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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 901290" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>If you show me an organically approved delousing treatment, I'll gladly get rid of the lice of my herd. I figure if you did a good job of it and keep a closed herd, you actually should be free of them unless you have a lot of other cattle on the other side of the fence. As it stands though, since Ivomec, etc are all systemic toxins, they cannot be used on organic farms. I've also noticed that some animals get lice worse than others, and have yet to find a good explanation (older cattle seem to have less though). On a couple of my animals (those that let me), I will give them a spring wash with a dog flea shampoo (rotenone/pyrethrine based). I also have a sheepshear, and I'm kinda wondering if shaving the hair of the cattle down to 1/4" would help them... be a heck of a job though and better watch out for flying hooves. A couple of my yearling heifers and my first time calver have lots right now and are shedding, with my help. I have found one benefit to cattle having lice... They really appreciate you for a rubbing!</p><p></p><p>If an animal only has a few lice, I have actually had reasonable success picking them off by hand.</p><p></p><p>BTW, what kind of lice do they have in Australia??? ONLY 2 to 5 CM long? I'll be a horses @ss if I'd ever let my cattle have lice that are 1 to 2 inches long on them!..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 901290, member: 9096"] If you show me an organically approved delousing treatment, I'll gladly get rid of the lice of my herd. I figure if you did a good job of it and keep a closed herd, you actually should be free of them unless you have a lot of other cattle on the other side of the fence. As it stands though, since Ivomec, etc are all systemic toxins, they cannot be used on organic farms. I've also noticed that some animals get lice worse than others, and have yet to find a good explanation (older cattle seem to have less though). On a couple of my animals (those that let me), I will give them a spring wash with a dog flea shampoo (rotenone/pyrethrine based). I also have a sheepshear, and I'm kinda wondering if shaving the hair of the cattle down to 1/4" would help them... be a heck of a job though and better watch out for flying hooves. A couple of my yearling heifers and my first time calver have lots right now and are shedding, with my help. I have found one benefit to cattle having lice... They really appreciate you for a rubbing! If an animal only has a few lice, I have actually had reasonable success picking them off by hand. BTW, what kind of lice do they have in Australia??? ONLY 2 to 5 CM long? I'll be a horses @ss if I'd ever let my cattle have lice that are 1 to 2 inches long on them!.. [/QUOTE]
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