Building a healthier, more productive herd takes more than one round of deworming. These four principles help producers protect performance today and preserve treatment effectiveness for tomorrow. Following the four pillars of sustainable deworming supports stronger weight gains and productivity, reduced parasite resistance and long-term treatment effectiveness.
1. Diagnostics
Know what you’re treating. Routine fecal testing and parasite monitoring identify which parasites are present — and helps support your deworming program is performing as expected.
2. Combination treatment target
Parasites from multiple angles. Using dewormers from different drug classes (like a white dewormer and an endectocide) can reduce survivors and slow resistance development.
3. Refugia
Leave a few untreated — to protect the many. Maintaining a small population of untreated animals helps keep a “refuge” of susceptible parasites, diluting potential resistant genes in the herd and pasture.
4. Management
Strengthen herd health from the ground up. Good nutrition, pasture rotation and low-stress handling all help reduce parasite exposure and boost immunity for long-term success.
