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Originally Posted by sbl
I don't think the article said that all farmers give antibiotics (w/wo hormones) to all cows, but depending on the needs or the problem they may dose the entire herd as a preventive and/or treatment.
It was yrs ago when I worked at the dairy farm--one thing we did was fog the milking barn with pesticides like DDT or Chlordane to kill the flies (the floor would end up with a solid layer of flies). All of this was pushed out and washed down with the manure at the end of the milking shift. Of course, DDT and Chlordane are no longer used, but I'm sure the fly problem is still there--I don't know what they use now. Pretty much all farm animals need wormers every yr or so, depending on the parasite there are various chemicals that are used--the only one I can think of is pyranyl palmoate--not very toxic, but certainly synthetic.
Again I am not saying don't use manures, but you might want to know a little more about your source.
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I was not condeming the article, it's a good article, just pointing out that there is a reason for the antibiotics in the manure. Of course there are lots of farmers who have chosen not to use the growth hormone but most do feed corn which again leads to antibiotics. You are correct that you have to know the source if you want to avoid it.
Oh and about the worming, we buy organic grass fed bison that has never been wormed. They use Diatomaceous earth on them.