IS THERE ANY EFFECT BY DIETARY DIATOMACEOUS EARTHS IN THE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES?
L:NUTI1, B. JOHNSON1, D. MCWHINNEY1, N. ELSAYED2, J. THOMPSON2, T. CRAIG*2 1INTERNATIONAL DAIRY GOAT CENTER, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, PRAIRIE VIEW, TX 2COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TX, USA A pasture trial was run using 79 pregnant/lactating goats of four different breeds. The pastures had been grazed by the combined flock prior to the beginning of the trial and all of the does were treated with oral Ivermectin at a dose averaging 0.4 mg/kg during the preparturient phase of gestation. The does were blocked by breed and randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. The treatment group was then confined to a single pasture for the duration of the trial. The 16 week trial began during the first week of March 1999. The does had begun kidding in early February and continued until mid April. All does produced one or more kids. All goats were fed 1.36 kg/head/day of a 12% protein concentrate in addition to access to the pasture. The feed was p
