Re: [Blackbelly] some interesting articles on parasite control
You are quite welcome-- I LOVE going on information hunts... Terry W --- Barb Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for those links, Terry, especially the second > one. > > Barb > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Cocci Control
Barb, Consider lime-stabilizing your sacrifice areas and the barn floor. This will help solidify the surface, so that the little buggers can't hide as well below the surface, or get stirred up when the area gets pugged. Lime stabilized soils can be planted over, as well, so you wouldn't necessarily lose all grazing use of the area. The lime will also alter the pH drastically-- may result in killing off a lot of infective stage larvae. They can be made to drain well, eliminating some of the moisture issues. Yeah= Corid does inhibit Thiamine--almost have to supplement the B vitamins when using it. What is it-- a form of polio that goats get when B deficient? Terry W Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
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This is my first time writing and I am finally in plain text. I've really been enjoying the information I've been reading but most of all I can't thank Carol enough for saving the life of the orphan we got from a friend. In the beginning we had to force her to eat and now she's asking for way too much replacer. All our farm supply had was Kid Replacer and I added a bit of Ev milk and Karo syrup. She's certainly hopping around and running. I have no idea if this info will help anyone but for many years we have controled fleas by sprinkling Twenty Mule Team Borax around. It's so non toxic to dogs and cats and works well. I have heard that Diatomateous can be dangerous to pets and people. I need to Google it when time. Aloha a hui hou kaua! (Goodbye until we meet again) Barbara Heavens Kea`au, Hawaii ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] lThe D.E. Drama Continues
Well, the boys checked in with 100 epg today, down from 250 at last count. I thought I might be able to attribute some of the decline to hypobiosis, dormancy in the worms, but I looked back in my records and see that some of the animals were passing up to 1000 epg on December 5th last year. So it looks like the vet's theory that there is no such thing as hypobiosis in this area may be correct. That leaves two things...the D.E. (1/2 tsp per head) and the rams being on a paddock that was rested for 30 days. They are at the end of the current 30 days and will shift back to the freshly rested paddock on 12/1. It will be very hard to get them consistently less wormy than they are right now. Will keep you all posted. Regards, Barb Lee ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] Then there's the cocci situation...
Well, huh... The cocci count in the lambs has crashed to nearly zip. Three weeks ago I checked and the lambs were pretty heavily peppered with cocci oocysts, but nobody was "clinical" (diarrhea). I did a five-day Corid treatment which dropped the count to almost zero. Then about a week ago, the count had risen considerably. I was thinking about re-treating. Now today, I checked and the count has dropped to six oocysts between two samples (I double checked because I was very surprised at the outcome). No second intervention. The lambs do have access to Fertrell's mineral with DE in it, but don't consume much. It must be that immunity kicking in. Anyway, pretty cool. To avert clinical symptoms, I did have to jump in with some toxic chemical rescue (which I will learn how to avoid for the future), and Mother Nature appears to have taken care of the rest! Barb ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Then there's the cocci situation...
Well, I'm probably not as smart as I thought I was (surprise surprise!) LOL! Reading up on a good cocci article showed me that essentially, the lambs actually were "clinical," they just handled it without scouring. In some cases, apparently the animal does not start to shed oocysts until 5-7 days after scouring begins as the immature protozoa are going about damaging the gut before they're old enough to reproduce. So doing fecals for determining coccidiosis has limited applications. Well, I can be happy that the lambs were tough enough to deal with it. Prevention is the key. Gee, a whole 'nuther thing to think about! :o) Barb ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
