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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 69 No. 4 1135-1140
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Efficacy of Morantel Tartrate on Milk Production of Dairy Cows: A Field Study1

Elliot Block and Pierre Gadbois2

Department of Animal Science, Macdonald College of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 1CO

ABSTRACT

Eighty Holstein herds on Quebec Dairy Herd Analysis Service were paired into 40 blocks of two herds each to test the effects of systematic deworming with morantel tartrate. Cows in treated herds were given morantel tartrate in May, June, and July, and cows in control herds were given a placebo of ground corn, wheat bran, and barley; both products were administered at 1 kg/1000 kg body weight. Records were obtained from May 1983 to April 1984. Each farm was visited monthly from May to October 1983 to obtain herbage samples and fecal grab samples from a random 10% of lactating cows. Production records were obtained for the year prior to commencement of this trial for covariate analysis. Fecal worm egg counts and infective larvae counts in pasture were reduced by 83 and 93%, respectively, in treated herds. The pattern of worm egg excretion differed between groups due to repeated treatments with morantel. Treated herds produced 323 kg more milk per cow per yr and 1.2 kg per cow per d more fat-corrected milk than controls. Milk fat and protein percentages did not differ between groups for the 12 mo. Deworming lactating dairy cows at the beginning of and during the pasture season improved production performance.

FOOTNOTES

1 This research was supported by Pfizer, Canada Inc.

2 Pfizer Canada, Inc., 17300 Trans Canada Highway, Kirkland, Quebec.






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