Taeniasis in beef cattle is a disease caused by tapeworms (Monitz tapeworm, Curvularia gainii and Xanthomonas vitellina) parasitic in the small intestine of cattle, which is very harmful to calves. It is spread through contaminated feed and drinking water.

symptom

Emaciation, fatigue, anemia, poor growth and development, diarrhea, and a few sick cows may have neurological symptoms such as convulsions and rotation. Observing feces, you can often find a single pregnancy node with white rice grains or a continuous segment like noodles.

Preventive and control measures

1% copper sulfate solution, calf 120 ~ 150ml, taken orally. Thio-dichlorophenol, 40 ~ 60 mg per kg body weight, taken orally. Niclosamide, 60 ~ 100 mg/kg body weight, oral. Praziquantel, per kilogram of body weight 10 ~ 15 mg, once orally.

In the epidemic area of this disease, cattle and sheep should be regularly dewormed to reduce and eliminate carriers. Grassland rotation and deep ploughing, farming and animal husbandry rotation. Avoid grazing in the morning and evening to reduce infection.