Posted by Karen on September 03, 2002 at 04:06:46:
In Reply to: Re: That "new wormer" I was talking about posted by Mary on September 02, 2002 at 17:00:26:
I have heard from other lists very bad things about using cattle pour ons on goats. One women lost much of her herd and of what survived many had minimal to major nerve damage. The diagnosis was that the chemical that carries the wormer into the animal through the skin is to stronge for the thinner hide of the goat causeing anything from slight nerve damage to death in goats but not in cattle. This was not a isolated incident it has happened on other farms as well. Others have said they used it no problems but is it worth the risk only you can decide that. I wish I could remember the name of the list the women that moderates it has many articles on our list her name is Suzanne Gesperato (sp) from Onion Creek. You may want to search our articles section to see if she has written anything about it.