For those of you interested in natural remedies, check out this study on pine bark:
http://www.wormx.info/#!pinebark/coo1
Read more…I'm wondering if anyone here can clear up a question I have about internal parasites. I understand that part of the life cycle is releasing eggs, which then hatch, and eventually reinfect the goats via fecal-oral transmission. For this reason, rotati
Read more…What kind would this be? I am giving her a dewormer today. Her eyelids are pink but not dark. She pooped big clumpy poo with mucusy stuff and I could see worms in it! They're not big (like dog worms) but long and skinny and very small.
Read more…Here is an article that summarizes many of the studies done on the use of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a dewormer:
http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/DE.html
In addition to all of the info provided about the studies, I especially like the final parag
Read more…A recent study done in New Zealand and published in the Journal of Veterinary Parasitology shows that oral administration of moxidectin (sold as Cydectin) is much more effective in goats as either injectable or pour-on. Pour-on was 51% effective, in
Read more…This past spring, I had a terrible time with thread worms. I used really good, holistic practices for parasite control, not putting the goats out on wet pasture, rotating their pen every day or two at most, and not going back to a space until it had
Read more…So, I just wormed my entire herd 2 weeks ago with Cydectin per the vets instructions. Everything was looking good till I noticed some of my youngins with these worms in their poo. Is this what tapeworms look like?
If these are tapeworms, does Cydecti
Read more…7 wk old doeling having "doggie" poops, took in sample for fecal & vet came out asking "is this goat still alive" my heart sank! We got her (and 2 others) 8/25. Per vet giving dose of pancur for next 3 days,as well as albon for 10 days. He said to
Read more…Came across this goat dewormer today while looking for poultry dewormer. It is WormGuard plus. It claims to be all natural, kill every type of parasite and so on. Anyone ever heard of it? Used it? It sounded a bit to good to be true to me.
Link wit
Read more…I just got this "brilliant" idea today -- if I burn the pastures, that should kill the worms, right? I googled it and found this article, which said it can help:
http://www.sheep101.info/201/parasite.html
This is also just a good general-info article o
Here's an interesting website from Australia that talks about preventing resistance to chemical dewormers. If you're new to goats, "drench" is the livestock term for liquid, oral medication. So "drench resistance" just means resistance to oral liquid
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