Re: organic pig wormer needed

Phil Fredricks (pjf@nwark.com)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 05:44:17 -0500

Greg & Lei,
Wish I could help you more on the dosage for the tobacco but I can't. I just
know that here in the Ozarks the " old timey " farmers are known for giving
their horses and mules occasional plugs ( a small wad ) of cake like tobacco to
get rid of worms. The animals seem to love it. As a matter of fact smokers have
to be careful around the animals once they get used to having it. A horse or
mule will smell their cigarettes and try to lift them and eat them out of their
pockets.
Cheryl Fredericks
http://www.uark.edu/~ecti/

Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:

> Has anyone tried the homeopathic wormers?
> I've tried the homeopathic route. I stuck in my conventional wormer to
> check its effectiveness and found way to many adult egg laying worms.
> Perhaps I didn't use the right rate. I had a hard time comprehending that
> the levels were the same for the size of waterer and not the number of pigs.
> I have about 600-700 pigs that I used this on and according to the
> directions I recieved, I haven't used $23 worth of product yet. It sure
> doesn't seem like enough to me. Any thoughts?
> Anybody have any ideas on the rate of Tobacco to use? Where do I get
> organic tobacco? Would the most effective(and safest) way to use it be to
> grind it in the feed? That way I could distribute it evenly to all the pigs.
> Isn't tobacco potentially lethal?
> Best wishes,
> Greg Gunthorp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intergalactic Garage <igg@igg.com>
> To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu <sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu>
> Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: organic pig wormer needed
>
> >> Greg, Try plug tobacco. Cheryl Fredericks
> >>Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:
> >>
> >>Anybody have any suggestions for an effective organic pig wormer?Thanks in
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> >
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