Dealing With Worms in Cattle

      Two of our cows started to lose weight and began to look unhealthy. Eventually both of the cows died of an unknown cause.  After talking to several different ranchers, I found that it was possible for the cattle to die of worms.  Because the cows slowly lost weight these ranchers thought worms was a possible cause of the their deaths. To  prevent this from happening again, I now give the cattle worm blocks to eat. After feeding the cows these worm blocks, one cow that had lost weight turned right around and looked very healthy after a couple of weeks. I plan to give the cattle two of these worm blocks every year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

This is the worm block that we give to the cattle twice a year.


                                           - Andrew Stickler