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Health in the News:

September is the Month for Blue-Green Algae Poisoning

Boise – The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game wish to alert the public, especially ranchers, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts about the dangers of blue-green algae bloom. Blue-green algae blooms commonly are found in ponds, lakes and streams where water is warm and slow moving. They generally can be identified by the appearance of floating layers of scum resembling pea soup. When the algae bloom, they can naturally produce toxins which can be deadly when ingested. Pet and livestock owners should avoid allowing animals to swim or drink water if algae are visible.

Nine Montana cattle recently died within minutes of drinking lake water with blue-green algae "bloom". An eyewitness said the cattle died only a few feet from the water source. "In past years, Idaho has documented cases of blue-green algae bloom deaths, and with the current drought conditions experienced this year, some water supplies may be primed for toxic blooms," said Dr. Greg Ledbetter, state veterinarian for the ISDA.

"If pond scum is present I would recommend keeping pets out of the water and finding alternate water sources for livestock," Ledbetter said.

Idaho Fish and Game cautions that hunters using dogs early in the bird seasons need to be careful about allowing their dogs to drink from algae-contaminated pools. In recent years, at least one hunting dog has died and others sickened after drinking from stagnant pools in the Hells Canyon area. Dogs are particularly susceptible to blue-green algae poisoning because the scum can attach to dogs’ coats and be swallowed during self-cleaning.

Blue-green algae are expected to bloom until the first frost of fall.

Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) January - March 2008

The table below lists 22 names of products and potential signals of serious risks/new safety information that were identified for these products during the period January - March 2008 in the AERS database.

“The appearance of a drug on this list does not mean that FDA has concluded that the drug has the listed risk. It means that FDA has identified a potential safety issue, but does not mean that FDA has identified a causal relationship between the drug and the listed risk” says the FDA website.

“Food and Drug Administration officials said they are trying to walk a fine line in being more open to the public while avoiding needless scares. Congress, in a drug safety bill passed last year, ordered the agency to post quarterly listings of medications under investigation” says Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar in his article on this topic written for the Associated Press.

"My message to patients is this: Don't stop taking your medicine," said Dr. Janet Woodcock, who heads the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "

Drugs with Potential Safety Problems Include:

Drugs under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration, what they are used for and the potential problem:

·        R-Gene 10, a growth hormone, pediatric overdose caused by labeling/packaging confusion.

·        Suprane, an anesthetic, cardiac arrest.

·        Cymbalta, for depression and other conditions, urinary retention.

·        Intelence, an HIV medication, bleeding into joints.

·        Carac and Kuric, creams for skin conditions and fungal infections, name confusion.

·        Heparin, a blood-thinner, serious allergic reactions.

·        Extraneal, used in kidney dialysis, low blood sugars.

·        Humulin R (U-500), insulin for diabetes, dosing confusion.

·        Stromectol and Warfarin, an anti-parasite drug and a blood thinner, drug interaction.

·        Tykerb, for advanced breast cancer, liver damage.

·        Revlimid, for multiple myeloma, severe skin blistering and bleeding.

·        Tysabri, for multiple sclerosis, skin melanomas.

·        Nitrostat, for angina, overdose caused by labeling confusion.

·        Sandostatin LAR, for abnormal bone growth, bowel obstruction.

·        Oxycontin, a painkiller, drug misuse, abuse and overdose.

·        Definity, used in cardiac imaging, cardiopulmonary reactions.

·        Dilantin injection, for epileptic seizures, serious skin reaction.

·        Seroquel, for bipolar disorder, overdose caused by sample pack labeling confusion.

·        Tyzeka, for chronic hepatitis B, nerve damage.

·        Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockers, for juvenile arthritis, cancers in children and young adults.

Links and References:

Associated Press Article:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/378061

_fda06.html?source=rss

FDA Website Info on this topic:

http://www.fda.gov/Cder/aers/potential

_signals/potential_signals_2008Q1.htm

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What's New on the Website:

I’ve updated the Diet & Nutrition and Coaching Corner sections, added a few articles and put summaries of each document in this section on the main Diet & Nutrition page to make it easier to see if those articles would be pertinent for my readers.

A big thanks to Sara Roeder for the List of Baby Foods and Formulas that are now posted under exam forms. Lists like these help so much when we’re trying to track down food allergies.

And I’ve been sending out quite a few hard copies of the famous Tooth Chart—a chart someone divined that shows the energetic relationship of each tooth to the body—kind of like a reflexology chart only for the mouth. So I grabbed the best copy I could (thanks to a client who sent it to me) to post for you to see.

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Case of the Month:

Morgellon’s Disease 

I’ve been fielding calls from potential clients and other practitioners for a very strange set of symptoms these last few months. There’s a new disease out there and it’s called Morgellon’s Disease. As a matter of fact, a 12-person task force at the Center for Disease Control has been assigned to this new challenge. It was brought to their attention by the public, health care providers, public health officials, Congress and the media. So far, results have been inconclusive.  

As of October 29, 2008, 13,024 families have registered with the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) (Reference: http://www.morgellons.org) and felt they or a member of their family met criteria for Morgellons as defined by the MRF. Of the U.S. families in the MRF registry, 24% reside in California with geographic clustering in the San Francisco metropolitan areas. I’m fielding cases from all over the United States though. 

A 63—year-old African American woman who was the sole bread winner and matriarch of her family was walking down a big city street in the southern Midwest near an Asian restaurant one day and a bug flew up her nose.  

Well, a couple of weeks after that, she felt itching—like parasites were crawling on her skin and hair. Eventually she could see little bugs crawling out of her skin. The itching increased in intensity to encompass 24-hours a day and she could barely get any rest. She called in a local exterminator twice and had the house treated but the parasites only continued to grow inside her. She took herbs, supplements and applied several things topically to no avail. 

Trip after trip to several doctors  who found nothing finally landed her in a mental institution. The only way she got achieved being released, she shared with me, was to tell people that she no longer saw the bugs and no longer itched. “It took all I had to keep from scratching just to get myself out of there” she said. “But I still itch.”  (I’ve heard some people seeing up to 20 different doctors for Morgellons.) 

She sent me samples which she had picked off her skin, scalp and coat in a 7-compartment pill box but when I looked at them all I saw were some balls of lint. Imagine my surprise when I put a specimen under the microscope and saw the typical Morgellon’s fibers! They looked pretty much like this: 

I was really jazzed on finding out what this actually was, so I did some research and footwork and came up with the Morgellon’s possibility.  

At first I forwarded these types of cases to the Center for Disease Control, mycologists, parasitologists, entomologists and to their local health departments but they shared with me that no one was willing to help them.  

How hard could this be to get people excited about the possibility of discovering a new disease and learning more about it I thought—so I spent a day following leads: 

I started in the veterinary department at Washington State University. They sent me to the parasitology department, who sent me to the entomology department. It was here where I got the most information.  

Apparently the entomologists have been seeing the most cases of this Morgellon’s syndrome. They’ve spend a lot of time as a group trying to help people with this disease and even speak about it at their conventions. The conclusion (much to the relief of the entomologist I talked to for about an hour) was that they should send these people back to their doctors, that they can’t do anything about it and are wasting their time, that some people actually DO have parasites on their bodies (this entomologist found a cockroach egg in the samples I brought to him which I almost had to force on him to take a look at under his microscope). He did share with me that there was a medical doctor who had received a grant to study this disease but he couldn’t remember her name. Upon hours of additional research, I think he was talking about the grant given to Kaiser Permanente (Reference: http://www.naturalnews.com/023004.html ).  

I left him my card and he said he’d get back to me. He didn’t.  Apparently people are just too busy to get sucked into the volumes of time it would take to figure this thing out. Very discouraging. If any of my readers know a resource for this person studying the disease, please let me know and I’ll post it here.  

History of Morgellon’s Disease:  

The Center for Disease Control has been receiving as many as 20 calls/day from self-diagnosed Morgellon’s patients for some time now. Morgellon’s (pronounced more-GELL-uns) was named in 2001 by a Morgellons biologist, Mary Leitao. A South Carolina woman whose son suffers from the condition, Mary had researched the symptoms her son had and ferreted out a French medical paper written on a disease they called Morgellons in 1674 describing similar symptoms so began using that name. The name stuck.  

Mary founded the Morgellons Research Foundation (http://www.morgellons.org) which is now known as a leading source of information and research advocacy.  

The challenge these poor people are having is that, since it is not an official disease written up in the medical texts, the practitioners out in the field are treating these types of cases like the patient has delusional parasitosis—with antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs.  

Delusional Parasitosis (DP) is a psychosis in which sufferers believe they are infected with parasites. Patients may present their doctors or healers with clothing lint, pieces of skin, or other debris contained in plastic wrap, on adhesive tape or in matchboxes (this is called the matchbox or Saran-wrap sign). They typically state that these contain the parasites, but none can be identified upon microscopic inspection. Patients may have no obvious mental impairments and primary skin lesions are not present although they may have linear crusts, erosions, prurigo nodularis (large nodules that itch) or ulcers. Delusional parasitosis has been associated with schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disease, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety disorders and DP occurs primarily in white middle-aged or older women although it has been reported in all age groups and in men.  

Often the patient has a real-life problem with scabies, lice, or some other external parasite. They imagine they are continually being attacked even after the parasite has been treated and the area fumigated. This delusion can be shared with family members having the same symptoms.  

I’ll admit, after and hour on the phone with one person sharing her history I was having a difficult time not wondering about the other rule outs such as drugs, schizophrenia and psychosis!  I had one woman call that had similar signs to Morgellon’s but upon getting a more detailed history she also had an alien encounter.  

I referred her to MUFON (Mutual UFO Network: www.mufon.com) because in addition to typical Morgellons symptoms, she had a boil behind her ear which only appeared after an encounter with what she thought to be an alien.

Boils in this area of the body have sometimes been associated with an alien implant or probe according to those who are into this kind of thing (something I’m not qualified to handle in my practice). Other parts of the body that are common areas for implants include the neck, forearms, up the nose and outside the hip area. Fun stories associated with this kind of stuff, and believe me when I tell you that I’ve heard lots of them from all kinds of people who practice all kinds of religions.  I think people feel comfortable enough with me to tell me the stories they wouldn’t normally tell anyone. I have a great job. 

I don’t remove implants (so please don’t ask) and it’s really hard to find a doctor who will remove one of these things! Want to read more? Here is one link and one You Tube video on alien implants and probes. I like the video as it depicts a good overall view on what people think and how they feel about having an implant. And it has some pretty good footage of what they look like under the skin, too!

You Tube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHWEIoqqTB8

Website associated with a doctor that removes implants:  http://www.ufoencounters.co.uk/truth-

about-alien-implants-human-bodies.html

So, back to Morgellons. . .Although Morgellon’s has not been proven to be fatal, it can drive one to suicide I suppose. It has been known to go into spontaneous remission.  

Here’s a list of symptoms associated with Morgellons (in alphabetical order):     

• Brain fog

• Changes in vision

• Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

• Concentration problems

• Crawling sensations along the skin

• Elevated cytokines, TNF-alpha and IL-6

• Elevated fasting glucose and insulin levels

• Fatigue

• Fever

• Fiber-like, filamentous substance penetrating through or under the skin (often red and blue) that also migrate, erupt and stick out of the skin (see more on fiber description below.)

• Fibromyalgia

• Irregular bowel movements

• Joint pain

• Madness—thoughts of ending it all because the itching doesn’t ever stop

• Malaise

• Measurable memory deficits

• Mental confusion

• Non-healing skin lesions associated with highly unusual structures

• Seed-like, black speck-like material or little black dots on the skin

• Sensation of fluid moving under the skin

• Short term memory loss

• Skin crawling, stinging, biting sensation

• Skin may be intact and healthy looking

• Skin rash

• Sleep problems

• Sores on the body (lips, arms and legs are common)

• Tachycardia (heart rate speeding up)

• Tiny dark specks on the skin and in the house

• Weakened immune system

One doesn’t need to have all these symptoms to have Morgellons and I’ve used the wording I found in my research so some of the symptoms are the same. And many of these symptoms are associated with a myriad of other diseases of course—except those fibers. . . 

Morgellons fibers have been evaluated by forensic labs and do not match up to carpet, clothing or other synthetic fibers. They have been described as elongated coenocytic (aseptate), smooth-walled, branching fibers like this:

Or granules, threads or filamentous objects up to several millimeters long often seen as zig zag patterns or twisted into balls or what appear to be bundles of fibers growing within the skin. These fibers can be extremely sharp, even penetrating the nails. They can be as fine as spider silk, yet strong enough to distend the skin when you pull them.  

They do not fit into the same category as a fungus. The fibers are most often white but are also consistently seen as blue, black and rarely red. The fibers exhibit a high degree of autofluorescence and are not textile fibers. 

Here is a picture of Morgellons fibers taken from a child’s lip skin.

 

Image above: Objects emerging from lesion on child's lip at 200x 

Some “Treatments” Tried for Morgellons Disease: 

People are desperate to stop the itch of this disease and have tried so many things. Some of them work initially (placebo effect?) and then stop working. Other treatments include toxic and potentially dangerous use of products including strong insecticides. Some of these treatments have included: 

• Anti Anxiety drugs

• Antibiotics of all kinds (esp. those used in the treatment of Lyme disease)

• Antidepressants

• Antihistamines

• Anti-inflammatory

• Antipsychotic medications

• Bleach

• Borax soaks

• Clay and other poultices

• Herbs, supplements & detox formulas of all kinds

• Industrial bug killers

• Medications of all kinds that kill parasites

All to no avail. One woman I talked to slathered her entire body in some type of natural toothpaste which she said worked for a few hours. She was discouraged that her local health food store only carried eight tubes of it though and it was expensive.  

Theories on the cause of Morgellons Disease:

--Fungal origin: Researcher Ahmed Kilani says he was able to break down two fiber and extract their DNA and that he found the DNA belonged to a fungus. (Reference: http://www.naturalnews.com/023004.html )

--Bacterial cause: Some researchers think Morgellons could be caused by a bacteria although the fibers are more consistent with a fungal infection

--Pollutants: Possibly human hair follicles are somehow encapsulated with pollutants processed by the body.

--Genetically Modified Organisms: There have been many articles written about this theory. An article written by Whitley Strieber, “Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food’ is flying around the internet these days. I can’t locate that original reference for you.

One biochemist, Vitaly Citovsky, discovered a substance called Agrobacterium, which is commercially used to produce genetically modified plants.

(Reference:

http://morgellonswatch.com/2007/02/24/

clarification-from-vitaly-citovsky)

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

--Pesticides, chemicals or food additives are combining with human DNA to change or produce the protein, connective tissue or subcutaneous tissues in the body to make these fibers. There are now cases of Morgellons in all 50 of the United States and it is also being found in other countries. There seems to be a pool of cases in Southern California, Texas and Florida and this is one reason this theory persists. These are states that produce huge amounts of edible produce and who use lots of chemicals in that process.

--Disease of the mind: I don’t buy into this theory that Morgellons disease is all in people’s heads. I don’t believe it’s simply psychological. 

My own theory is that GMO soy or Splenda could be the culprit. I believe in the Occam’s Razor Principle that states, “All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.”  

I even stocked up on my stash of Professional Complementary Health Formulations homeopathic Artificial Sweetener Detox Drops (See Product of the Month for March, ‘08) that removes Splenda from the body. Technically speaking, these drops are a Xenobiotic Combination which is an antibiotic chemical substance not produced by the body, and thus foreign to it. Xenobiotics are engineered to assist bodily detoxification of the increased toxic load our environment brings. I’m ready for the next case. I have questions I need to have answered though.  

For example, I wonder if those people affected have connective tissue that easily responds to perms. I wonder if some of the connective tissue sulfur bonds are combining with something in the diet then eventually the body fibers act like a perm and spring. Is this the reason why these fibers pop out of the skin then dive back under as you grab at them? 

So many of these cases involve little babies. How do they get something as awful as this at such a young age without having a common connection? What are these kids eating? Are they on soy-based formulas? Have they been to the doctor and been prescribed electrolyte solutions that contain Splenda? What are their diets?  

And why does Morgellon’s seem to be prevalent in some professions? One client told me that all the nurses on her floor seem to be getting it. Is it something they eat in the break room? Or the fluids they drink? This is one of the reasons I researched out the list of foods containing Splenda. I was floored to find that so many infant foods contained that food additive, but they also contain soy. 

We need more information here to make connections. We need people to keep detailed diaries of what they are eating along with brand names and amounts. If there is a food additive connection, we can find it with this information. 

Links and References:

*http://imageevent.com/firesat/strangedays

strangeskies?z=3&c=4&n=1&m=-1&w=4&x=0&p=64

*http://www.morgellonsusa.com/Conference.html (See You Tube videos here)

*http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/07/11/fuzzballs  (Spoof site)

*www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8464

*GMO Disease Epidemics: Bt-cotton Fiber Disease. Stagman, M. Phd. (2006).

*Strange sickness: Mystery disease horror story. Porter, L. (2006).

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_051806_news_sweeps_

strange_sickness_morgellons.53b2569a.html

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

#_note-CDC_Probes

*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/09/

ap/health/mainD8JCII281.shtml

*Splenda: http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/

SpecificDiseases/splenda_health_affects.htm

*Splenda Containing Foods: http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/ExamForms-MedicalIntuitive/list_of_splenda_foods.htm

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Product of the Month:

Whole Body Detox Liquescence 

Whole Body Detox Liquescence is a product I use myself fairly regularly to help keep on top of all the allergies I was gifted with, and I often find that the Guides recommend it for chronic cases of all kinds. 

When organs of elimination such as the kidneys, liver, blood, lungs, lymph, skin and digestive tract are insufficient or when a gland or tissue system is deficient, it is possible to stimulate these organs by means of a homeopathic drainer. This technique is refereed to as "DRAINAGE". Assisting these excretory systems is important to assure non-reabsorption of the toxins. Without drainage, toxins will often dislodge from their binding sites and re-attach elsewhere causing either an aggravation or new disease processes.  

Low potency homeopathics, Professional Complementary Health Formulations Liquescences, are used to prepare the body for toxin excretion, provide pharmacological effect and energetic stimulation. 

I use Professional Complementary Health Formulations (PCHF) because they have been in the natural pharmaceutical business for nearly 22 years using the highest quality, organic or wild-crafted safe and effective natural products from all over the world in their formulas and supplements—and because a wonderful mentor introduced them to me in my own health protocol and they worked wonders.

What’s in Whole Body Detox Liquescence? The Whole Body Liquescence is a combination of low-potency dilutions of the  following substances: Citrus Limonum (1X), Dandelion 2X, Uva Ursi 2X, Capsicum 3X, Berberis Vulgaris 3X, Gallium 3X, Lobelia 3X, Nux Vomica 3X, Schisandra 3X, Tylophora 3X, Adrenal 6X, Brain 6X, Heart 6X, Intestine 6X, Kidney 6X, Liver 6X , Lymph 6X, Lung 6X, Spleen 6X, Thyroid 6X, Mag Phos 6X, Hep Sulph 8X, Lactic Acid 8X, in 10% Alcohol and 8% Glycerine.

In the homeopathic world, lower potencies are used to repair physical damage, medium potencies are used to repair organ damage and high potencies are used to repair mental-emotional and psychological dis-ease. Usually disease is made up of a combination of energetic realities.

Helpful Links and References:

*Dr. Russel’s Detox Protocol

http://www.professionalformulas.com/S_dtox.htm

*Homeopathic History:

http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/

BasicsofHealth/homeopathic_history1.htm

*Homeopathic Use:

http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/

BasicsofHealth/homeopathic_use.htm  

Ask Dr. Moffat:

Note: Here's a person who sent me a fascinating question without an email address to reply to. Please note that I don't usually call people back who are out of the country. The time difference is wild and I don't have unlimited calling! This one sounds like some kind of parasite.  

Dr. Denice: My age is 42. I am a Nigerian in West Africa. I have lived in Lagos city for about five years now. My neck used to make noise like breaking and I used to have some movement at the top of my head. I thought there was an insect moving in my hair but the feeling was still there after I combed my hair and scalp and so I realized it was inside my head. After this symptom appeared it was followed by fever and occasional body pains. These symptoms have been continuing now for about one year. My blood type should be A. Thank you. 

Dear Dr. Moffat: Help! Ewwwh. This is weird. I’m looking in what looks like a little hole in my cat’s skin and I see something moving. Gross! What on earth is it? Should I take my Chloe to the emergency room? Please answer quickly. Thanks. Emil in Oregon. 

Dear Emil. This sounds like a Cuterebra bot emerging from its breathing pore (also called a warble). Yes, very gross. Even grosser is to put a bit of local anesthetic in the hole, enlarge the hole a bit then reach down with a pair of forceps and pull the chubby little thing out and instill some antibiotic ointment of some kind to prevent secondary bacterial infection. Although not considered an “emergency” this is a process not for the squeamish, let me tell you! You should schedule for an office call as soon as possible before the larvae emerges and drops out on the floor somewhere. . .On second thought I can see how this could be considered an emergency for some people. Ick. Here’s what I know about bots: 

There are about 26 different species of flies that produce bots within the United States, Canada, Mexico and neotropical regions.  

Out in the field (that is large animal medicine) the birds often do this for us. Have you ever seen a bird sitting on top of a horse or cow out in the pasture? Sometimes they do this to get a free meal.  (Kind of gives a new meaning to the Warbler bird name, doesn’t it? And Michael wondered if Bothell, Washington was named from someone’s bot experience. Just having some fun here. I can’t help it.)  

Symptoms associated with bot infestation: Flies and their associated larvae can cause lots of economical damage for the farmer and physical damage to the livestock with the associated inflammation, edema, damage to the hide, pneumonia, bloody nasal discharge, secondary bacterial infections and sometimes even death due to neurological damage (which is often misdiagnosed by panic stricken public and labeled as Mad Cow Disease.) Sometimes the livestock get so nervous and exasperated by being chased by flies trying to fly up their nose they stampede. It’s just a bad situation. 

Bots or warbles are the larval stage of the botfly, which characteristically infect rodents and rabbits. They are found under the skin, usually around the legs and neck. They have also been reported from deer, cattle, cats, dogs, hogs, mules, mink, foxes and man. They look like grub like maggots and are one to one and a quarter inches in length.  They can be seen almost any time of the year. 

Their life cycle involves certain North American flies including muscoid fly, bot fly or nasal bot fly that places an egg or larvae onto a mammal host. The larvae migrate through the body feeding on mucosal tissue, flesh or secretions of the body and emerge out of the nose or skin as a pupae (depending on which animal species is infected) as a pupae. This stage then falls onto the ground, develops a bit further into a young adult fly—if  it isn’t eaten by a bird first.  This process can take anywhere from 10 weeks to a year depending on the temperature and time of year the animal is infected.

Cats and dogs get infected with them by eating rodents, rabbits, chipmunks and squirrels. Usually these critters are kind of slowed down because the larvae have migrated into their nervous system and they can’t get away as quickly so are easier to be caught. The problem is that when our pets eat these infected animals they can become infested by both the larvae of the fly AND they can also get weird bacterial infections from the rotting flesh that they’ve eaten. (The antibiotic Baytril is great for these kind of infections by the way. Herbal medicine just takes so long to kick in that this is one situation where I do recommend antibiotics.)   

Humans can become infected by the Muscoid fly. It goes for tear secretions and the larvae can penetrate the eye tissue.  

Treatment: Natural treatments don’t seem to work for bot infestations. Ivermectin is the treatment of choice for those animals with persistent, debilitating symptoms. I’ve also read that mid-summer dose of garlic in the feed can cut down the incidence of bots. I don’t know the dose for this however. Explore this link for more info on that: http://www.skylinesfarm.com/parasitenasalbots.htm  

Here is a photo of different bots:

Picture of a deer nose bot (Cephenemyia)  

We were taught in vet school that if these were present to just cut out that portion of the meat and that the rest of the animal carcass was safe to eat. Gee, that kind of makes one want to become a vegetarian, doesn’t it? 

Picture Reference for these nasal bots:

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Picture Reference:

Cuterebra in a rat emerging bots: http://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/Arthropods24.html

Other Helpful Links and References:  

*Sheep and Goat bots: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_entm/medical

_veterinary/sheepbo.htm 

*Bots in wildlife: http://www.unbc.ca/nlui/wildlife_diseases_bc/flies.htm

*Bird Bots: Blowfly and birds from Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

*Michigan Department of Natural Resources

*Michigan Department of Natural Resources
 

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Dr. Denice Moffat with her husband Michael Robison (water treatment consultant.)

 

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