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Matching Livestock Systems with Available Resources |
MEKARN Regional Conference 2007 |
In Vietnam, Tinospora cordifolia has traditionally been used to treat malaria disease, but in Angiang province cattle keepers use it to de-worm the fattening beef cattle. By observation it seems the beef cattle in the farms are growing well and there are few parasite eggs in the faeces samples.
Two trials in a comparative study were conducted with 12 beef cattle in each. The first trial tested the use of Tinospora cordifolia in fresh or meal style at a low treatment dose (100mg DM/kgLW). The second trial tested Tinospora cordifolia at a high treatment dose (250 mg DM/kg LW) compared with the control treatment of Ivermectin..
During the 6-week experimental period, grazing beef cattle receiving the high dose of Tinospora cordìfolia had lower parasite egg counts than those in the control group with Ivermectin. In the case of the low dose of Tinospora cordìfolia the cattle had higher parasite egg counts than those in the control group with Ivermectin.