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Does frontline work on cows? Seriously. Does anyone know
A pint might. :mrgreen:hooknline":5lz3c1qc said:Does frontline work on cows? Seriously. Does anyone know
Here go Hook. Fipronil is the active ingredient in Frontline Plushooknline":1wcxwms3 said:Lol true
There are also livestock pour-ons with fipronil in many Latin American countries, mainly for cattle against horn flies and cattle ticks (Boophilus microplus), but not in the US, the EU or Australia. Interestingly, MERIAL introduced such a product in Brazil in the late 1990's, but not elsewhere. Such fipronil pour-ons have withholding periods of up to 100 days!
How much is the vaccine?inyati13":1jzig6z7 said:I sent Dr Luther an e-mail. I was thinking if I can get it, I would vaccinate in early spring say March 2014 so they are ready for the 2014 tick/fly season. BTW, Dr Stansfield's office warned that he believes there is a considerable amount of blood transmission with syringes, dehorners, etc. They also confirmed what you stated, "that ticks are by far the prime vector."
tom4018":2fj5bn3i said:inyati13":2fj5bn3i said:I sent Dr Luther an e-mail. I was thinking if I can get it, I would vaccinate in early spring say March 2014 so they are ready for the 2014 tick/fly season. BTW, Dr Stansfield's office warned that he believes there is a considerable amount of blood transmission with syringes, dehorners, etc. They also confirmed what you stated, "that ticks are by far the prime vector."
How much is the vaccine?
On the blood transmission part, I guess I ma paranoid but never stick 2 animals with the same needle of go back in the bottle with a dirty needle. I don't know if anything can go up in the syringe or not but always change needles.
I got a second response to some specific questions. BTW, Lucky, I agree about feeding the CTC. I am not a big fan of excessive use of antibiotics (humans or animals). Cost does not deter me from protecting my animals if I have a choice. Here is Dr. Luther's response:Lucky_P":35wo0fsc said:haven't talked with Dr.Luther in a year or more, but I think it was about $6/dose at that time.. so, $12 bucks for the two initial doses and half that every year thereafter. Cheaper than losing cows, probably less expensive than feeding CTC.
Again, iatrogenic transmission - due to use of needles on multiple animals - is a concern. KSU researchers showed that 60% of the time, they could transmit the organism to the next animal in the chute if they used the same needle that had previously been stuck into an infected animal.