Thank you James; Glad to here your in the Christmas spirit. I was wondering about the Safeguard block, but couldn't find any one to say it was alright for sheep. All of the feed stores here said it was for cattle only. I guess I've been looking for an easy answer on worming animals that would rather not be touched. I've never had animals that haven't tamed down, but that's probable a good thing where I live due to the cougars and coyotes. The sheep and llama are on alert at all times. We haven't had any kills this year but our neighbor has. With the horses I worm twice a year once after the first freeze and then again in the spring. The goats love to eat the horse wormer paste so didn't have a problem with them. I can't follow behind each sheep to collect samples to take to the vet for fecal. So I thought the best thing to do was a block. I don't know for a fact they have worms I just think it would be best to put them on a plan and make sure I don't loose any to worms. Maybe I'm going about this all wrong. I'll study the web site you gave me and see what I can see. Thanks again, Sandy
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:49:13 -0500 "James Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ho! Ho! Ho! Sandy, > > I have used the brand name Safeguard as a block wormer several > times. But I > was using it for cattle, goats, and sheep. One of the problems with > block > wormers is that you do not know how much each animal is getting. > Also I > think the directions on the Safeguard block wormer is to only leave > it out > for the animals for 3-5 days,(I think). That is probably the easies > way to > worm animals but I do not think it is the best way. This is just my > opinion. Remember to alternate you worming program. A visit to > http://www.asrc.agri.missouri.edu/keislerd/65/internal_parasites%20in%20s hee > p.htm might help you in your operation of alternating your worming > program. > > I hope this helps! > > James Harper > Virginia Regional Director > BBSAI ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list. To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly
