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When it comes to controlling ectoparasites on animals and in livestock premises, you call the shots…

…with a wide range of insecticide products designed to help keep livestock productive.

External parasites can cause direct damage to cattle by their annoyance, irritation, blood feeding, modification of host behaviour, and invasion of tissues.1 

Potential consequences include, among others:

  • skin irritation
  • hair loss
  • blood loss
  • reduction in weight gain performance
  • devaluation of carcass and hide
  • injury during pest avoidance

Insect pests may also cause indirect damage to livestock by transmitting pathogens mechanically or biologically1, contributing to increased treatment costs and production losses. Additionally, some external parasites can cause cattle to damage facilities due to excessive rubbing/scratching.

Insect control is a wise investment that may pay dividends in the form of increased animal well-being and greater productivity. Browse our options for external parasite control in cattle.

Always read and follow product label instructions to ensure the selected product is suitable for the animal to be treated.

Boss® Pour-On

A convenient, ready-to-use and easy-to-apply insecticide to help control annoying insects that irritate cattle, distract them from feeding, and potentially reduce production.

  • Insect species:
    • Beef cattle: biting lice, sucking lice, horn flies, Rocky Mountain wood ticks
    • Lactating and non-lactating dairy cattle: biting lice, sucking lice, horn flies, Rocky Mountain wood ticks
    • Sheep: Sheep keds and lice
  • Available format: 900 mL, 5 L
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Saber® Pour-On Insecticide

A broad-spectrum, ready-to-use insecticide providing effective insect control for up to four weeks with a single treatment.

  • Insect species:
    • Beef cattle: biting lice, sucking lice, horn flies, Rocky Mountain wood ticks
    • Calves: biting lice, sucking lice, horn flies, Rocky Mountain wood ticks
  • Available format: 5 L
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Saber® Insecticide Ear Tags

A single tag provides season-long control of horn flies and controls face flies for up to two months.

  • Insect species:
    • Non-lactating dairy cattle: Horn flies and face flies
    • Beef cattle: Horn flies and face flies
  • Available format: Box of 20 ear tags and buttons
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Ectiban® 25 Fly Killer

A multipurpose, emulsifiable concentrate that can be used in livestock housing and in back rubbers or self-treatment oilers, as well as topically on animals.

  • Insect species:
    • Non-lactating dairy cattle: horn flies, face flies, black flies, mosquitoes and lice
    • Beef cattle: horn flies, face flies, lice, black flies, mosquitoes and Rocky Mountain wood ticks
    • Sheep: sheep ked
    • Poultry: Northern fowl mites
  • Available format: 473 mL
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References

  1. Broce AB. Ectoparasite control. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract, 2006, July; 22(2): 463-474.

BOSS®, ECTIBAN® and SABER® are registered trademarks of Intervet Inc. Used under license.