[Jacob-list] DE

[Neal and Louise Grose]

I suspect that the effect on small creatures and not large ones has to do with particle size. This also makes it hazardous to breathe since it may be inhaled and stay in the lungs. 

I also suspect that it does work, but not at a rate that would make it valuable for treatment of animals with true parasitosis. Over-all, it is more effective to handle the sheep in a manner that limits the amount of infectious parasites than it does to treat them with diatomaceous earth if you are trying to raise sheep as organically as possible. Everybody is different. I would gladly use Ivomec once a year just to rid the place of bot flies.

Has anyone considered giving their sheep a chew of tobacco? ( 'Scuse me: Chaw o' 'baccer?) This used to be the standard for worming mules in our area. It works. Of course you have to give the animal enough to kill the worms and not the sheep. Nicotine is poisonous and there is no antidote. I was stunned recently to see "nicotine sulfate" listed in an organic gardening catalog as an "acceptable" organic insecticide. This stuff is truly nasty, but has a short half-life.

Neal Grose
North Carolina
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  From: Betty Berlenbach 
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  If it cuts up worms, why wouldn't it also cut up intestines of sheep or stomachs or esophagui?
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