Management of Ectoparasites

This is wonderful presentation by Dr Agarwal and Gupta regarding the introduction of ectoparasites, their damage and effective control necessary for profitable
livestock production. Damage caused by ectoparasites was not taken seriously till the introduction of exotic animals or exotic semen in our country as our indigneous animals were considered resistant to ticks and the discomfort caused by them was totally ignored.
Since there was not much awareness about the diseases caused by ectoparasites like anaplasmosis therefore dairy producers had to bear losses both, in milk production and proper animal growth.Death of animals even was not attributed to the actual agents ie ectoparasites.
Now this awareness is coming and this presentation has fully explained the role of ectoparasites being source of so many clamities to livestock producers.I have got satisfactory results of ivermectin and I am regular user of cypermethrin 10[percent] not to allow any sort of such ectoparasites in my herd.
The writers have suggested safer dose of cypermethrine but you can stay any where very safely from 1ml/liter of water to 2ml/liter of water.
If somebody has never used it before he should start spaying his yard and animal with an interval of 15 days and as their circle of growth breaks this interval can be maintained after every three months.I prefer cypermathrine as its active ingredient is pyrethroid which is a contact poison and it does not have any residual effect.
I congratulate authors of this article once again