Insecticide ear tags numerically improve grazing cattle performance

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Insecticide ear tags numerically improve grazing cattle performance

Hill, S.E.; Oleen, Brandon E.; Hollenbeck, William R.; Vahl, Christopher I.; Blasi, Dale A.
Stocker cattle grazing pastures during the summer months face challenges due to horn

flies, which can result in reduced weight gains and less efficient use of forages. One strategy

for controlling horn flies is insecticide-impregnated ear tags. The use of pesticide ear

tags may be an effective management practice to improve overall productivity during

a grazing season. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of insecticide

ear tags as a means of improving growth of stocker calves grazing native pastures in the

Flint Hills region of Kansas.

Keywords: Swine; Insecticide ear tags; Stocker cattle; Gain; Cattle performance
Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 2013, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 1, 2013
Starting Page: 6, Ending Page: 7
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Date: 2013
Conference paper
Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15360
 

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