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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Scotsdumpy on April 16, 2017, 08:04:01 am

Title: tick treatments
Post by: Scotsdumpy on April 16, 2017, 08:04:01 am

I've noticed a few ticks on one of my cows - what treatments can I use?

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 16, 2017, 08:19:39 am

Just asked our vet the same question, specifically for the dairy cow.  She put us up two doses of a spot on with no milk withdrawal :). 

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: Scotsdumpy on April 16, 2017, 08:46:13 am

Thank you! I've used spot on in the hope it would help - there isn't much advice on google for this country for cattle. There seems to be a lot of ticks this spring.

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 16, 2017, 09:52:26 am

Quote from: Scotsdumpy on April 16, 2017, 08:46:13 am

There seems to be a lot of ticks this spring.

There do!  I knocked two off Hillie's udder while I was milking her earlier in the week, hence asking the vet for something for them.

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: oor wullie on April 17, 2017, 06:46:36 am

If I remember rightly there is nothing lisenced for ticks on cattle (Spot-on only officially does ticks on sheep), why I don't know.
Vets will tell you to to use Spot-on anyway because it does work on cattle.

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 17, 2017, 07:47:00 am

According to NOAH, Spot-on (http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/?id=-457464) is licensed for cattle, including the zero hour withdrawal for dairy cattle.  Strangely it is not to be used for sheep producing milk for human consumption ???

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: oor wullie on April 17, 2017, 08:58:29 pm

Good point, it is lisenced for cattle and I guess that is what matters but the bottle says for lice and flies in cattle and for ticks, lice, keds and blowfly in sheep. 
We know it does work for ticks in cattle but why does it not say this on the bottle?

Title: Re: tick treatments
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 18, 2017, 05:36:08 pm

Quote from: oor wullie on April 17, 2017, 08:58:29 pm

Good point, it is lisenced for cattle and I guess that is what matters but the bottle says for lice and flies in cattle and for ticks, lice, keds and blowfly in sheep. 
We know it does work for ticks in cattle but why does it not say this on the bottle?

Presumeably it's not been scientifically proven, so they can't claim it.  Seems strange they haven't done the legwork... ???