Zoetis has launched Valcor (doramectin and levamisole injection), the primary and solely mixture endectocide in america designed to be used in opposition to inside and exterior parasites in cattle.
“Valcor presents the distinctive mixture of doramectin and levamisole,” stated Mark Alley, DVM, MBA, Diplomate, American Faculty of Animal Welfare, and managing veterinarian with Zoetis beef technical companies. “In a analysis examine with greater than 1,500 head of heifers, Valcor lowered fecal egg rely numbers by 99.9% in comparison with ivermectin at 85%, and the heifers handled with Valcor gained 9.3 kilos greater than the ivermectin-treated heifers over 56 days. That extra weight achieve provides as much as extra {dollars} per head.”
Valcor is a prescription injectable product. Valcor has the power of two energetic components to deal with and management grownup stage and L4 stage of Haemonchus placei, Cooperia spp., and Ostertagia ostertagi (together with inhibited L4), in addition to the grownup stage of Nematodirus helvetianus. It’s also indicated for the remedy and management of lungworms, eyeworms, grubs, mange mites and sucking lice.
Valcor combines doramectin from the macrocyclic lactone class of dewormers with levamisole from the imidazothiazole class.
“The 2 energetic components in a single product presents comfort to veterinarians and producers who could have had the necessity to use two merchandise concurrently prior to now,” stated Dr. Alley. “Valcor gives two energetic components in a single product and will help save labor and enhance effectivity on the chute.”
Valcor will probably be out there to veterinarians and cattle producers on August 1, 2023.
