Cattle – a common name for a group
farm animals that belong to the subfamily
Bulls. These are cows, calves, horses and other domesticated bulls (yaks,
oxen). Cattle is subject to a number of parasitic diseases, the most
common among them – pediculosis or lice. This ailment
may cause irreparable damage to the entire economy. 
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Treatment of cattle lice: treatment with drugs and folk
by means
The content of the article:
- Treatment of cattle lice: treatment with drugs and folk
by means - How to treat lice in cows and calves: drugs and folk
recipes - Lice in sheep and sheep: how to deal with the problem?
- How and what do goat lice do?
Lice – small insects without wings, which have piercing-sucking
mouthparts: pierce the skin and feed on blood. Infection of cattle
usually occurs when crowded content and mating. Also
lice can spread through nursing or
keeping healthy individuals in the sheds where the invasions used to live.
The peak of incidence in cattle accounts for the winter period –
animals are kept in stalls, their skin is covered with thick and dense
woolen cover. 
ATTENTION! Lice irritate nerve endings, this
provokes severe itching. In place of injections remain wounds and
irritations. Pathogenic agents penetrate these injuries
therefore, infected animals develop eczema, furunculosis or
pyoderma.
Algorithm of action when detecting lice in cattle.
- Isolate the infested individual from
the rest. - Seek advice from a veterinarian.
- Conducting complex treatment: folk
funds and medicines. - The need for repeated treatments for complete
destruction of lice, nits, eggs and larvae. Minimum
the number of procedures – 3, a break between them – a week. It’s connected with
the fact that the incubation period for parasites 21 days.
Powders
Drugs do not require dilution with water. Powder evenly
distributed over the fur of the animal.
| Title | Properties | Application |
| Deltamethrin Powder | The active substance in the composition (deltamethrin) blocks the transfer impulses, causes paralysis and death of the parasite. |
● Dosage – 1 g per 5 kg of live weight.
● Spray the substance evenly ● Slaughter of animals allowed not earlier than |
| Ectosan powder | The composition includes pyrethroid, which affects the nervous system lice at any stage of development (larvae, imago). |
● Processing is carried out individually: 100-200 g per one large individual. ● The substance is applied in a thin layer. At first ● Apply with a brush. |
| Insecticide acaricide powder | Causes paralysis and death of lice. | The dosage is calculated based on the intensity of infection and live weight of the animal: ● Cattle – 100-20 g per head; ● goats, sheep – 50-100 g. The preparation is rubbed with a brush into the deep layers of wool. |
Aerosols
These are veterinary drugs in the form of a watery-oily.
fluid. Available in bottles equipped with a spray. Before
shake well using any aerosol
bottle.
- Extrazol M. Spray has a wide
pharmacological spectrum of action: kills lice and others
ectoparasites. It has a prolonged protective action.
It is applied externally, applied to places inaccessible for licking.
(withers, section along the spine, occiput). Spray 5-7 seconds
at a distance of 10 cm. Re-processing after 5-7 days.
- Triazole. Used to fight lice and
disinfection of livestock facilities. Way
application is identical to the first drug.
- Kubafort. This is a brown liquid with
characteristic aroma of tar. After spraying on the wool is formed
protective polymer film. Spray at a distance of 20 cm to keep 5
seconds After the layer has dried, repeat the treatment. Per day spend
1-2 treatments, a course of treatment is needed during the week.
Folk remedies
These are safe homemade recipes that have no effect on
animal health: you can continue to milk the cows or let them
slaughter.
Popular folk remedies:
- ash;
- wormwood and tansy;
- Birch tar;
- laundry soap;
- hydrogen peroxide;
- garlic;
- salt.
How to treat lice in cows and calves: drugs and folk
recipes
For the treatment using the above veterinary
drugs. The list can be supplemented with other similar tools.
actions.
- Emulsion Neostomosan. To breed
immediately before use, shelf life cooked
liquid 120 hours. The active ingredients in the composition are poisons transmix
and tetramethrin. The liquid is applied to the coat with a spray gun.
or sponge, leave for 2 hours, then wash off. The drug does not kill
nits
- Butox. The emulsion is applied to the cow’s wool.
The drug has a prolonged action, wash it off only
after 14 days.
- Sebacil Liquid is used for wiping and
bathing cow. Rinse emulsion 5 minutes after application.
It is necessary to process not only infected individuals, but also
healthy. It is also necessary to disinfect the premises where the cows are located.
So that the animal does not lick the poisonous composition, put on his neck
special collar.
With strong infection, injection is necessary.
therapy. For injections, Ivermek is usually used – a substance
with a wide spectrum of action. A cow is injected into the neck or
croup area. Dosage – 20 mg per 1 kg.
ATTENTION! When using veterinary
drugs milk cow is prohibited for consumption. You can drink it
only after complete elimination of drugs from the body: on average
3-5 days after completion of therapy.
For the treatment of calves, less toxic drugs are used:
- 1% chlorophos solution;
- 1% creolin;
- 5% chloropinene emulsion;
- Ectomin for swimming.
Among the effective folk remedies decoction of tansy and
wormwood: pour boiling water over raw materials, insist and wipe
wool. Beds of cows and calves can be filled with pine sawdust,
dried wormwood – parasites do not tolerate such odors. For
bathing infected individuals use economic, tar
soap.
Lice in sheep and sheep: how to deal with the problem?
These animals have thick, dense and often matted wool.
Therefore, the fight against lice runs harder and longer. For treatments
You can use the following drugs:
- Neocidol;
- Dikrezil;
- Hexatall;
- Hexachlorane.
Exact instructions are included with each tool. Everything
The resulting nuances can be resolved with a veterinarian.
Among the recipes of traditional medicine – the infusion of the herb wormwood:
2 tbsp. l raw materials for 1 liter of boiling water. Insist hour. For better
effect add 2-3 drops of hellebore water and a rubbed bar floor
household soap. The resulting composition wash the animal 2 times a
day. Another option is hydrogen peroxide. Liquid moistened
wool, leave for 15 minutes, then wash off lightly salted
water
How and what do goat lice do?
To combat lice, it is permissible to use all
the above drugs. Also for goats you can
apply the ready spray Ectopor (1 ml per 5 kg of weight), Phoxim solution
(10 ml per 10 l of water) or Dermatozol aerosol. 
You can diversify treatment with traditional drugs. Among the best
recipes – garlic infusion:
- 5-7 cloves chop;
- mush pour 100 ml of boiling water;
- insist 12 hours;
- ready water to wipe the goat’s hair.
So, cattle lice are an unpleasant and dangerous phenomenon.
Parasites deliver discomfort and unbearable itching to animals, skin
individuals become covered with wounds, bites may appear at the site of bites
eczema Effective deliverance is possible with an integrated approach:
veterinary and folk drugs.
