Questioning deworming policies in herds I'd like to buy from...

Okay, I know I have heard "don't buy dewormer resistance"

I am researching & questioning local and semi local breeders for my next goat purchases. Without any more detail as to which one this is because I don't want to air anyone's business, one of them answered this to my inquiry about deworming practices:

" I do rotate wormers between clear and white and I probably worm every 6 to 8 weeks unless I see signs before. I do frequent fecals since I can do them myself."

If I understand correctly, this is not the recommended way to deal with resistance, right? Can anyone help me understand how deworming like this might impact a kid that I might buy at weaning age/ how that kid might impact my herd?

What are other people's feelings on which herds you will buy from when it comes to the dewormer problem? Thanks

I'll let someone with more experience handle the details of explaining that.

All I can say is that I will not let this stop me from buying if the quality of what I want is there. What I would do is use this as a guide in how to handle what I purchase. In other words I would, keeping this in mind, adapt practices to slowly change the way this individual is managed to what I consider to be a more suitable method.

The fact is it is very hard to find everything you want. When you must find what you need in a certain area at a certain price you sometimes have to give a little on somethings. Although this is a very important matter, you should still consider rather or not good management will make it a feasible option if the conformation and production of their stock is up to your standards and if you cannot meet those needs elsewhere.

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Margaret Langley July 11, 2012 at 4:43pm

I'll let someone with more experience handle the details of explaining that.

All I can say is that I will not let this stop me from buying if the quality of what I want is there. What I would do is use this as a guide in how to handle what I purchase. In other words I would, keeping this in mind, adapt practices to slowly change the way this individual is managed to what I consider to be a more suitable method.

The fact is it is very hard to find everything you want. When you must find what you need in a certain area at a certain price you sometimes have to give a little on somethings. Although this is a very important matter, you should still consider rather or not good management will make it a feasible option if the conformation and production of their stock is up to your standards and if you cannot meet those needs elsewhere.

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