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Musters usually involve cattle, sheep or horses, but may also include goats, camels, buffalo or other animals. Mustering may be conducted for a variety of reasons including routine livestock health checks and treatments, branding , shearing , lamb marking, sale, feeding and transport or droving to another location.
Chemical structure of decoquinate, a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine. A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites. [1]
Dinitolmide (or zoalene) is a fodder additive for poultry, used to prevent coccidiosis infections. [2] It is sold under trade names such as Coccidine A , Coccidot , and Zoamix . Dinitolmide is usually added to feed in doses of 125 ppm (preventive) or 250 ppm (curative).
Lasalocid is an antibacterial agent and a coccidiostat, which is produced by strains of Streptomyces lasaliensis. It is the drug in the feed additives called Bovatec and Avatec. [1] Lasalocid is able to make neutral complexes with monovalent and divalent cations and transport them through apolar phase (including lipid bilayer membranes).
1 to 149 horses; 1 to 2,999 sheep or lambs; 1 to 16,499 turkeys; 1 to 8,999 laying hens, or broilers, if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system; 1 to 37,499 chickens (other than laying hens), if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system; 1 to 24,999 laying hens, if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system;
Coccidiosis is a significant disease for chickens, especially affecting the young chicks. It can be fatal or leave the bird with compromised digestion. There are chick feed mixes that contain a coccidiostat to manage exposure levels and control disease. In an outbreak, coccidiocidal medications are given. Examples are toltrazuril (Baycox) or ...
Calcium and phosphorus are needed in a specific ratio of between 1:1 and 2:1. Adult horses can tolerate up to a 5:1 ratio, foals no more than 3:1. A total ration with a higher ratio of phosphorus than calcium is to be avoided. [23] Over time, imbalance will ultimately lead to a number of possible bone-related problems such as osteoporosis. [27]
Nicarbazin is a coccidiostat used on meat chickens.It is also used as a contraceptive for population control of Canada geese and feral pigeons. [1] [2]It is also a wide-spectrum anti-parasitic drug approved for veterinary use, effective on Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina, Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala, Trichuris vulpis, Dipylidium caninum, and Taenia sp. and Mesocestoides sp..