{"id":449,"date":"2011-11-28T13:14:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coverartdesign.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-11-28T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:14:57","slug":"garlic-the-wonder-plant-for-all-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csi0926.cldo.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Garlic: The Wonder Plant For All Livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tBy Philip A. Wheeler, Ph.D.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the main problems with factory farm production is how to keep the animals or fowl healthy [or at least alive till slaughter] in spite of all the factors that would make it unhealthy.\u00a0\u00a0The decision to use both sub-therapeutic and therapeutic drugs has allowed factory farming to survive, but the damaging effects to humans may take decades to undue.<\/p>\n

Becoming a sustainable, organic or bio-dynamic grower would preclude the use of many of the factory farm concepts, but some of the problems can still remain.\u00a0\u00a0Any herd or flock situation increases the chance of communicable diseases.\u00a0\u00a0Every farm on the \u201cright path\u201d does not have total and complete remineralization of their soils, total and complete micro-organism replenishment and balance, the perfect blend or grasses, legumes and herbs in the pasture, perfect weather or the perfect ration.\u00a0\u00a0If this was so, there would be no need for animal supplements, probiotics, wormers or drenchers, or veterinarian calls to any farm using the \u201cright paradigm\u201d.<\/p>\n

The main problems of bacteria, viral and fungal organisms are still out there.\u00a0\u00a0Blood urea nitrogen and ammonia can still reduce production.\u00a0\u00a0Weather stresses can still occur. Breeding and birthing can still be accompanied by problems.<\/p>\n

There are several legitimate approaches to these problems for the informed grower.\u00a0\u00a0Probiotics can be used to increase the intestinal flora, mineral supplements can be fed, clay products can be fed to help absorb ammonia and high doses of vitamins, herbs or phytonutrients can be used.<\/p>\n

One of the best, most natural and cost effect approaches is the use of garlic (Allium stativum) of the lily family.\u00a0\u00a0Garlic is the most commonly uses remedial herb in the animal world.\u00a0\u00a0Its\u2019 amazing properties include its direct use as an antibiotic (including anti-viral and anti-fungal), an internal and external controller of parasites, an immune system builder\/enhancer and a production increaser.\u00a0\u00a0Garlic has been used since some of the earliest civilizations as a medicine for humans.\u00a0\u00a0Like all other \u201cfold medicines\u201d, it took a long time for the \u201cexperts\u201d to actually test it and prove that it did have the reported attributes.\u00a0\u00a0Even though Louis Pasteur, the father of the germ theory of disease, showed that garlic would fight infections as early as 1858, it is only recently that medical people are conducting more research into its\u2019 potential uses.\u00a0\u00a0All the benefits of garlic that have been proven for humans also apply to livestock.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the antibiotic effect while recognizing that garlic contains an amazing number of beneficial compounds that can affect any and all health aspects.\u00a0\u00a0One of the main beneficial compounds is allicin, the compound that is responsible for the antibiotic effect as well as the infamous \u201cgarlic breath\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The compound allicin is not found in an intact garlic bulb or clove.\u00a0Individual cells must be broken open to allow the mixing of an amino acid called allinin with an enzyme called allinase which then forms the allicin compound.\u00a0\u00a0Now you have a natural antibiotic that is also anti-viral and anti-fungal.\u00a0\u00a0Unlike commonly used antibiotics, bacteria do not become resistant to the allicin.\u00a0\u00a0Allicin is also effective against a broad range of bacteria, making it an excellent choice for therapeutic or sub-therapeutic use in herd or flock conditions.<\/p>\n

Since garlic grows under a wide variety of conditions, it is important to recognize that garlic can vary in its\u2019 strength of compounds according to soil content and conditions.\u00a0\u00a0One of the most important elements for growing \u201cpowerful\u201d garlic is sulfur.\u00a0There are over 20 active sulfur compounds that can provide beneficial effects as well as the \u201codor\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The area around\u00a0Hollister,\u00a0CAis the largest growing area for\u00a0US\u00a0garlic.\u00a0\u00a0I assume or hope that the growers in that area are maintaining their sulfur levels as well as their selenium levels, as that is the second major mineral nutrient providing many of the benefits.<\/p>\n

Processing is also a factor in producing a viable product.\u00a0\u00a0The effective compounds must be carefully and gently extracted from the pulp and then stabilized for storage or shipment.\u00a0\u00a0Evidence of a good extraction is the loss of taste, odor or failure to \u201crot\u201d of the pulp. Home made brews should usually be used immediately, but concentrated garlic oil, homeopathic remedies or alcohol tinctures will have a longer shelf life.\u00a0\u00a0Certified organic commercial products are now available for growers who are not into the \u201cdo it yourself\u201d mode.<\/p>\n

The second major use or function is parasite control.\u00a0\u00a0Most internal parasites are worms or flukes.\u00a0\u00a0Chemical or drug helminthics (wormers) are usually poisons that have no place in the routine worming process.\u00a0\u00a0There is more known about the repulsion of external parasites using garlic than the mode or efficacy of internal control.\u00a0\u00a0In external control the sulfur compounds are carried throughout the body when garlic is taken internally and then expelled through the skin tissue.\u00a0\u00a0Sulfur compounds also are expelled through the lungs to give repulsion around the mouth and face areas where flies can be a problem.\u00a0\u00a0This is the same mode of action and same compounds that allow garlic to be used for insect repulsion on plants.\u00a0\u00a0If a grower cannot introduce the garlic through feedstuffs or supplements, the extracts can be used in the water source.\u00a0\u00a0Agitation is recommended if used in the water, as the extracts tend to settle.\u00a0\u00a0If the above methods of use are just aren\u2019t feasible, the extracts can be used as an external spray.\u00a0\u00a0Garlic is extremely systemic, so the external efficacy is quite good.\u00a0\u00a0(Any cook that gets garlic on his or her hands can end up with \u201cgarlic breath\u201d.)<\/p>\n

The last two effects, immunity building and increased production are hard to separate.\u00a0\u00a0Conventional growers routinely use sub-therapeutic does of antibiotics to overcome the immune deficiencies inherent is their systems by killing the organisms that would limit gain.\u00a0\u00a0So when garlic juice extract is used as a livestock feed supplement, any immune building can also be translated into fewer unwanted organisms or parasites and more energy going into gain.\u00a0\u00a0The gain can be muscle\/meat, milk, hair, reproductive success or birth survival.<\/p>\n

Well grown and processed garlic contains significant amounts of vitamin C, E and B complex.\u00a0\u00a0It also contains the myriad of sulfur compounds and other phtyonutrients that include anti-oxidants.\u00a0\u00a0However, the other mineral nutrient that makes garlic a real immune builder and gain producer is selenium (Se).\u00a0\u00a0Se. is known as being essential to even having a functioning immune system in humans and animals.\u00a0\u00a0As reviewed in my previous article, Mind Your S\u2019s, (sulfur, selenium and silica) selenium is an essential nutrient in a narrow range and \u201cdeadly\u201d in either deficiency or excess.\u00a0\u00a0Due to fears, regulations and lack of knowledge, selenium supplementation of soils and livestock can be difficult.\u00a0\u00a0Even though soil supplementing is usually the best approach, Se can be accessed in the\u201dperfect\u201d form [as part of a plant and accompanied by other valuable synergistic compounds] in garlic extract.<\/p>\n

A well produced garlic extract in a finished product should be able to furnish about .1ppm selenium per 2-4 oz of product.\u00a0\u00a0Some growers may already know Se levels in pastures, forages, blood levels, etc., while others have not checked at all.\u00a0\u00a0A good pasture should provide about .2ppm in the mixture of grasses, legumes, herbs and weeds, but it is doubtful that few eastern, southern and mid-west pastures would provide that amount if soil supplementation has not occurred.\u00a0\u00a0So adding garlic extract to the diet has the potential to provide health improvement or gain beyond what they are now experiencing.\u00a0\u00a0High producing milk cows, where production records are usually very accurate, show excellent response to Se.\u00a0\u00a0Even though there may be few visible symptoms of Se deficiency, \u201chidden\u201d failure to gain may be occurring just as \u201chidden\u201d yield loss occurs on most farms due to one or more missing nutrients.<\/p>\n

Typical selenium deficiency symptoms include: high somatic cell count; low solids or protein in milk; reduced gain or production; retained placenta; reproductive disorders; death of young soon after birth; metritis, etc.\u00a0\u00a0Again, lack of these obvious symptoms does not mean economic gain cannot be experienced with the use of garlic extracts by themselves or blended with other natural compounds.\u00a0\u00a0The only way to find out how much more gain can be achieved is to run your own trials with a garlic product.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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