Integrated Helminth Control - KARI technical note no. 2 (DFID - KARI, 1999, 54 p.): PART FOUR

Integrated Helminth Control - KARI technical note no. 2 (DFID - KARI, 1999, 54 p.)

PART FOUR - The Strategies

		Treating only clinical cases
		Anaemia Diagnosis
		Seasonal Anthelmintic Use
		Rapid Rotation
		Dose & Move
		Medicated Feed Blocks
		Toxocara Treatment
		Use of narrow spectrum drugs
		Alternate Grazing
		Boma Rotation
		Use of genetic resistance
		Mixed use of broad and narrow spectrum drugs
		Cropping Rotation
		Seasonal Fluke Treatment

Dose & Move

The principle of this system is to always move "clean" animals onto "clean" ground;

DOSE AND MOVE PROCEDURE

Animals are treated with an effective anthelmintic and moved onto grazing that has not been used by livestock for a suitable period. (The length of time that the area should have been free of stock will vary from area to area, perhaps six weeks at the coast to six months in the Highland areas).