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Cattleman, The, Jan 2008

Proven Rozol® Pocket Gopher Bait - Burrow Builder Formula Now Available for Prairie Dog Control in Texas

Liphatech Inc. has announced its proven Rozol Pocket Gopher Bait - Burrow Builder Formula is now approved for black-tailed prairie dog control in the state of Texas.

Ranchers and farmers have effectively used Rozol to control prairie dogs for a number of years in several states, including Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.

Rozol Burrow Builder Formula, a highly palatable and effective rodenticide is a restricted-use product. The Texas Department of Agriculture recently granted the use of the prairie dog bait in Texas through a Special Local Needs (SLN) 24(c) label. The label permits its use by licensed pesticide applicators, or people under their supervision. The Texas label allows usage from October 1 to May 1 of the following year, before green-up of vegetation occurs.

Rozol's high palatability is attributed to its formulation, which combines the anticoagulant chlorophacinone with food-grade winter wheat for excellent acceptance and fast control. When properly applied by placing the bait in all active prairie dog burrows, control typically exceeds 90 percent - leading to fewer repeat applications.

Other features and benefits of Rozol include:

* Ease-of-use: It does not require pre-baiting, and bait can be applied even in wet conditions, unlike zinc phosphide. (Zinc phosphide is an acute toxicant.)

* High bait acceptance: As an anticoagulant, Rozol does not induce bait shyness, or sub-lethal dose problems as with acute toxicants.

* In-burrow consumption: Based on proven studies, prairie dogs eat the bait in their burrows. As such, there is less risk to nontarget wildlife, unlike zinc phosphide, or other anticoagulant products containing diphacinone.

Rozol is placed at least six inches down into the burrows. Treatments can be quickly applied with a baiter unit attached to an ATV. Applications can also be made with a long-handled tablespoon.

Rozol is available in 30-lbs. pail, or 50-lbs. bag. Each pail yields 280 one-quarter cup burrow treatments, covering on average 10 to 12 acres of typical prairie dog infestations.

Each bag offers 466 one-quarter cup treatments, covering on average 17 to 20 acres. The readily available antidote is Vitamin Kl.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, Liphatech Inc. offers a comprehensive line of rodenticides. In adadition to Rozol, rodenticides tailored to agricultural and animal health markets include Hombre(TM), BootHill®, and Gunslinger(TM).

The company also offers AEGIS® bait stations, including AEGIS-RP tamper-resistant station to prevent block-bait access by non-target animals and people, or the AEGIS-RP non-locking, for less-sensitive bait placement locations.

Check with http://www.liphatech.com, or contact your local department of agriculture, for the latest information, as labels may change.

Elanco Names Mies Global Feedlot Consultant

Elanco Animal Health has announced the hiring of Dr. Bill Mies as a beef feedlot consultant - global beef group. In this role he will work with Elanco's marketing and sales teams, providing technical support to feedlots in North America and other locations throughout the world. Mies will work from his home office in College Station, Texas.

Most recently, Mies worked in integrated beef production and animal-data management after having taught livestock marketing and feedyard management at Texas A&M University in College Station. Before that, he gained experience managing a beef-production company, a commercial feedyard and an experiment station, as well as working in the research and development of new animal drugs.

Mies earned a doctorate in animal science from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; a master's degree from Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.; and a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill.

Mies has served as technical advisor to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Beef Quality Assurance Task Force for 20 years. He also has chaired NCBA's Research and Education Committee, advised its Value-based Marketing Task Force and designed the Strategic Alliances Demonstration Project, which is the template for many current beef alliances.

Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, is based in Greenfield, Ind., and is one of the world's leading animalhealth companies. Elanco develops and markets innovative technologies for use in animal production and care, and disease prevention and treatment. Elanco is a global animal-health company with facilities located worldwide to serve the global marketplace.

McDonagh Joins Ultimate Genetics Staff

Ultimate Genetics, LLC, Wheelock, Texas, a cutting edge bovine reproduction company, has recently hired a director of research and technology.

Dr. Melissa McDonagh joined Ultimate Genetics staff in October. She is charged with the administration of all current and future research projects for Ultimate Genetics.

"The beef and dairy industries are demanding more and more toward stabilizing reproduction technologies. Ultimate Genetics is committed in staying in the forefront of new technologies regarding bovine reproduction.