Effects of Treatment of Cattle with some Anthelmintics on the Subsequent Degradation of their Dung
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- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Vol. 29 (3-4) , 515-517
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bf03548652
Abstract
Recent reports seem to indicate that the use of certain anthelmintics in cattle may cause adverse effects on non-target faunal inhabi-tants of cow pats, thus interferring with the normal degradation and recycling of dung deposited on pasture (Anderson et al. 1984, Lumaret 1986, Wall & Strong 1987). The present communication presents some data from a microcosm experiment on the pos-sible effects of some commonly used anthel-mintics on the rate of cow dung decomposition.Keywords
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