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INTEGRATED PARASITE MANAGEMENT
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By Ann Wells, DVM
NCAT Agriculture Specialist                                         Integrated Parasite Management for Livestock
April 1999
Abstract
                                                                                          Animals
                                                                                         Immune System
Internal parasites can be a major problem for                                          (Low Dose Exposure)

producers. With parasites developing resistance to all
dewormers and more farmers producing livestock by                                              Weather
                                                                                                   Cold
“natural” methods, there is interest in looking for                                               Humidity
                                                                                                             Forages
alternative ways to managing parasites problems.                                                                Height
                                                                                           Soil                Species
Management is the most important thing to                                             Dung Beetles           By-pass Protein
                                                                                                              Phosphorus
consider. The whole system affects internal parasites.                                 Earthworms
                                                                                    Nematophagous Fungi
Nutrition and pasture management can help prevent
problems by improving the health of the animals.
There are soil organisms that kill or prevent the
development of internal parasites. Strategic
deworming means planning the timing when
deworming is done. This can also be an important                      dewormer on the market has had some
part of any management scheme. Little is known                        resistance built up to it by the internal parasites
about the effectiveness of any alternative dewormer.                  that infest livestock. This resistance means that
Changes will have to done slowly while observing                      not all the worms are killed during deworming.
their outcome.                                                        The surviving worms pass that genetic
                                                                      resistance on to offspring.
Introduction
                                                                      The growing concern about the resistance of
Internal parasites are considered by some to be                       internal parasites to all classes of dewormers has
one of the most economically important
constraints in raising livestock. Confinement
and pasture-based animals are almost certain to                                        ✼✼✼ What's Inside ✼✼✼
be exposed to worms at some point in their life.
                                                                       Introduction............................................................1
Animals raised on the dry and arid rangelands
                                                                       Nutrition .................................................................2
are much less likely to be infested. But if these
                                                                       Pasture Management ............................................2
animals are brought to the more humid climates
                                                                       Immunity ................................................................4
east of the Rockies, worms will be a major
                                                                       Soil Organisms .......................................................5
problem for these animals.
                                                                       Effect of Ivermectin on Dung Beetles .................5
                                                                       Strategic Deworming ............................................5
Most producers are aware of the problems that
                                                                       Alternative Dewormers ........................................7
worms cause, which range from decreased
                                                                       Conditions with Signs Similar to Parasitism.....8
productivity of their animals to death. Animals
                                                                       Conclusion..............................................................8
are usually routinely dewormed with different
                                                                       References...............................................................8
commercial chemicals, by owners using a
                                                                       Enclosures...............................................................9
variety of deworming schedules. Every

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caused people to look for alternatives. As             degraded or broken down in the rumen,
dewormers lose their effectiveness, the livestock      animals lose less weight than those animals that
community fears increasing economic losses             were not fed the increased level of by-pass
from worms. Much attention both in the                 protein. These researchers used fish meal as
research community and on the farm is being            their source of by-pass protein. However, there
devoted to discovering ways to prevent and             are forages that also have an increased level of
treat internal parasites without relying on heavy      by-pass protein because they contain tannins.
doses of chemical dewormers. Many people               These include birdsfoot trefoil and lespedeza.
claim this treatment or that control measure           The protein in native warm season grasses also
works, but there are more questions than               has a higher level of by-pass protein.

                                                       Phosphorus
    By looking at the whole farm as
    an interrelated system, it becomes                 There is also research that shows that when the
    apparent that there are parts of the               phosphorus level of the diet was at a level of
    system that can be managed to                      .28% phosphorus on a dry matter basis, the
    decrease internal parasites and                    weight gain of lambs infected with parasites
    their effects.                                     was increased by 40% over those lambs fed a
                                                       low (.18%) phosphorus level diet (3).
answers. There is no simple alternative way of
preventing or treating worms. By looking at the        Pasture Management
whole farm as an interrelated system, it becomes
apparent that there are parts of the system that       Management of animals, pastures and any
can be managed to decrease internal parasites          loafing areas is key to reducing the amount of
and their effects. These management                    internal parasite problems in livestock. An
adjustments not only postpone the day when             understanding of the life cycles of the different
chemical controls no longer work, but they also        parasites within the whole soil-plant-animal
may decrease costs and increase the overall            system will help show the interrelationships
health of the animal.                                  between these three components. Managing
                                                       internal parasites is just like managing fleas in
Nutrition                                              dogs and cats. The major part of the parasite life
                                                       cycle is outside of the animal. This point will
Nutrition plays a major role in how well               help the producer to choose management
animals are able to overcome the detrimental           strategies that reduce parasite levels on his or
effects of internal parasites. In fact, the signs of   her farm and decrease the usage of chemical
parasitism can often be used as a symptom of           dewormers. The same principle is used in
some other problem, usually poor nutrition. In         integrated pest management for vegetables and
an article in the Journal of the American Veterinary   other crops.
Medical Association in 1943, researchers showed
that sheep placed on a high plane of nutrition         Many farmers closely monitor their animals but
were able to reduce their worm burden                  pay little attention to the plants and soil. Pasture
significantly and many of the sheep were even          contamination by infective larvae is the primary
able to cure themselves (1).                           factor to deal with. If you start with an
                                                       understanding of the interrelationship between
By-pass Protein                                        the animal, the plants it eats and the soil on
                                                       which those plants grow, then it becomes
Researchers in New Zealand have been                   clearer how parasites infect the animal and how
studying the effects of by-pass protein on             they can be managed so as not to cause as many
parasitized sheep (2). They have found that by         problems. Everything a farmer does to his or her
increasing the amount of protein that is not           animals, including the grazing management,
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affects the manure, which affects the animal’s               periparturient rise, which is the sudden release
environment. For example, animals that                       of infective larvae and eggs within the ewe’s
continuously graze a pasture eat the grass into              intestinal tract. This occurs right after lambing,
the ground, while contaminating the soil with                and is due to the ewe and doe’s immune system
so many parasites that nothing outside of                    becoming temporarily less effective. By treating
regular deworming with chemicals will control                animals at this time, the exposure to newborn
them. By using controlled grazing methods that               and young lambs (those most susceptible to
allow pastures to rest and soil life to function             parasites) is minimized.
well, contamination can be reduced. This
reduction occurs because soil organisms,
including earthworms, dung beetles, and                       Other ATTRA Materials of Interest
nematophagous fungi will destroy or
keep a lot of the parasite eggs and larvae       Assessing the Pasture Soil Resource
from developing. Keeping the grass in a          Matching Livestock & Forage Resources
more vegetative stage, and tall enough to        Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Ruminants on Pasture
provide the animal with adequate forage,         Nutrient Cycling in Pastures
will provide better nutrition to keep the        Rotational Grazing
animal healthier, strengthening the              Sustainable Pasture Management
immune system to prevent the adult               Beef Farm Sustainability Checksheet
worms from producing eggs. Parasites do
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not cause as much harm to a healthy, well
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nourished animal. The parasites that are
present will not deplete the host as much
as in an animal that is malnourished. Parasite               Good grazing management includes the use of
loads affecting wildlife generally do not cause              clean pasture to minimize re-infection. Clean
the death of the host, because the parasites need            pasture is pasture that has not been grazed by
the host to survive. The same principle applies              the host animal (in this case sheep and goats) for
to livestock.                                                12 months, and therefore is not contaminated
                                                             with worm larvae. It may be new pasture,
Pasture contamination can be reduced through                 pasture grazed by livestock such as cattle or
management. Livestock will avoid manure piles                horses which do not share parasites with sheep
and the grass surrounding them. This behavior                (goats do share parasites with sheep), or pasture
also helps them avoid eating larvae. The height              that has been hayed, renovated, or rotated with
of the pasture sward can affect parasites. The               row crops. There is some killing of parasites on
majority of worm larvae crawl only one inch                  pasture during the winter due to freezing and
from the ground onto plants, so not allowing                 thawing; however, snow cover insulates the
animals to graze below that point will cut down              larvae. Summer is the time in the Southern
on a lot of infestation. This is one reason sheep            states when most larval kill will occur on
tend to have more problems with internal                     pastures. Sunlight will kill them, and this
parasites. They eat much lower to the ground                 occurrence can be used to determine which
than cattle do, picking up higher numbers of                 pastures can be used in the fall and into the
larvae. Therefore, it is important to monitor                winter. Grazing down to 2-4 inches from the
grazing sheep closely so they don’t graze too                ground allows more sunlight to get to those
low. Larvae migrate from the manure no more                  larvae and increases their chances of drying out
than 12 inches from the manure pile. If livestock            and being killed.
are not forced to eat close to their own manure,
they will eat fewer larvae.                                  Warmth, oxygen and moisture are the three
                                                             most important things that increase the chances
With sheep and goats, the most important time                that larvae will survive on pasture (4). Knowing
to control pasture contamination is during the               when your pastures are apt to be driest and
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coldest will help you manage them better for                parasites from reproducing but rarely kills
parasite control. Enclosures such as                        them. An example of an effective parasite
"Alternative Approaches to Managing Small                   control program can be found in Tennessee.
Ruminant Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites"               Dennis Onks, superintendent of the Highland
discuss pasture                                                    Rim Experiment Station in Springfield,
management in more                                                 Tennessee, has not wormed the adult
                                 The three most important
detail. Also enclosed is                                           cattle on the farm in eight years. They are
                                 things for larvae survival:
an article that                                                    wormed at weaning and then not again.
discusses the                                                      They have never shown any signs of
                                        • Warmth
deworming effects of                                               internal parasites and their condition is
                                        • Oxygen
certain plants, such as                                            excellent. These animals are on a high
                                        • Moisture
plantain. The plantain                                             plane of nutrition, have a low stress level,
must be young for the                                              and are strictly culled on production. All
animals to eat it readily as it loses palatability          these things work together to produce an animal
when it becomes mature.                                     that shows no signs of internal parasites.

Cleanliness is a defense against parasites. Feed           It is the young animal whose immune system is
troughs and water sources located where they               not fully mature and the animal whose immune
can be contaminated with feces will increase the           system is compromised by disease, inadequate
chances of livestock infestation. This is only one         nutrition, or other stress, that is most adversely
reason not to water directly from ponds, or to             affected by worms. Animals brought from
allow animals continuous access to water                   western rangelands, for example, where the arid
sources. Feeders should be cleaned and                     conditions keep parasites from surviving, have
elevated. Calving and lambing areas, as well as            no immunity and can easily be overwhelmed by
other holding areas, should be clean and dry.              worms.
Prevent the transmission of infestations from
new arrivals to the herd or flock by deworming             Every farm is different. The parasite load of the
them before arrival and again three weeks later.           animal depends on many variables − such as
                                                           stocking density, time of year, the reproductive
Sheep and goats are infested by the same                   state of the animal, etc. Good nutrition plays a
species of worms. Cattle are mainly infested by            big part in how well the animal’s immune
other species. The cattle parasite of most                 system mounts the proper defenses, and in the
concern is Ostertagia ostertagi, the brown
stomach worm. The barber pole worm,                          Many people have found, and research
Haemonchus contortus, is a stomach worm that
                                                             has shown, that adult animals rarely
can severely affect sheep. Enclosed is an article
that discusses the life cycle and infective larval
                                                             need to be wormed.
stages of worms.
                                                           animal’s overall ability to tolerate the presence
Immunity                                                   of some worms. Healthy and well-nourished
                                                           animals will be able to develop resistance and
While it is usually neither possible nor advisable         resilience to worms and other parasites much
to completely eliminate internal parasites in              better than thin animals that do not have good
sheep or other livestock, reduction of parasite            availability of quality feed (3). Resistance is the
load can be achieved. Many people have found,              ability of an animal to prevent the establishment
and research has shown, that adult animals                 and maintenance of a parasite population
rarely need to be wormed (4). Most animals                 within the gastrointestinal tract. Some
develop immunity against internal parasites,               individuals and some breeds show more
though not to the level that is developed against          resistance to parasitic infection than others.
viruses and bacteria. This immunity keeps the              Research to identify characteristics in such
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individuals is a hot area. Culling susceptible        Effect of Ivermectin on Dung Beetles
animals can take advantage of this. Resilience is
the ability of an animal to reduce production         There is concern today about the effects of
loss during a parasite infestation. Both of these     ivermectin on soil organisms, especially dung
traits are being looked at as ways of selecting       beetles. Research has shown that the use of
animals that will be less susceptible to parasite     ivermectin kills dung beetle larvae for up to 45
effects. Animals that possess some genetic            days through residue in the manure (6, 7).
resistance or resilience can still be infected with   Manure from livestock treated with ivermectin
worms. Therefore, you must keep in mind that          does not break down as fast, either. Other
this is just one more measure that will help          dewormers don’t appear to have the same effect.
control worm problems, not a cure by itself.          Also, the management system has to be taken
                                                      into consideration. Ivermectin under some
Soil Organisms                                        circumstances will be no more detrimental than
                                                      any other chemical dewormer. Soils with no
There are several soil organisms that can have        dung beetles will not be any more adversely
an impact on parasites. Managing pastures to          affected by the use of ivermectin in livestock
favor populations of beneficial soil organisms        than by other dewormers. Farmers using
will decrease parasite levels on pastures.            controlled grazing methods and working to
Oxygen is the primary requirement for worm            improve the health of their soil are the ones who
eggs and larvae to survive and develop.               will be most affected by using ivermectin. One
Earthworms have been shown to ingest worm             way to use ivermectin while working to
eggs and larvae, either killing them or carrying      improve soils is to have a sacrifice area where
them far enough below ground to keep them             animals are kept until the majority of the
from maturing. Dung beetles ingest and                ivermectin is excreted from them. The pour-on
disperse manure, taking it to their burrows, thus     formulations of ivermectin affect dung beetle
keeping eggs and larvae from developing. There        larvae for the least amount of time, the
are also nematophagous fungi that produce             sustained release formulation for the longest
“traps” that engulf and kill parasitic larvae.        period of time (6).
These fungi are more delicate than other fungi,
so there are rarely great numbers of them in the      Strategic Deworming
soil. If the soil is depleted or out of balance,
other, more dominant microorganisms will              There will be times when chemical dewormers
replace these fungi. Research in New Zealand          are the best treatment. The situation, time of
and the Netherlands is in progress using              year and location will help determine which
nematophagous fungi to determine if they can          chemical dewormer to use. These dewormings
be fed to cattle or other ruminants to kill larvae    should be strategically carried out in order to
in manure piles and the surrounding soil (5).         reduce the number of times needed. There are
This research is in its infancy and a marketable      three main classes of wormers--the
product is years away.                                benzimidazoles, such as fenbendazole or
                                                      Safeguard  (white); the imidazothiazoles, such
The amount of time that feces remain on the           as levamisole (yellow); and the avermectins, of
pasture has an effect on the number of parasite       which ivermectin (clear) is a member. Rotating
larvae that survive and mature. Anything that         these three classes yearly is an accepted rule for
hastens the breakdown of the feces will lessen        decreasing resistance buildup by the parasites
the number of larvae. This can include the soil       themselves. It is critical to reworm three weeks
organisms mentioned above, mechanical                 later, especially with newly weaned animals.
dragging of pastures, poultry or other animal         This kills those worms that were ingested and
disturbance and the consistency of the feces          matured following the initial deworming. This
themselves.                                           has been shown to significantly reduce pasture

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contamination. Strategic deworming is                days, check the egg count again. There should
discussed in detail in the enclosure "Alternative    be at least an 85 percent kill. You may need to
Approaches to Managing Small Ruminant                consult your veterinarian about the most
Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites."                effective dewormers for your area. If parasites
                                                     become resistant to a particular family of
It does little good to deworm livestock and          dewormers, then you will have to switch
return them to the same infected pasture. Do not     families. Alternating families of wormers is a
deworm and immediately move animals to a             good way of slowing resistance to the
clean pasture. All the dead worms, with very         dewormer. Many people alternate every time
viable eggs in them, will be passed to               they worm. Research does not recommend this.
contaminate the pasture. Instead, deworm, hold       Instead, use the same dewormer for a whole
animals in their same location for 12-24 hours,      year before switching. The enclosure "Is Parasite
and then move them to a clean pasture.               Control Possible?" discusses dewormer
Appropriate management minimizes                     resistance.
re-infection. Strategies discussed in the
enclosures include calving or lambing on clean       To implement any type of integrated parasite
pasture, weaning calves and lambs to clean           control program it is essential to know when
pasture (with cows and ewes grazing the              loads will be highest, such as at lambing; where
infested pastures in the fall), and pasture          the young animals stay at those highest egg
rotation between cattle and sheep. There are         production times; how pastures can be divided
several ways to utilize multiple animal species      and how long they can be rested in order to let
to control the worm population. One technique        eggs and larvae die. If the producer has some
that appears to work well is dividing your farm      idea of how much parasite infestation exists,
in half, with cattle on one half and sheep on the    this will also help in determining whether, and
other half. Midway through the grazing season,       how often, chemical deworming should be
switch halves of the farm. Having one species of     given. Some scientists and producers say that
livestock follow another one will have a benefit.    rotationally grazed pastures do not aid in
The different livestock species will break up        parasite control, because the rest period is
manure of other species and will not avoid those     usually not long enough to break the life cycles
areas of pastures. This will break the life cycles   of parasites. This is true. Most pastures are
of the parasites because their natural host will     rested between 21-30 days during the growing
not be present.                                      season, which is also the length of time it takes
                                                     for infective stage larvae to develop. The goal
There are many claims of different dewormers         then is to lower the number of infective larvae
that they will increase the weight of animals by     that are ingested by the animal. If even one
so many pounds. It is up to the producer to          thing can be done to lower these parasite
determine if this increased poundage is              numbers, it will help reduce the need for
economically justified. Animals and worms            chemical dewormers. One such technique was
have developed together. Getting rid of all          demonstrated by Dr. Louis Gasbarre (8). He
worms all the time is not essential for the health   showed that by deworming adult dairy cattle
of the animal, is rarely cost effective and can      after they have been rotated through all the
actually be detrimental since the immune             farm’s paddocks (which took nineteen days), all
system of the animal is an important defense         the larvae that survived the winter on the
mechanism in managing parasite effects.              pastures were eaten by the cattle and then killed
                                                     by the deworming. This deworming was done
Make sure that your dewormer is effective. If        before the larvae had matured to egg-producing
you are concerned that it isn’t, have a              worms. This eliminated the need for three
veterinarian check the egg count in the feces of     additional dewormings on that particular farm.
about 15 animals before treatment. After 10

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Managing the length of time animals remain on       counts, instead of realizing that it is the natural
a pasture is also important to remember. This is    cycle. I haven’t talked to any producer who
just one other item that has to be figured in       uses DE without significantly changing and
when doing pasture planning for a season.           then watching their management. Using DE is
Don’t let those pastures be grazed too short!       not just a simple substitute for a chemical
                                                    dewormer. This is another problem with the
Alternative Dewormers                               scientific research that has been done on DE.
                                                    Researchers have simply substituted DE for
Most alternative dewormers have not been            their conventional wormer and done everything
shown by scientific research to have any effect     else exactly the same. This is component
on numbers of worms. Diatomaceous earth (DE)        research, whereas to really prove that DE has an
has been promoted by some for controlling           effect, systems research needs to be done, using
internal and external parasites in livestock.       the same or similar management techniques that
Almost pure silica, DE is the finely ground         producers use. This type of research is much
fossilized remains of diatoms, tiny sea             more difficult to do. If you still want to use DE,
organisms that accumulate on the sea floor and      one dosage that I’ve seen used is ten to twenty
can be mined from deposits. The diatom              pounds per ton of mineral supplement. Every
remains have microscopic cutting edges that are     animal must be fed a dose every day to be
said to pierce the outer protective layer of        effective.
parasitic worms and insects, causing
dehydration and death. There is little scientific     ...farmers must know if their animals
data on the effectiveness of DE for internal
                                                      even have worms in order to know
parasites, but researchers have seen a decrease
                                                      whether control measures are needed,
in flies on animals when using DE. I have
enclosed a report from The Leopold Center
                                                      are effective, or how to effectively
about a project that showed no statistical            change them.
difference between the use of DE and the
control group. I have talked to Dan Morrical,       Deworming alternatives exist in herbal and folk
Sheep Extension Specialist at Iowa State, who       medicine used for centuries in other cultures.
told me that they had a hard time even getting      Herbs such as garlic work not by killing the
the lambs infested with worms, which was            worms, but by making the intestinal tract
necessary to test to the effectiveness of DE. I     healthier. Since worms and other intestinal
bring up this point to make you aware that          parasites have evolved to thrive in the
farmers must know if their animals even have        unhealthy digestive tract, anything that will
worms in order to know whether control              make that environment healthier will be
measures are needed, are effective, or how to       detrimental to their survival. Dr. Susan Wynn
effectively change them.                            (9), writing in the Journal of American Holistic
                                                    Veterinary Medical Association, discusses
Many producers have claimed that they have          alternative dewormers in great detail and points
had good results with DE, but their                 out that much more research needs to be done to
management is usually very good. They may be        determine the effectiveness of herbs and other
giving credit to the DE when they should be         natural substances traditionally used as
giving it to themselves. Although I have            dewormers. Her article also states that many
nothing to back me up, I’ve often wondered if it    herbs can be toxic to animals, so great care
isn’t the minerals in the DE that provide the       should be taken in giving them. There are
benefit. Worm egg count also naturally falls at     veterinarians who use herbs as part of a parasite
the end of summer and the beginning of fall.        control program. The AHVMA (10) has a list of
People who are doing fecal egg counts (FEC)         veterinarians practicing complementary and
may be thinking the DE is lowering the egg          alternative medicine in every state.

    ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management                                           Page 7
Conditions with Signs Similar to Parasitism            pursuit of parasite control, using alternative and
                                                       more management-intensive methods.
Keep in mind that there are other conditions
that can mimic the signs of parasites. It is easy to   References:
assume that any unthrifty or thin animal with a
rough hair coat or diarrhea is wormy. Internal         1)   Whitlock, J.H., et al. 1943. The relationship of
parasites may be present, but the clinical signs            diet to the development of Haemonchosis in
are secondary or a symptom of some other,                   sheep. Journal of the American Veterinary
more insidious disease or condition. Any                    Medical Association. January. p. 34-35.
stressful condition, such as a weather extreme,
                                                       2)   Stear, M.J., K. Bairden, et al. 1997. How hosts
can cause borderline clinical parasitism to
                                                            control worms. Nature. September 4. p. 27.
become severe. If animals do not have enough
forage or other feed in the fall so that they go       3)   Barrell, G.K., (ed.) 1997. Sustainable control of
into winter in good condition, this lack of                 internal parasites in ruminants. Animal
condition will cause additional stress on the               Industries Workshop. Lincoln University,
animal in other ways. This animal will be more              Canterbury, New Zealand. June. 280 p.
apt to show extreme clinical signs of parasitism,
including blood loss and death, than an animal         4)   Dr. Craig Reinemeyer
                                                            Department of Comparative Medicine
which might have some internal parasites but is
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in good physical condition and is on a high
                                                            Knoxville, TN 37901-1071
plane of nutrition. In this case, poor nutrition is         (423) 974-5727
the cause of the animal’s disease and worms are
the symptom.                                           5)   Waller, P.J. and Margaret Faedo. 1996. The
                                                            prospects for biological control of the free-living
Fescue toxicosis is often blamed when animals               stages of nematode parasites of livestock.
are actually wormy. These two conditions can                Volume 26, No. 8/9. p. 915-925.
also work together, and it can be hard to
                                                       6)   Herd, R.P., et al. 1996. Persistence of ivermectin
determine which one is the main culprit. Fescue
                                                            in plasma and feces following treatment of cows
toxicosis is especially blamed when bringing                with ivermectin sustained-release, pour-on or
animals from the western states. While that                 injectable formulations. International Journal
indeed may be a problem, the farmer needs to                for Parasitology. Vol. 26, No. 10. p. 1087-1093.
look at the time of year the animals have been
placed on fescue, what their overall body              7)   Strong, L., et al. 1996. The effect of faecally
condition is, and also check for the presence of            excreted ivermectin and fenbendazole on the
worm eggs in the feces.                                     insect colonisation of cattle dung following the
                                                            oral administration of sustained-release boluses.
                                                            Veterinary Parasitology. Volume 62. p. 253-266.
Conclusion
                                                       8)   McBride, Judy. 1998. An ounce of prevention
There is no one thing that can be given or done             equals pounds of milk. Agricultural Research.
to replace chemical dewormers. It will take a               January. p.10-11.
combination of extremely good management
techniques and possibly some alternative               9)   Wynn, Susan G. 1996. Anthelmintic therapy in
therapies. Do not think you can just stop                   holistic veterinary practice. Journal of the
deworming your animals with chemical                        American Holistic Veterinary Medical
dewormers. It is something you will need to                 Association. February-April. p. 15-19.
change gradually, observing and testing animals        10) American Holistic Veterinary Medical
and soil, in order to monitor your progress.               Association (AHVMA)
Alternative parasite control is an area that is            2214 Old Emmorton Road
receiving a lot of interest and attention.                 Bel Aire, MD 21015
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Enclosures:                                              Kidd, Randy. 1993. Control parasites organically?
                                                          The New Farm. November-December. p. 7, 11.
 Adams, Mary. 1997. Natural product evaluated for
 efficiency in deworming sheep. Leopold Letter.           Mitchell, Linda. 1996. Clean grazing for parasite
 Spring. p. 4-5.                                          control. New Farmer & Grower. November. p. 8-11.

 Anon. 1996. “Medicine” plants key to worm control.       Scarfe, A. David. 1993. Alternative approaches to
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Integrated Parasite Management Guide for Livestock

  • 1. INTEGRATED PARASITE MANAGEMENT 800-346-9140 FOR LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS GUIDE Appr i e Technol Tr opr at ogy ansf f Rur Ar er or al eas ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information center funded by the USDA’s Rural Business -- Cooperative Service. By Ann Wells, DVM NCAT Agriculture Specialist Integrated Parasite Management for Livestock April 1999 Abstract Animals Immune System Internal parasites can be a major problem for (Low Dose Exposure) producers. With parasites developing resistance to all dewormers and more farmers producing livestock by Weather Cold “natural” methods, there is interest in looking for Humidity Forages alternative ways to managing parasites problems. Height Soil Species Management is the most important thing to Dung Beetles By-pass Protein Phosphorus consider. The whole system affects internal parasites. Earthworms Nematophagous Fungi Nutrition and pasture management can help prevent problems by improving the health of the animals. There are soil organisms that kill or prevent the development of internal parasites. Strategic deworming means planning the timing when deworming is done. This can also be an important dewormer on the market has had some part of any management scheme. Little is known resistance built up to it by the internal parasites about the effectiveness of any alternative dewormer. that infest livestock. This resistance means that Changes will have to done slowly while observing not all the worms are killed during deworming. their outcome. The surviving worms pass that genetic resistance on to offspring. Introduction The growing concern about the resistance of Internal parasites are considered by some to be internal parasites to all classes of dewormers has one of the most economically important constraints in raising livestock. Confinement and pasture-based animals are almost certain to ✼✼✼ What's Inside ✼✼✼ be exposed to worms at some point in their life. Introduction............................................................1 Animals raised on the dry and arid rangelands Nutrition .................................................................2 are much less likely to be infested. But if these Pasture Management ............................................2 animals are brought to the more humid climates Immunity ................................................................4 east of the Rockies, worms will be a major Soil Organisms .......................................................5 problem for these animals. Effect of Ivermectin on Dung Beetles .................5 Strategic Deworming ............................................5 Most producers are aware of the problems that Alternative Dewormers ........................................7 worms cause, which range from decreased Conditions with Signs Similar to Parasitism.....8 productivity of their animals to death. Animals Conclusion..............................................................8 are usually routinely dewormed with different References...............................................................8 commercial chemicals, by owners using a Enclosures...............................................................9 variety of deworming schedules. Every ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 1
  • 2. caused people to look for alternatives. As degraded or broken down in the rumen, dewormers lose their effectiveness, the livestock animals lose less weight than those animals that community fears increasing economic losses were not fed the increased level of by-pass from worms. Much attention both in the protein. These researchers used fish meal as research community and on the farm is being their source of by-pass protein. However, there devoted to discovering ways to prevent and are forages that also have an increased level of treat internal parasites without relying on heavy by-pass protein because they contain tannins. doses of chemical dewormers. Many people These include birdsfoot trefoil and lespedeza. claim this treatment or that control measure The protein in native warm season grasses also works, but there are more questions than has a higher level of by-pass protein. Phosphorus By looking at the whole farm as an interrelated system, it becomes There is also research that shows that when the apparent that there are parts of the phosphorus level of the diet was at a level of system that can be managed to .28% phosphorus on a dry matter basis, the decrease internal parasites and weight gain of lambs infected with parasites their effects. was increased by 40% over those lambs fed a low (.18%) phosphorus level diet (3). answers. There is no simple alternative way of preventing or treating worms. By looking at the Pasture Management whole farm as an interrelated system, it becomes apparent that there are parts of the system that Management of animals, pastures and any can be managed to decrease internal parasites loafing areas is key to reducing the amount of and their effects. These management internal parasite problems in livestock. An adjustments not only postpone the day when understanding of the life cycles of the different chemical controls no longer work, but they also parasites within the whole soil-plant-animal may decrease costs and increase the overall system will help show the interrelationships health of the animal. between these three components. Managing internal parasites is just like managing fleas in Nutrition dogs and cats. The major part of the parasite life cycle is outside of the animal. This point will Nutrition plays a major role in how well help the producer to choose management animals are able to overcome the detrimental strategies that reduce parasite levels on his or effects of internal parasites. In fact, the signs of her farm and decrease the usage of chemical parasitism can often be used as a symptom of dewormers. The same principle is used in some other problem, usually poor nutrition. In integrated pest management for vegetables and an article in the Journal of the American Veterinary other crops. Medical Association in 1943, researchers showed that sheep placed on a high plane of nutrition Many farmers closely monitor their animals but were able to reduce their worm burden pay little attention to the plants and soil. Pasture significantly and many of the sheep were even contamination by infective larvae is the primary able to cure themselves (1). factor to deal with. If you start with an understanding of the interrelationship between By-pass Protein the animal, the plants it eats and the soil on which those plants grow, then it becomes Researchers in New Zealand have been clearer how parasites infect the animal and how studying the effects of by-pass protein on they can be managed so as not to cause as many parasitized sheep (2). They have found that by problems. Everything a farmer does to his or her increasing the amount of protein that is not animals, including the grazing management, ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 2
  • 3. affects the manure, which affects the animal’s periparturient rise, which is the sudden release environment. For example, animals that of infective larvae and eggs within the ewe’s continuously graze a pasture eat the grass into intestinal tract. This occurs right after lambing, the ground, while contaminating the soil with and is due to the ewe and doe’s immune system so many parasites that nothing outside of becoming temporarily less effective. By treating regular deworming with chemicals will control animals at this time, the exposure to newborn them. By using controlled grazing methods that and young lambs (those most susceptible to allow pastures to rest and soil life to function parasites) is minimized. well, contamination can be reduced. This reduction occurs because soil organisms, including earthworms, dung beetles, and Other ATTRA Materials of Interest nematophagous fungi will destroy or keep a lot of the parasite eggs and larvae Assessing the Pasture Soil Resource from developing. Keeping the grass in a Matching Livestock & Forage Resources more vegetative stage, and tall enough to Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Ruminants on Pasture provide the animal with adequate forage, Nutrient Cycling in Pastures will provide better nutrition to keep the Rotational Grazing animal healthier, strengthening the Sustainable Pasture Management immune system to prevent the adult Beef Farm Sustainability Checksheet worms from producing eggs. Parasites do Contact ATTRA at (800) 346-9140 to order these and other not cause as much harm to a healthy, well publications. nourished animal. The parasites that are present will not deplete the host as much as in an animal that is malnourished. Parasite Good grazing management includes the use of loads affecting wildlife generally do not cause clean pasture to minimize re-infection. Clean the death of the host, because the parasites need pasture is pasture that has not been grazed by the host to survive. The same principle applies the host animal (in this case sheep and goats) for to livestock. 12 months, and therefore is not contaminated with worm larvae. It may be new pasture, Pasture contamination can be reduced through pasture grazed by livestock such as cattle or management. Livestock will avoid manure piles horses which do not share parasites with sheep and the grass surrounding them. This behavior (goats do share parasites with sheep), or pasture also helps them avoid eating larvae. The height that has been hayed, renovated, or rotated with of the pasture sward can affect parasites. The row crops. There is some killing of parasites on majority of worm larvae crawl only one inch pasture during the winter due to freezing and from the ground onto plants, so not allowing thawing; however, snow cover insulates the animals to graze below that point will cut down larvae. Summer is the time in the Southern on a lot of infestation. This is one reason sheep states when most larval kill will occur on tend to have more problems with internal pastures. Sunlight will kill them, and this parasites. They eat much lower to the ground occurrence can be used to determine which than cattle do, picking up higher numbers of pastures can be used in the fall and into the larvae. Therefore, it is important to monitor winter. Grazing down to 2-4 inches from the grazing sheep closely so they don’t graze too ground allows more sunlight to get to those low. Larvae migrate from the manure no more larvae and increases their chances of drying out than 12 inches from the manure pile. If livestock and being killed. are not forced to eat close to their own manure, they will eat fewer larvae. Warmth, oxygen and moisture are the three most important things that increase the chances With sheep and goats, the most important time that larvae will survive on pasture (4). Knowing to control pasture contamination is during the when your pastures are apt to be driest and ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 3
  • 4. coldest will help you manage them better for parasites from reproducing but rarely kills parasite control. Enclosures such as them. An example of an effective parasite "Alternative Approaches to Managing Small control program can be found in Tennessee. Ruminant Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites" Dennis Onks, superintendent of the Highland discuss pasture Rim Experiment Station in Springfield, management in more Tennessee, has not wormed the adult The three most important detail. Also enclosed is cattle on the farm in eight years. They are things for larvae survival: an article that wormed at weaning and then not again. discusses the They have never shown any signs of • Warmth deworming effects of internal parasites and their condition is • Oxygen certain plants, such as excellent. These animals are on a high • Moisture plantain. The plantain plane of nutrition, have a low stress level, must be young for the and are strictly culled on production. All animals to eat it readily as it loses palatability these things work together to produce an animal when it becomes mature. that shows no signs of internal parasites. Cleanliness is a defense against parasites. Feed It is the young animal whose immune system is troughs and water sources located where they not fully mature and the animal whose immune can be contaminated with feces will increase the system is compromised by disease, inadequate chances of livestock infestation. This is only one nutrition, or other stress, that is most adversely reason not to water directly from ponds, or to affected by worms. Animals brought from allow animals continuous access to water western rangelands, for example, where the arid sources. Feeders should be cleaned and conditions keep parasites from surviving, have elevated. Calving and lambing areas, as well as no immunity and can easily be overwhelmed by other holding areas, should be clean and dry. worms. Prevent the transmission of infestations from new arrivals to the herd or flock by deworming Every farm is different. The parasite load of the them before arrival and again three weeks later. animal depends on many variables − such as stocking density, time of year, the reproductive Sheep and goats are infested by the same state of the animal, etc. Good nutrition plays a species of worms. Cattle are mainly infested by big part in how well the animal’s immune other species. The cattle parasite of most system mounts the proper defenses, and in the concern is Ostertagia ostertagi, the brown stomach worm. The barber pole worm, Many people have found, and research Haemonchus contortus, is a stomach worm that has shown, that adult animals rarely can severely affect sheep. Enclosed is an article that discusses the life cycle and infective larval need to be wormed. stages of worms. animal’s overall ability to tolerate the presence Immunity of some worms. Healthy and well-nourished animals will be able to develop resistance and While it is usually neither possible nor advisable resilience to worms and other parasites much to completely eliminate internal parasites in better than thin animals that do not have good sheep or other livestock, reduction of parasite availability of quality feed (3). Resistance is the load can be achieved. Many people have found, ability of an animal to prevent the establishment and research has shown, that adult animals and maintenance of a parasite population rarely need to be wormed (4). Most animals within the gastrointestinal tract. Some develop immunity against internal parasites, individuals and some breeds show more though not to the level that is developed against resistance to parasitic infection than others. viruses and bacteria. This immunity keeps the Research to identify characteristics in such ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 4
  • 5. individuals is a hot area. Culling susceptible Effect of Ivermectin on Dung Beetles animals can take advantage of this. Resilience is the ability of an animal to reduce production There is concern today about the effects of loss during a parasite infestation. Both of these ivermectin on soil organisms, especially dung traits are being looked at as ways of selecting beetles. Research has shown that the use of animals that will be less susceptible to parasite ivermectin kills dung beetle larvae for up to 45 effects. Animals that possess some genetic days through residue in the manure (6, 7). resistance or resilience can still be infected with Manure from livestock treated with ivermectin worms. Therefore, you must keep in mind that does not break down as fast, either. Other this is just one more measure that will help dewormers don’t appear to have the same effect. control worm problems, not a cure by itself. Also, the management system has to be taken into consideration. Ivermectin under some Soil Organisms circumstances will be no more detrimental than any other chemical dewormer. Soils with no There are several soil organisms that can have dung beetles will not be any more adversely an impact on parasites. Managing pastures to affected by the use of ivermectin in livestock favor populations of beneficial soil organisms than by other dewormers. Farmers using will decrease parasite levels on pastures. controlled grazing methods and working to Oxygen is the primary requirement for worm improve the health of their soil are the ones who eggs and larvae to survive and develop. will be most affected by using ivermectin. One Earthworms have been shown to ingest worm way to use ivermectin while working to eggs and larvae, either killing them or carrying improve soils is to have a sacrifice area where them far enough below ground to keep them animals are kept until the majority of the from maturing. Dung beetles ingest and ivermectin is excreted from them. The pour-on disperse manure, taking it to their burrows, thus formulations of ivermectin affect dung beetle keeping eggs and larvae from developing. There larvae for the least amount of time, the are also nematophagous fungi that produce sustained release formulation for the longest “traps” that engulf and kill parasitic larvae. period of time (6). These fungi are more delicate than other fungi, so there are rarely great numbers of them in the Strategic Deworming soil. If the soil is depleted or out of balance, other, more dominant microorganisms will There will be times when chemical dewormers replace these fungi. Research in New Zealand are the best treatment. The situation, time of and the Netherlands is in progress using year and location will help determine which nematophagous fungi to determine if they can chemical dewormer to use. These dewormings be fed to cattle or other ruminants to kill larvae should be strategically carried out in order to in manure piles and the surrounding soil (5). reduce the number of times needed. There are This research is in its infancy and a marketable three main classes of wormers--the product is years away. benzimidazoles, such as fenbendazole or Safeguard  (white); the imidazothiazoles, such The amount of time that feces remain on the as levamisole (yellow); and the avermectins, of pasture has an effect on the number of parasite which ivermectin (clear) is a member. Rotating larvae that survive and mature. Anything that these three classes yearly is an accepted rule for hastens the breakdown of the feces will lessen decreasing resistance buildup by the parasites the number of larvae. This can include the soil themselves. It is critical to reworm three weeks organisms mentioned above, mechanical later, especially with newly weaned animals. dragging of pastures, poultry or other animal This kills those worms that were ingested and disturbance and the consistency of the feces matured following the initial deworming. This themselves. has been shown to significantly reduce pasture ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 5
  • 6. contamination. Strategic deworming is days, check the egg count again. There should discussed in detail in the enclosure "Alternative be at least an 85 percent kill. You may need to Approaches to Managing Small Ruminant consult your veterinarian about the most Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites." effective dewormers for your area. If parasites become resistant to a particular family of It does little good to deworm livestock and dewormers, then you will have to switch return them to the same infected pasture. Do not families. Alternating families of wormers is a deworm and immediately move animals to a good way of slowing resistance to the clean pasture. All the dead worms, with very dewormer. Many people alternate every time viable eggs in them, will be passed to they worm. Research does not recommend this. contaminate the pasture. Instead, deworm, hold Instead, use the same dewormer for a whole animals in their same location for 12-24 hours, year before switching. The enclosure "Is Parasite and then move them to a clean pasture. Control Possible?" discusses dewormer Appropriate management minimizes resistance. re-infection. Strategies discussed in the enclosures include calving or lambing on clean To implement any type of integrated parasite pasture, weaning calves and lambs to clean control program it is essential to know when pasture (with cows and ewes grazing the loads will be highest, such as at lambing; where infested pastures in the fall), and pasture the young animals stay at those highest egg rotation between cattle and sheep. There are production times; how pastures can be divided several ways to utilize multiple animal species and how long they can be rested in order to let to control the worm population. One technique eggs and larvae die. If the producer has some that appears to work well is dividing your farm idea of how much parasite infestation exists, in half, with cattle on one half and sheep on the this will also help in determining whether, and other half. Midway through the grazing season, how often, chemical deworming should be switch halves of the farm. Having one species of given. Some scientists and producers say that livestock follow another one will have a benefit. rotationally grazed pastures do not aid in The different livestock species will break up parasite control, because the rest period is manure of other species and will not avoid those usually not long enough to break the life cycles areas of pastures. This will break the life cycles of parasites. This is true. Most pastures are of the parasites because their natural host will rested between 21-30 days during the growing not be present. season, which is also the length of time it takes for infective stage larvae to develop. The goal There are many claims of different dewormers then is to lower the number of infective larvae that they will increase the weight of animals by that are ingested by the animal. If even one so many pounds. It is up to the producer to thing can be done to lower these parasite determine if this increased poundage is numbers, it will help reduce the need for economically justified. Animals and worms chemical dewormers. One such technique was have developed together. Getting rid of all demonstrated by Dr. Louis Gasbarre (8). He worms all the time is not essential for the health showed that by deworming adult dairy cattle of the animal, is rarely cost effective and can after they have been rotated through all the actually be detrimental since the immune farm’s paddocks (which took nineteen days), all system of the animal is an important defense the larvae that survived the winter on the mechanism in managing parasite effects. pastures were eaten by the cattle and then killed by the deworming. This deworming was done Make sure that your dewormer is effective. If before the larvae had matured to egg-producing you are concerned that it isn’t, have a worms. This eliminated the need for three veterinarian check the egg count in the feces of additional dewormings on that particular farm. about 15 animals before treatment. After 10 ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 6
  • 7. Managing the length of time animals remain on counts, instead of realizing that it is the natural a pasture is also important to remember. This is cycle. I haven’t talked to any producer who just one other item that has to be figured in uses DE without significantly changing and when doing pasture planning for a season. then watching their management. Using DE is Don’t let those pastures be grazed too short! not just a simple substitute for a chemical dewormer. This is another problem with the Alternative Dewormers scientific research that has been done on DE. Researchers have simply substituted DE for Most alternative dewormers have not been their conventional wormer and done everything shown by scientific research to have any effect else exactly the same. This is component on numbers of worms. Diatomaceous earth (DE) research, whereas to really prove that DE has an has been promoted by some for controlling effect, systems research needs to be done, using internal and external parasites in livestock. the same or similar management techniques that Almost pure silica, DE is the finely ground producers use. This type of research is much fossilized remains of diatoms, tiny sea more difficult to do. If you still want to use DE, organisms that accumulate on the sea floor and one dosage that I’ve seen used is ten to twenty can be mined from deposits. The diatom pounds per ton of mineral supplement. Every remains have microscopic cutting edges that are animal must be fed a dose every day to be said to pierce the outer protective layer of effective. parasitic worms and insects, causing dehydration and death. There is little scientific ...farmers must know if their animals data on the effectiveness of DE for internal even have worms in order to know parasites, but researchers have seen a decrease whether control measures are needed, in flies on animals when using DE. I have enclosed a report from The Leopold Center are effective, or how to effectively about a project that showed no statistical change them. difference between the use of DE and the control group. I have talked to Dan Morrical, Deworming alternatives exist in herbal and folk Sheep Extension Specialist at Iowa State, who medicine used for centuries in other cultures. told me that they had a hard time even getting Herbs such as garlic work not by killing the the lambs infested with worms, which was worms, but by making the intestinal tract necessary to test to the effectiveness of DE. I healthier. Since worms and other intestinal bring up this point to make you aware that parasites have evolved to thrive in the farmers must know if their animals even have unhealthy digestive tract, anything that will worms in order to know whether control make that environment healthier will be measures are needed, are effective, or how to detrimental to their survival. Dr. Susan Wynn effectively change them. (9), writing in the Journal of American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, discusses Many producers have claimed that they have alternative dewormers in great detail and points had good results with DE, but their out that much more research needs to be done to management is usually very good. They may be determine the effectiveness of herbs and other giving credit to the DE when they should be natural substances traditionally used as giving it to themselves. Although I have dewormers. Her article also states that many nothing to back me up, I’ve often wondered if it herbs can be toxic to animals, so great care isn’t the minerals in the DE that provide the should be taken in giving them. There are benefit. Worm egg count also naturally falls at veterinarians who use herbs as part of a parasite the end of summer and the beginning of fall. control program. The AHVMA (10) has a list of People who are doing fecal egg counts (FEC) veterinarians practicing complementary and may be thinking the DE is lowering the egg alternative medicine in every state. ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 7
  • 8. Conditions with Signs Similar to Parasitism pursuit of parasite control, using alternative and more management-intensive methods. Keep in mind that there are other conditions that can mimic the signs of parasites. It is easy to References: assume that any unthrifty or thin animal with a rough hair coat or diarrhea is wormy. Internal 1) Whitlock, J.H., et al. 1943. The relationship of parasites may be present, but the clinical signs diet to the development of Haemonchosis in are secondary or a symptom of some other, sheep. Journal of the American Veterinary more insidious disease or condition. Any Medical Association. January. p. 34-35. stressful condition, such as a weather extreme, 2) Stear, M.J., K. Bairden, et al. 1997. How hosts can cause borderline clinical parasitism to control worms. Nature. September 4. p. 27. become severe. If animals do not have enough forage or other feed in the fall so that they go 3) Barrell, G.K., (ed.) 1997. Sustainable control of into winter in good condition, this lack of internal parasites in ruminants. Animal condition will cause additional stress on the Industries Workshop. Lincoln University, animal in other ways. This animal will be more Canterbury, New Zealand. June. 280 p. apt to show extreme clinical signs of parasitism, including blood loss and death, than an animal 4) Dr. Craig Reinemeyer Department of Comparative Medicine which might have some internal parasites but is 2407 River Dr. in good physical condition and is on a high Knoxville, TN 37901-1071 plane of nutrition. In this case, poor nutrition is (423) 974-5727 the cause of the animal’s disease and worms are the symptom. 5) Waller, P.J. and Margaret Faedo. 1996. The prospects for biological control of the free-living Fescue toxicosis is often blamed when animals stages of nematode parasites of livestock. are actually wormy. These two conditions can Volume 26, No. 8/9. p. 915-925. also work together, and it can be hard to 6) Herd, R.P., et al. 1996. Persistence of ivermectin determine which one is the main culprit. Fescue in plasma and feces following treatment of cows toxicosis is especially blamed when bringing with ivermectin sustained-release, pour-on or animals from the western states. While that injectable formulations. International Journal indeed may be a problem, the farmer needs to for Parasitology. Vol. 26, No. 10. p. 1087-1093. look at the time of year the animals have been placed on fescue, what their overall body 7) Strong, L., et al. 1996. The effect of faecally condition is, and also check for the presence of excreted ivermectin and fenbendazole on the worm eggs in the feces. insect colonisation of cattle dung following the oral administration of sustained-release boluses. Veterinary Parasitology. Volume 62. p. 253-266. Conclusion 8) McBride, Judy. 1998. An ounce of prevention There is no one thing that can be given or done equals pounds of milk. Agricultural Research. to replace chemical dewormers. It will take a January. p.10-11. combination of extremely good management techniques and possibly some alternative 9) Wynn, Susan G. 1996. Anthelmintic therapy in therapies. Do not think you can just stop holistic veterinary practice. Journal of the deworming your animals with chemical American Holistic Veterinary Medical dewormers. It is something you will need to Association. February-April. p. 15-19. change gradually, observing and testing animals 10) American Holistic Veterinary Medical and soil, in order to monitor your progress. Association (AHVMA) Alternative parasite control is an area that is 2214 Old Emmorton Road receiving a lot of interest and attention. Bel Aire, MD 21015 Programs and research will continue in the (410) 569-0795 ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 8
  • 9. Enclosures: Kidd, Randy. 1993. Control parasites organically? The New Farm. November-December. p. 7, 11. Adams, Mary. 1997. Natural product evaluated for efficiency in deworming sheep. Leopold Letter. Mitchell, Linda. 1996. Clean grazing for parasite Spring. p. 4-5. control. New Farmer & Grower. November. p. 8-11. Anon. 1996. “Medicine” plants key to worm control. Scarfe, A. David. 1993. Alternative approaches to CashMirror. March. p. 6. managing small ruminant gastrointestinal nematode parasites. In: Proceedings of the 1993 American Dairy Bowen, Joan. 1994. Economics of parasite control; Goat Association National Convention. Portland, OR. more isn’t necessarily better. sheep! December. p. 15. p. 37-44. Griffith, Charles. 1997. Forage. Ag News & Views. November. p. 1. By Ann Wells, DVM Hawker, Lisa Stormes. 1995. Is parasite control NCAT Agriculture Specialist possible? National Lamb & Wool Grower. July. p. 28- 30. April 1999 Herring, Chris. 1994. Ask the vet. The Fiberfest Magazine. Summer. p. 27-28. THE ATTRA PROJECT IS OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY UNDER A GRANT FROM THE RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE PRODUCTS, COMPANIES, OR INDIVIDUALS. ATTRA IS LOCATED IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN FAYETTEVILLE AT P.O. BOX 3657, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72702. ATTRA STAFF MEMBERS PREFER TO RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE VIA THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER 800-346-9140. ATTRA // Integrated Parasite Management Page 9