From dhondt@eircom.net Thu Apr 6 19:00:51 2000 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:12:56 +0100 From: John D'hondt To: Gwyneth E. Harris , sanet Subject: Re: Herbal Dewormers for livestock... [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] A Chara, There are probably a great many aromatic herbs that can help to prevent buildup of worm infection in grazers. We try to give our animals access to the living plants so that they can help themselves. Low stocking densities and mixed grazing are equally helpful of course. However for half the year there is nothing much growing at all in our part of the world and this is also the period when animals get most infected. So sometimes we use more specific herbal treatments. Garlic and ivy with molasses we use most. But blue sage, mustard, nasturtium, horse radish, turnips, centaurea and wormwoods are also sometimes useful. If you find out anything really useful please let me know. John D'hondt ----- Original Message ----- From: Gwyneth E. Harris To: Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:11 PM Subject: Herbal Dewormers for livestock... > Hi all! > > I'm looking for any recipes for herbal de-wormers for > livestock--particularly sheep. > > thanks- > > Gwyneth E. Harris, Sterling College > Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 > > > To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command > "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command > "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". > To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command > "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". > > All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: > http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail > To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail From siesta@ihug.co.nz Thu Apr 6 19:01:10 2000 Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:35:57 +1200 From: I & K Buckingham To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu, Gwyneth E. Harris Subject: Re: Herbal Dewormers for livestock... [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Greetings Gwyneth Have seen no replies posted to list, so my 2c worth. As you are no doubt aware. Over all farm management is the key. If you could add cattle to a sheep operation has been shown to be beneficial with respect to fewer worm problems in the sheep. Along side this selective breeding for parasite resistance is well worth the time. Alternative worm controls One of the following drenches will help. If the logistics of treating individually is quite impractical try adding to the water supply monthly. I am experimenting with adding homoeopathic remedies to the water supply. Using such remedies as Cina, Filix mas, Santoninum, Granatum. These are reported as aids in treating worms. If your animals do have a major worm burden then I doubt if these will be enough on there own. All we are trying to achieve is to keep the worm population in a balance that allows the animals to achieve full potential. Recipe 1 20 ltrs cider vinegar 1 kg crushed garlic Soak for 2 weeks and use at the rate of 50 ml adult sheep/calves 100 ml for older cattle Herbs such as wormwood (artemisia absintium), nasturtium (tropaeolum majus) can be added at 1 kg fresh herb. These have worming reputations. Recipe 2 1 ltr cider vinegar 1 ltr seaweed 250 ml garlic concentrate - approx 1 cup crushed garlic (250 gm dried powder) Soak for a few days then use at 40-60 mls young stock, 60-80 older stock It has been suggested that if possible give in the 48 hr period coming up to full moon as the moons watery influence means the worms are not as attached to the gut wall. Believe it or not :>) Some use the drench monthly. I prefer not to as I rely heavily on breeding stronger healthier stock and so the less inputs into the animal the better my selection policy can be. Takes time but we are beginning to see good results. I usually give a drench at weaning (12 weeks) and then generally not before late Fall. When we first moved away from chemical drenches we would need to give one chemical drench ( early spring ) to about 20% of the yearlings. Over time this percentage has dropped to nothing in the last 3 - 4 years. Put this down to better stock selection and possibly better understanding of our requirements. It is that late winter/ early spring period when we were getting hit. This is when the calves are 10 - 14 months of age. SO with better feeding and seaweed in the water trough we seem to be improving the situation. Faecal worm counts we have had done show low worm burdens in our cattle. Others I know of have recorded nil worm counts. Any other queries drop us a note. Regards Ian Buckingham Maungatawhiri New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: Gwyneth E. Harris To: Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 8:11 AM Subject: Herbal Dewormers for livestock... > Hi all! > > I'm looking for any recipes for herbal de-wormers for > livestock--particularly sheep. > > thanks- > > Gwyneth E. Harris, Sterling College > Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 > > > To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command > "unsubscribe sanet-mg". 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