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As long as your flock isn't actually ill, could be a good trial. Get FECs, split into groups, treat one group with chemical wormer, one group with DE, one group with nothing as a control, repeat FECs after you'd expect treatment to have taken effect. Then you know if DE is worth keeping on hand.
Why would you feed your sheep DE? Are you using them for experiments? How ethical is that?There are proven wormers with medical tests and evidence behind them that work very well. Highly unlikely that your sheep are resistant to all 4 classes of wormer.
there is a ... USA based trial on this
Quote from: Tim W on April 07, 2017, 05:04:15 pmthere is a ... USA based trial on thisOh please post a link to this trial. There's bound to be really useful background information as well as specific details of the trial.
Also if you like spending money and you dont currently give minerals to them you could request a full blood test to confirm whether the sheep have any deficiencies.Get a full soil test done around the grounds to check for poor deficiencies. Dont worry about PH its all the others.Both these are costly and dependant on the health of your flock. If you want to increase the health of the flock then you could consider the bloods. If they come back good then you know the sheep are in tip top condition and that the worms are entering via a poor management system. Be interested to see how you get on.
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