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Screwworm is here...

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FishrCoAg
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Deerdude said:

BlueSmoke said:

Deerdude said:

Right or wrong I've put Safe-Guard licks in feeder pens. Do it every year before fawning starts. It's Fenbendazole. Makes me feel better anyway and the deer hammer it.

Isn't that more for intestinal worms?


Yea but it's a parasitic lick. Best I can do.


It does nothing to control screwworms or any other external parasites
Deerdude
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Yea I know that i put it out every late spring and Maybe not anything proven except that I'm trying something that I do every year anyway and it won't hurt anything. If it were found to save a deer then I win. If not, no sweat.
About 60 years ago sterile flies were a crazy idea.
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FishrCoAg said:

Deerdude said:

BlueSmoke said:

Deerdude said:

Right or wrong I've put Safe-Guard licks in feeder pens. Do it every year before fawning starts. It's Fenbendazole. Makes me feel better anyway and the deer hammer it.

Isn't that more for intestinal worms?


Yea but it's a parasitic lick. Best I can do.


It does nothing to control screwworms or any other external parasites

But, it makes those people feelz good - something that is not only aligned with certain "demographic people." Deerdude (or whatever your handle is, I do commend you for wanting to be proactive) Thanks for your response previously saying they are taking my comments as too harsh. I don't blame hobby farmers and bait hunters. I only pointed out these were not so prevalent as the previous outbreak. And I stated bluntly that I hoped that I was wrong that these conditions would make it harder this time around. We've got very large stockpiles of known mediations for controlling scewworm only because I knew this was coming. But, in reality only the sterile fly program is a known/given solution. Too bad we are far behind where we should be.

FishrCoAg - take care of that wonderful lady. You are a blessed man and also in a professional manner, Texas is lucky to have you as a superb Vet so important in a critical area!
 
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