Virbac Australia has partnered with two independent research groups in northern and southern Australian cattle regions to uncover the most effective cattle drench in different conditions. 

NSW study findings

Research conducted by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and North Coast Local Land Service found that untreated yearling steers or those treated with an ineffective product were 15 kilograms lighter after 90 days.  

The recent study looked at the response to a range of pour-on drenches over 63 days in 245 mixed-breed steers, 9-11 months old sourced from over 50 NSW farms, with a mean starting weight of 300 kilograms and naturally infected with Ostertagia, Haemonchus and Cooperia.

The research found that Cydectin Platinum - as a dual-active moxidectin and levamisole cattle drench -resulted in steers that were 11kg heavier than untreated animals and 8kg heavier than those who had been treated with a doramectin pour-on. 

Queensland study findings

A second study conducted by James Cook University in Queensland found that the dual-active drench was the most effective at worm control. The study involved 172 mixed-sex weaner beef cattle from a local research herd; the animals had a mean starting weight of 280kg, and mixed infections of Haemonchus, Cooperia and Oesophagostonum.

Cydectin Platinum had 100 per cent efficacy against worms at day 14 and 4.4kg weight gain compared to controls and 2.4kg compared to single active doramectin pour-on over 42 days. The single-active doramectin pour-on was also the least effective and only achieved an efficacy of 88 per cent compared to controls.

"If we use an ineffective drench, we lose productivity – our cattle don’t grow as well"

Virbac senior livestock technical services manager Dr Matt Ball encourages farmers to ensure they choose the most effective cattle drench to fight parasites. 

“We now recognise that single active pour-on drenches are no longer effective enough to control all key worms or protect productivity,” Dr Ball said.  

“Farmers need effective products that don’t just remove some of the worms but also add excellent growth rates in their cattle. Over time, the products that we use become less and less effective and that is fundamentally the problem. If we use an ineffective drench, we lose productivity – our cattle don’t grow as well. 

“With Cydectin Platinum, we’ve created a drench that not only improves worm control and holds off resistance, but it also keeps benefits like potency, persistency and ease of use. When it comes to animal health, don’t settle for the second best. Make sure you’re using the right products and that your drench protects your productivity.”

Introducing Cydectin Platinum from Virbac

Cattle producers need healthy and productive cattle to succeed. Animal health is always front of mind, and producers always look for safe to use products that deliver results.

 Despite this, there has not been a new cattle drench product on the market for close to ten years. Drenches are essential to healthy cattle, yet producers have often been forced to rely on old products claiming efficacies based on trial results that were conducted years ago. Older drenches simply do not work as well as they once did.

 Virbac has been working to fix this and has created a new addition to the Cydectin franchise.

 Cydectin Platinum is the world’s first dual-active cattle drench containing moxidectin and levamisole. This gives producers a new, rigorously tested product that is the culmination of almost a decade of local Australian development to deliver the productivity and outcomes producers want.

Backed by 2020 research, Cydectin Platinum is the newest and most effective cattle drench in the market.

Choose the best product for your cattle

To protect productivity, always choose a drench with the highest efficacy. Cydectin Platinum offers producers highly effective worm control, delay resistance and increase productivity.

It also uses DMI-Sorb^TM technology to increase absorption. The first veterinary use of its kind in Australia, DMI-Sorb^TM works by keeping the product concentrated to the areas where it was applied and reduces absorption variability. It also provides enhanced stability for the two active ingredients - moxidectin and levamisole.

While single-active drenches were once the best available, the results speak for themselves. Cydectin Platinum sets the new standard for pour-on cattle drenches in Australia.

For more information, search: au.virbac.com/platinum