People who include natural products into their animals health plans aren't working with large quantities because you're not aiming for a total purge, as you would with the veterinary product. You're just trying to create beneficial gut conditions so that the worm load stays manageable.
Lots of people all over the world traditionally add nettles to horse feed in spring as a cleanser and fenugreek seeds in the fall to build coat condition. I think those too probably have a secondary effect of improving gut world. Also, having a nice mix of stuff in your pasture, like dandelions and buckwheat as well as Timothy alfalfa clover etc.
There will always be a place for purge wormers and I do believe we're very fortunate to live in a time when we've got that tool. But there's no reason to throw out the useful traditions of the past that were aimed at supporting an animals overall well being so it could manage the occasional parasite or two.
Lots of people all over the world traditionally add nettles to horse feed in spring as a cleanser and fenugreek seeds in the fall to build coat condition. I think those too probably have a secondary effect of improving gut world. Also, having a nice mix of stuff in your pasture, like dandelions and buckwheat as well as Timothy alfalfa clover etc.
There will always be a place for purge wormers and I do believe we're very fortunate to live in a time when we've got that tool. But there's no reason to throw out the useful traditions of the past that were aimed at supporting an animals overall well being so it could manage the occasional parasite or two.