Fantastic: We have just received more photos and updates on our work in France from Dr Bernadette Lichtfouse
Tom, Dr Bernadette Lichtfouse and myself
We have been told that several farmers have started to use the oils…with very promising results. One farmer has created a blog and another has begun recording data on quantities selected at the farm below, (where we did our first demonstration/talk).
French goat farmers carry remedies for the herd to choose from
The heard in the photo below suffered mainly from nematode infestations, they are exploring clove oil (blue bucket), however not surprisingly garlic essential oil, which has the potential to paralyse the worms within 15 minutes preventing them from reproducing, was favoured (green bucket). What we then saw was fascinating; there was a sudden noise that caused the goats to run in fear to the other end of the paddock, however one remained undisturbed. She was very underweight, most likely worm ridden (see photo below). An innate response would have been to run with the herd for protection, but the garlic would be of greater interest to her survival.
Goats selecting clove oil
One goat stayed behind selecting garlic when the heard left
We spent the final afternoon working with bovines, they were in a beautiful setting in the French countryside. We collected water from the river and put a selection of oils in buckets. They all seemed pretty healthy, but we were interested to see if they needed a particular oil. We offered peppermint, melissa, garlic, clove, green clay, thyme and rose oil. Melissa (generally selected for viral conditions) was the favoured and they finished a 5 litre bucket while we were there, the next favourite oil was clove and a couple selected rose, one of the couple had just given birth, and the other had reproductive problems.
Tom, Dr Bernadette Lichtfouse and myself
We have been told that several farmers have started to use the oils…with very promising results. One farmer has created a blog and another has begun recording data on quantities selected at the farm below, (where we did our first demonstration/talk).
French goat farmers carry remedies for the herd to choose from
The heard in the photo below suffered mainly from nematode infestations, they are exploring clove oil (blue bucket), however not surprisingly garlic essential oil, which has the potential to paralyse the worms within 15 minutes preventing them from reproducing, was favoured (green bucket). What we then saw was fascinating; there was a sudden noise that caused the goats to run in fear to the other end of the paddock, however one remained undisturbed. She was very underweight, most likely worm ridden (see photo below). An innate response would have been to run with the herd for protection, but the garlic would be of greater interest to her survival.
Goats selecting clove oil
One goat stayed behind selecting garlic when the heard left
We spent the final afternoon working with bovines, they were in a beautiful setting in the French countryside. We collected water from the river and put a selection of oils in buckets. They all seemed pretty healthy, but we were interested to see if they needed a particular oil. We offered peppermint, melissa, garlic, clove, green clay, thyme and rose oil. Melissa (generally selected for viral conditions) was the favoured and they finished a 5 litre bucket while we were there, the next favourite oil was clove and a couple selected rose, one of the couple had just given birth, and the other had reproductive problems.
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