Barb,
Thanks for the feedback on Shaklee. I've wondered for a long time if there was merit in people's claims that it worked as a dewormer.
I purchased the Farmstead kit several years ago and don't regret it (http://www.farmsteadhealth.com/microscope.html#fecal%20kit). I also would recommend that you look at the counting chamber slides that allow you to determine the presence or absence of eggs expressed as eggs per gram (EPG) of feces. This allows you to base your deworming effort on counts rather than on arbitrary time intervals between dewormings and you can establish a more effective deworming program that way.
You can purchase the kit at http://www.vetslides.com/EPGfecalkit.html It is a little pricey, but I know you like to do things the right way and also the easy way and these slides help to do both. You will need to use a microscope with a mechanical stage, which I see Farmstead is including free with the microscope they sell.
Now I confess that I have this kit (with a green grid) but I have not yet used it because my microscope is about as old as I am and feeling about the same wear. I'd like to purchase a new microscope next year. I noticed that James had a chambered counting slide at the BBSAI Annual Meeting and Workshop, so it would be great if he could share his opinion, too.
Carol
At 01:53 PM 12/8/2004 -0800, you wrote:
I recently dewormed all my stock with Shaklee Basic H at the rate of a little over 1 cup per 100 gallons of drinking water. Basic H is essentially organic and non toxic to us higher life forms. Farmstead sells it as a possible wormer (with a thousand other uses). Otherwise, can be purchased from Shaklee on line in quantities up to large drums.
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