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Table 3 Efficacy of benzimidazole (BZ) and ivermectin (IVM) against Cooperia spp. and Ostertagia spp. on Irish dairy calf to beef farms

From: Anthelmintic resistance among gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle on dairy calf to beef farms in Ireland

Farm

Pre-treatment

Post-BZ treatment

Post-IVM treatment

No. L3

%Cooperia

%Ostertagia

No. L3

%Cooperia

(%efficacy)

%Ostertagia

(%efficacy)

No. L3

%Cooperia

(%efficacy)

%Ostertagia

(%efficacy)

2

100

67

33

100

3 (99)

97 (11)

100

76 (0)

24 (0)

3

100

32

68

100

13 (97)

87 (90)

100

96 (0)

4 (97)

5

100

41

59

N/A

N/A

N/A

100

96 (68)

4 (99)

6

100

76

24

100

48 (97)

52 (90)

98

81 (0)

17 (27)

7

100

4

96

N/A

N/A

N/A

100

33 (0)a

67 (54)

8

100

23

75

21

10 (84)

90 (56)

97

30 (65)

70 (75)

10

35

57

43

100

41 (63)

59 (30)

100

54 (7)

46 (40)

11

42

10

90

52

0 (100)a

100 (5)

100

44 (51)a

56 (93)

12

100

16

84

24

0 (100)

24 (87)

100

32 (0)

68 (58)

13

100

5

95

29

0 (100)a

100 (86)

100

84 (0)a

16 (91)

16

100

72

27

N/A

N/A

N/A

100

90 (51)

10 (85)

21

100

68

32

N/A

N/A

N/A

–

–

–

  1. N/A not applicable: treatment was considered effective
  2. a Pre-treatment egg count apportioned to genus < 20 epg
  3. - no larvae recovered