Control of Rhipicephalus microplus on taurine cattle with fluralaner in a subtropical region.

Tiago Gallina Camila Dos Santos Lagranha Giancarlo Bilo Cristiano Malavolta Lorena Lopes Ferreira Fernando de Almeida Borges Daniel de Castro Rodrigues Tom Strydom Siddhartha Torres Emmanuel Arnhold Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

Published in: Parasites & vectors (2024)

Application of fluralaner in summer and autumn, with 42-day intervals between treatments, was effective to control R. microplus on taurine cattle, which also gained more weight than control cattle. Additionally, no cases of myasis were documented in animals treated with fluralaner.

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physical activity
weight loss
weight gain
newly diagnosed