CYDECTIN and dung beetles
Dung beetles are good for your pasture.
By quickly removing and burying livestock feces, dung beetles increase forage availability
Under ideal conditions, some dung beetles can bury nearly 90% of manure on pasture in one week
Tunneling beetles improve aeration, water retention and root penetration
Dung beetles can reduce parasite-larvae in dung pats by 90% and horn fly-larvae by 95%
CYDECTIN is safer for dung beetles.
The use of IVOMEC® Pour-on (eprinomectin) and DECTOMAX® Pour-on (doramectin) has been associated with the suppression of insect larvae in the dung of treated cattle
Studies have shown that CYDECTIN has no adverse effect on dung beetle reproduction
Moxidectin, the active ingredient in CYDECTIN, has been show to be 64 times less toxic to dung beetle larvae than an avermectin endectocide product
