[Jacob-list] re: worming techniques

[Mark Essen]

One comment about over dosing.  I live close to a Merck research farm and a
neighbor of mine used to work there.  She said that they tested Ivermec at
ten times the recommended dose and saw no ill effects.  When I first got
sheep (they were commercial black faced cross breeds) I wormed on my
estimation of their weight.  One day I had a sheep that was so weak, she
could hardly stand.  I took her to the vet and he told me that she was so
wormy that she would probably not survive.  Since then I try to weigh first
before any treatment.  If I can not get to scales, I use wormer liberally.
I have also found that my Jacobs do not seem to get wormy as easily as the
other breeds.
I used to worm by the calendar, I now try not to worm unless they need it.
Mark Essen
Famous Acres
6701 County Road 353
Fulton, Mo.  65251
(573)642-0350
messen at socket.net
Jacobs 4-Horn Sheep, Pygmy Goats, Pyrenees, Peafowl, Highland Cattle, Yak,
Emu, Wallabies, Patagonian Cavies, Eland, and Fallow Deer all living
together in the Kingdom of Callaway