetles? [/QUOTE]
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