Decreasing barber pole populations
Story Date: 4/12/2017

 

Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 4/11/17


As it is well known, barber pole larvae show increased resistance to commercial anthelmintics drenched to small ruminant livestock, and producers are looking for other alternatives. What about bypassing the livestock entirely and applying a larvicidal product directly on the pasture itself? Studies we conducted at North Carolina State University showed that 96.6% L3 barber pole larvae were not moving or dead...

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