Worms Wormers FAMACHA Fecal test charts - Worms are the second biggest challenge to goat health and a problem for all livestock. Top challenge is nutrition. A goat with balanced nutrition is better able to fight off worm loads and damage. Ive delayed posting an article on chemical wormers as overuse has led to worms breeding for resistance. Some wormers work on some worms even on good days, but local populations and groups of goats may spread resistance worms so it can be very difficult to say THIS wormer will work. The worst thing you can do is just pump wormers into your animals without knowing FOR SURE what parasite you are fighting. More about that later. Ill also be posting charts and links on types of wormers, How to manage pastures for lower worm load, Chemical free wormers, plants you can seed in your pasture to reduce worm loads and the latest research on long term effects of fighting worms by differing methods. By learning to provide appropriate nutrition, rigorous culling, rotating pastures and species - we have bucks that have been wormed once in three years. Occasionally they look like it. Its a learning curve that I try to share.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:36:42 +0000