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Safe-Guard®*
0.5% Dewormer
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MoorGuard® Minerals
Safe-Guard®*
0.5% Dewormer:
Safe-Guard® 0.5% is a wormer that is
approved for beef, dairy cattle, swine, horses, and for wildlife
and zoo ruminants. Safe-Guard® is a very safe and effective wormer
that also has a wide spectrum of activity. Parasites are very
detrimental to the animal. They depress appetite, lower dry matter
intake and challenge the immune system, resulting in reduced
production.
Indications for Use:
Beef & Dairy Cattle:
For the
removal and control of lungworms (Dictyocaulus viviparus);
barberpole worm (Haemonchus contortus), brown stomach worms (Ostertagia
ostertagi), small stomach worms (Trichostrongylus axel); hookworms
(Bunostomum phlebotomum), thread-necked intestinal worms (Nematodirus
helvetianus), small intestinal worms (Cooperia punctata and C.
oncophora); bankrupt worms (Trichostrongylus colubriformis);
nodular worms (Oesophagostomum radiatum).
Swine: For the removal of:
Lungworms, Metastrongylus apri, Metastrongylus pudendotectus.
Gastrointestinal worms: Adult and larvae (L3, L4 stages, liver,
lung, intestinal forms) large roundworm (Ascaris suum); nodular (Oesophagostomum
dentatum, O. quadrispinulatum); small stomach (Hyostrongylus
rubidus); Adult and larvae (L2, L3, L4 stages-intestinal mucosal
forms) whipworm (Trichuris suis). Kidneyworm: Adult and larvae
Stephanurus dentatus.
Horses: For the control of
large strongyles (Strongylus edentatus, S. equinus, S. vulgaris,
Triodontophorus spp.), small strongyles (Cyathostomum spp.,
Cylicocyclus ssp. Cylicostephanus spp.), pinworms (Oxyuris equi)
and ascarids (Parascaris equorum)
Wildlife and
Zoo Ruminants: For the removal and control of small
stomach worms (Trichostronguylus spp), threadnecked intestinal
worms (Nematodirus spp), barberpole worms (Haemonchus spp), and
whipworms (Trichuris spp), for the following species:
Subfamily antilopinae:
Persian
gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa), Addra gazelle (Gazella
dama ruficollis), Slenderhorn gazelle (Gazella leploceros), Kenya
impala (Aepyceros melampus rendilis), Roosevelt's gazelle (Gazella
granti roosevelti), Indian blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), Mhorr
Gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr), Thomson's gazelles (Gazella thomsoni
thomsoni)
Subfamily hippotraginae:
Addax
(Addax nasomaculatus), Angolan roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus
cottoni), Fringed-ear oryx (Oryx gazelle callotis), Arabian orzyx
(Oryx leucoryx).
Subfamily caprinae: Armenian mouflon (Ovis
orientalis gmelini), Russian saiga (Saiga tatarica)
*Safe-Guard® is the trademark
of Intervet Inc., Millsboro, DE 19966.
MoorGuard® Minerals
Just the right solution to
corral-free deworming
All cattle fall victim to internal
parasites unless totally confined. Economic losses can be severe.
But implementing a deworming program takes time. That's were
Alliance Animal Health comes in. Our free-choice MoorGuard
Minerals program is the answer to labor-free deworming. Cattle
actually deworm themselves as they eat their mineral. MoorGuard
Minerals take away the expense and work needed to corral cattle,
while increasing production performance associated with parasite
control.
Unless totally confined, all cattle fall victim to internal
parasites at some time in their lives. The economic impact of
production losses caused by internal parasites varies, depending
on geographical areas, weather conditions, types of worms, level
of parasite exposure, parasite control programs, and pasture
management. Furthermore, age, diet, health status, stage of
lactation or gestation, and level of production affect an animal's
response to parasites. Economic losses due to absent or inadequate
para-site control programs, for example, can vary from $20 to $200
a head per grazing season.
But implementing a deworming program takes time. Estimates have
been made that even with a good set of working facilities, it
takes three people an hour to deworm 30 head. That doesn't even
include the time needed to gather cattle or assemble needed
equipment.
MoorGuard Minerals with fenbendazole, puts the dewormer out where
the worms are. No chute. No needles. No stress. Just control. And
you don't have to touch a cow.
Alliance Animal Health's free-choice MoorGuard Minerals program is
the answer to labor-free deworming. Cattle actually deworm
themselves as they eat their mineral. That's possible because
Alliance Animal Health's research-backed products and your ADM
Alliance Nutrition Sales Representative can control mineral
consumption and drug delivery. Not too much. Not too little.
MoorGuard Minerals take away the expense and work needed to corral
cattle, while increasing production performance associated with
parasite control.
 The
unique formulation of MoorGuard Minerals with fenbendazole allows
a free-choice deworming treatment using only 0.0375 lb of product
per 100 lb of bodyweight over a 3 to 6 day period.
Preventive Strategy for deworming stocker cattle
Treatment prior to grazing is important in developing successful
strategic deworming programs for stocker animals. Since cattle are
usually parasitized from the previous grazing season, they are a
source for pasture contamination. Therefore, a strategic deworming
program for stocker cattle grazing native and improved pastures
involves deworming at the beginning of extended grass growth (or a
turnout), followed by a second treatment three or four weeks later
and a third treatment three to four weeks after the second
deworming. These two additional treatments prevent
recontamination, thereby resulting in seasonal control.
Economic value for strategic stocker cattle deworming
The economic advantage of strategically deworming stocker
cattle is well established. In one grazing season, for example,
weight gains of more than 100 lb over untreated animals have been
obtained with an effective strategic treatment program. On
average, producers may expect between 40 and 60 pounds more weight
per grazing season due to strategically deworming stocker cattle.
MoorGuard Minerals provide an effective deworming solution with
added convenience.
Preventive strategy for deworming cow/calf herds
The following cow/calf strategic treatment programs have been
found to be practical and cost-effective, maximizing the economic
return and minimizing handling.
 First
Strategic Treatment: Throughout the United States, except
in extreme southern areas where good grazing conditions can
sometimes be maintained throughout the winter, a single deworming
in late fall is strategic. The objective of this is toremove worm
burdens (acquired during summer/fall grazing) before the winter
feeding period.
This deworming should take place late in the year
either when cattle are moved off pastures at the end of the
grazing season, or after the first of November in areas where
cattle remain on pasture year round. Since reinfection is minimal
during the winter time in most areas of the country, retreatment
in the spring prior to the return of good grazing conditions is
not necessary. If a fall treatment was not given, however, a
treatment prior to grazing is necessary to prevent worm egg
shedding on spring pastures.
Second Strategic Treatment:
Once grazing begins, reinfection occurs and a second treatment in
mid-spring to early summer is needed to remove these worms before
they recontaminate the pastures. This strategic treatment should
be given to the adult cow and her suckling calf approximately six
to eight weeks after spring grazing begins or at about the time
when a majority of the calves are 200 lb or heavier. The reason
for this recommendation is that parasite development (time for the
ingestion of infective larvae to the development of egg laying
adult worms) takes longer in adult cows than younger cattle.
In
adult cattle, the development time of most worms is approximately
six weeks; thus, a strategic deworming given six weeks after the
beginning of the spring grazing season provides approximately 12
weeks of protection from worm egg shedding. Since the suckling
calf is usually just beginning to graze in midspring, the
treatment of the calf at the same time as the dam also stops worm
egg shedding in the animal before a high level of egg shedding
develops. In extreme southern parts of the USA, including the gulf
coastal areas into southern Florida, a second spring (early
summer) deworming given six weeks after the first spring deworming
may be economically warranted depending on the grazing conditions.
Economic value for strategic cow/calf herd deworming
Studies conducted throughout the U.S. have demonstrated that
strategically-timed deworming cow/calf herds provided an extra 30
to 60 pounds at weaning. Furthermore, research trials in which
lactating cows were dewormed in addition to calves have resulted
in improved reproductive efficiency and higher milk production in
treated cows. Developing an effective strategic deworming program
for cow/calf operations is more of a challenge than determining
one for weaned calves or yearling cattle. One reason for this is
because once on pasture, especially under range conditions, the
animals are not easily accessible for treatment. The second reason
is cows are sources of pasture contamination, especially early in
the grazing season. To maintain relatively parasite-safe pastures,
as well as to maximize the economic benefit of deworming, both
cows and calves need to be treated.
MoorGuard Minerals are the convenient and effective solution.
MoorGuard Minerals is also effective in deworming grazing dairy
cows and replacement heifers.
For more information Call Toll Free
1-877-751-8200
or E-Mail us at
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