BioWorma
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- If you have a worm problem with your goats, and rotational grazing is not an option, we now have a new tool that can be helpful in breaking the life cycle of the worms. BioWorma came on the market in the U.S. in 2018 and is available through Premier 1 Supplies.
BioWorma is not just another chemical dewormer, which worms can become resistant to. It’s Duddingtonia flagrans, a natural fungus that eats the worm larvae in manure. Fungal spores are added to the livestock feed and go through the animal’s digestive tract unchanged.
After the manure lands in the pasture, the fungus goes to work eating the larvae as the eggs hatch in the manure. This breaks the life cycle of the roundworm, which gets out of control because animals are continually re-ingesting larvae from the pasture. (That’s why pasture rotation is so important.) In fact, it is estimated that 90 percent of worms on a farm are actually in the pasture rather than inside animals.
In this episode, which is sponsored by Premier 1 Supplies, we are talking to Dan Morrical, one of the "Ask an Expert" specialists at Premier 1.
Because this fungus is a very picky eater, you don’t have to worry about it upsetting the balance of anything else in the environment, such as earthworms or soil nematodes. The fungus only consumes roundworm larvae in manure of grazing animals, so it won’t work with poultry. Since it is eating the larvae, not killing them, it’s unlikely the larvae will become resistant to them the way they become resistant to chemical dewormers. (Has anything ever become resistant to being eaten?)
It’s also important to understand that the fungus does not consume 100% of the larvae, so things like pasture rotation can still help. Animals have lived with parasites inside their bodies since the beginning of time, and it’s not an entirely bad thing. We just don’t want the worms to get out of control and make the animals sick, and that’s exactly what the research showed. The fungus reduced the worm load enough that animals did not need chemical deworming.
This product won’t be for everyone, but I do see it as a lifesaver for those who are losing animals to worms because of dewormer resistance. In this episode we are talking about how to get started with BioWorma, as well as what works and what doesn't.
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I started Bioworma last fall and have been super happy with results so far. Major drop on EPGs for all my guys. It IS pricey but I have 6 pet goats that we do a fair amount of training with, and I consider them worth the investment. Fingers crossed results are consistent through the challenging summer months!
This is a great product unless it gets back ordered in May and you can't get it. This product has to be used almost year around, especially in SC. It really does make a difference, but has to be fed everyday and chemical dewormer have to be used if the goats have a heavy load because I will not kill the worms inside the goat
Great video. Thanks for covering the topic of Biowormer. I keep boer goats in the subtropics in Australia, and we are coming to the end of summer. I started using biowormer at the beginning of summer to try it out and had really good results, with almost no cases of goats requiring drenching. However, I ran out of biowormer a few weeks ago, and haven't been able to purchase more. Since I stopped feeding it, I have had a terrible outbreak of worm infestation, and having to drench most of the herd. Needless to say, I will be reintroducing bioworma to my daily regime this week and hopefully we see an improvement. Thanks again for a very informative video.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Good luck with your goats.
Contact me as in Australia - we have Bioworma in stock and have packs available all the time.
@@goatvetoz Thanks Sandra. I have a ready supply. I only ran out due to finances. The herd is now back on their daily ration and things have improved considerably. 😀
Love your show, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
Ok so I got my first bucket but I want to be sure to dose it correctly…I have 11 goats 3of those being kids…I give the adult goats all 1 cup of grain each night except for the 2 males who each get 2-3 cups of grain…the kids just squeeze in and eat what they can…how much do I mix with the feed? My largest goat weighs 160…and I usually feed ruemuenson pellets .
Hello! Bioworma is not currently approved to be fed with medicated feed. That is the first statement on the Use Instructions on the back of the container. It has to do with the EPA approval of 2 active ingredients being fed together. There are currently some studies underway to test the efficacy of the product with medicated feed, but nothing has been published or approved for that yet. What product did you purchase? BioWorma or Livamol with BioWorma? Dosing is very different for the 2 products. ~Tammy
Deborah, how do you keep your babies pens or stalled prior to the front yard grazing that avoids them getting parasites from the moms?
We don't let them out until mid-April, which is usually when the grass in the front yard is getting close to a foot tall. (Larvae are only on the lower 4 inches of the grass because they can't crawl.)
Can I admister the bioworma via a drench solution to ensure that each goat is getting a proper amount?
I only have time to rotate my electric fence biweekly, so I am considering adding bioworma into their diets this summer to try to eradicate the barberpole from my herd. I'm currently using cydectin frequently and this might save me money jn the long term.
More important than saving you money ... if you are using Cydectin frequently, it is going to stop working soon, and you will have dead goats. That's what happened to me 15+ years ago. I learned that dewormer resistance is real before most people even knew what it was. It is impossible to eradicate parasites from goats. Trying to do that is what got us into the problems with dewormer resistance. If you are just using Cydectin to try to get low FECs, that's not needed and is ultimately a losing battle. Dewormers are drugs that should only be given to sick animals. It's the same idea as only using antibiotics when you need them so they will work when you really need them. Here is my comprehensive post on goat worms and includes links to other articles and podcasts I've done on worms. thriftyhomesteader.com/goat-worms/
Forgot to answer your first question -- no you cannot give it as a drench. You could separate each goat and feed it to them individually, but that's not very practical if you have more than 3-4 goats because you have to feed it every day.