Beeliz, shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll get you the MSDS. Inhalation hazard is low, but if you work with it a lot, i'd wear a mask. The MSDS will spell it out.
Well, i've read my fair share of field trial reports with control groups (cattle mostly) on DE. It's typical to see reduced internal parasites, sometimes complete elimination in the trials that lasted for a year, but those reports stay internal for obvious reasons. Can't have your competitors...
I'll tell you what- I'll get in touch with the mine and request any data on chickens in particular. I'm pretty sure they haven't done pultry, and if that's true, i'll put in a request for testing regarding relationship between DE and internal parasites. If/When i get results, i'll post them...
Bear Foot,
You seem to mis understand me. The producers and consumers aren't requesting reports is what I'm saying - they use it because it works for the multitude of reasons they need it for. Does my 100k-head dairy farm care about DE controlling internal parasites? No, they care that it keeps...
Hello,
I'm posting from my phone, so i'll be short. I supply most grades of DE through our distribution company, and i work a lot with the Ag and Dairy industries in CA. I'm not in the business of selling snake oil and only provide what these multimillion dollar companies need. I'll try to...