Tick remedy for cows: medicines for treating cattle at home

Ticks are considered one of the most dangerous bloodsuckers for animals, as they cause serious infections. Medicines and tick prevention for cows help cure animals and prevent bites. The key to the he alth and full development of a cow is a timely diagnosis, the appointment of the correct treatment regimen.

How dangerous are bloodsuckers for cows

Ticks bite can provoke the development of various diseases in cows. Blood-sucking animals are dangerous for animals: ixodid, scabies, subcutaneous, cutaneous. Most common diseases carried by arthropods:

• piroplasmosis - 2-3 weeks after the bite, the animal has a temperature of 41-43 ° C, appetite disappears, digestive functions are disturbed, the liver is affected. Milk exhibits bitterness and a reddish tint. Without medical care, a cow dies within 4-5 days;
• psoroptosis is caused by a bite on the skin. Symptoms: thickenings appear on the body, causing severe itching, body temperature rises, hair falls out, patches of bare skin appear;
• encephalitis - the incubation period lasts one to two weeks. However, symptoms of infection may appear as early as 4-5 days. The animal has lesions of the central nervous system (convulsions, paresis of the limbs), inhibition, body temperature rises.

If the infection is not diagnosed in a timely manner, animals most often die. Milk and meat products obtained from sick cattle also pose a danger to humans.

Which areas are most commonly attacked

The greatest activity of bloodsuckers is observed in approximately 16 regions. Ticks begin their active life from the end of January to the beginning of February. Livestock breeders in the Crimea, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories are the first to be bitten by cattle ticks.

Already from April, cattle raised in the Voronezh, Sverdlovsk, Irkutsk, Belgorod, Kaliningrad, Sverdlovsk, Rostov, Astrakhan, Lipetsk regions begin to suffer from tick bites. Frequent bites of cows are noted in the Altai and Krasnoyarsk Territories, in Khakassia, Buryatia, Tyva.

Ticks are known to become more active with warming. The global increase in air temperature contributes to increased activity of arthropods. And the problem begins to affect livestock breeders in other areas. Also, the borders of endemic areas begin to expand due to the migration of animals, as ticks infect animals with viruses, and the latter, in turn, transmit viruses to other ticks.

Methods of protecting cattle from ticks

Untimely detection of blood-sucking on the body of a cow leads to the development of dangerous diseases. To determine the treatment regimen, it is important to correctly diagnose the disease.

To avoid mistakes, it is recommended to do laboratory tests.

Pharmacy preparations

When prescribing medications, the diagnosis, the cow's well-being, and the nature of the course of the disease are taken into account. Common medicines prescribed for tick bites:

• For the treatment of piroplasmosis, a single intramuscular injection of an aqueous solution of "Berenil" with a volume of 3.5 mg / kg of animal weight is prescribed. In severe cases of the disease, the injection is repeated, hemodez is administered intravenously. Additionally, an injection of "Diamedin" is made intramuscularly at a dose of 1-2 mg per kg of cow weight. The disease causes vitamin B12 deficiency.It is important to make up for the deficiency - the vitamin is injected intramuscularly or added to food;
• before prescribing drugs for the treatment of psoroptosis, a skin scraping is done. A common treatment regimen: Ivermek is administered intramuscularly. A 2% suspension of colloidal sulfur is used to treat the skin, the body of the animal is sprayed with a Psoroptol aerosol. For the treatment to be effective, the procedures are carried out within 7-15 days;
• Injections of "Ivermectin" are done subcutaneously when diagnosing demodicosis. Small mites cause severe itching, exist in the sebaceous glands and actively multiply. At the initial stage of the disease, the skin is treated with an Acrodex aerosol. A good effect is observed when using the Sevin solution.

To protect the cow from ticks and remove them from the udder, use ITALMAS VP MINT, the main active ingredient of which is mint essential oil.Pharmaceutical products are also often used as prophylactic. The most popular are: "Biofly" (the body of a cow is lubricated with an oily liquid, the duration of action is 28 days), aerosols "Centaur", "Alezan", dust "Sevina" (animals are treated monthly during the period April-October).

Folk remedies

Decoctions, infusions prepared at home are often used as prophylactic agents. Useful solutions can be made according to several recipes:

• an oily solution of tar is used to smear the body of an animal (prepared in a ratio of 1 part of a solution of tar and 10 parts of oil);
• to bring out bloodsuckers, infusions of medicinal herbs are prepared. Of the strongly smelling plants, mint, wormwood, and tansy are most suitable. To prepare a solution of wormwood, 20 g of dried leaves are poured into two glasses of hot water and boiled for 1-2 minutes. Animals are sprayed with chilled broth before grazing.

When preparing solutions, decoctions, you need to remember about the short-term effect of funds on bloodsucking. Even strong-smelling sprays disappear from the cow's skin after 2-3 hours. Therefore, to ensure long-term effective protection, it is recommended to treat the skin of animals with sprays recommended by a veterinarian.

Preventive measures and timely detection of ticks prevent the development of diseases in animals. Cattle require special attention during the period of active life of arthropods. It is not recommended to treat cows on their own - be sure to seek help from a veterinarian.

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