Clove of garlic a day keeps the midge away
Published Date:
11 July 2008
Farm consultants and suppliers the Glendale Group are offering a feed supplement which will help keep midges off animals by making them stink of garlic.
The bright idea is called Sea-Gah-Lic – a bucket of seaweed meal, which is a standard supplement to the diets of sheep, cattle, goats and deer, only flavoured with garlic, which is a traditional human precaution against biting insects.
The idea is to put off the midges which spread Bluetongue disease.
It was launched at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh this week.
A spokesman for the Stirling-based manufacturers said: "There's quite a lot of good science behind it.
"Louis Pasteur showed that garlic had anti-microbial properties and it has been found effective when fed to livestock before – mainly horses, but lately, in Scotland, we have been experimenting with giving it to sheep and cattle.
"It does have its problems. You have to withdraw it 28 days before an animal is slaughtered, for example, or a week before you start milking a cow, because the garlic seeps into the whole system."
Sea-Gah-Lic is advertised as "suitable for all grazing livestock" and comes in 18kg and 36kg tubs.
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Last Updated:
11 July 2008 3:18 PM
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