Livamol® with BioWorma®
A feed supplement to control the spread of parasitic larvae in the pasture. Livamol® with BioWorma® contains a naturally occurring fungus that captures and consumes infective worm larvae (including chemical and anthelmintic resistant larvae) within the manure of grazing animals. BioWorma® is effective when fed to sheep, goats, cattle, horses and others—including deer, alpacas and zoo animals.
California Residents: Proposition 65 Information
Data Sheet 
Benefits
Duddingtonia flagrans reduces the number of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) larvae on pasture, which is significantly greater than a chemical wormer can do within the animal. Overall averages below:
68% – SHEEP | 86% – GOATS | 81% – CATTLE | 84% – HORSES
Note: BioWorma® consumes larvae from the pasture, reducing the possibility of reinfection. It does not eliminate parasites present in the animal. Animals need to be treated with a dewormer/anthelmintic to remove the internal parasites.
Common Questions
- If I feed BioWorma® for 3 months will it establish on my farm?
- No. Once the fungus has consumed the larvae in the manure it will die.
- Is BioWorma® affected by seasonal change?
- BioWorma® is recommended for strategic use during periods when weather conditions are conducive to larval development and transmission onto pasture at temperatures above 40°F (5°C).
- Does it affect dung beetles or earthworms?
- There are no negative effects on non-target soil nematodes, earthworms, microarthropods, soil bacteria and fungi. Beneficial insects feeding or breeding on manure (e.g. dung beetles, fly larvae) are not negatively affected.
- Can I feed it to pregnant ewes?
- There are no precautions for feeding to pregnant animals.
- What's the difference between BioWorma® and Livamol® with BioWorma®?
- BioWorma® is a concentrated feed additive that is mixed into the feed (or other supplements). Livamol® with BioWorma® is a feed supplement premixed with BioWorma® and top dressed over the animals' feed.
Specs
Active Ingredient
- Duddingtonia flagrans strain IAH 1297* 2.200%
Guaranteed Analysis
- Crude Protein, min 20%
- Crude Fat, min 5%
- Crude Fiber, max 16%
- Calcium, min 4%
- Calcium, max 6%
- Phosphorus, min 1.5%
- Fluorine, max 0.025%
- Vitamin A, min 27,000 IU/lb
- Vitamin D3, min 54,000 IU/lb
- Manganese, min 104 ppm
(*) Contains a minimum of 30,000 Colony Forming Units/gram of active ingredient.
Ingredients: Plant Protein Products, Processed Grain By-Products, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Sugar, Cane Molasses, Fish Oil, Propylene Glycol, Benzoic Acid (preservative), Manganous Oxide, FD&C Blue No. 1, Butylated Hydroxytoluene (preservative), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Citric Acid (preservative), Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Cobalt Sulfate, and Sodium Iodide.
Biological control with Duddingtonia flagrans is applicable to the larvae of:
- Sheep and Goats
- Barber’s Pole Worm or Wire Worm (Haemonchus spp.), Black Scour Worm or Hair Worm (Trichostrongylus spp.), Brown Stomach Worm (Teladosagia (Ostertagia) spp.), Nodule Worm (Oesophagostomum spp.), Thin-necked Intestinal Worm (Nematodirus spp.) and Hookworm (Bunostomum spp).
- Cattle
- Barber’s Pole Worm or Wire Worm (Haemonchus spp.), Brown Stomach Worm (Ostertagia spp.), Black Scour Worm or Hair Worm (Trichostrongylus spp.), Hookworm (Bunostomum spp.), Intestinal Worm (Cooperia spp.), Thin-necked Intestinal Worm (Nematodirus spp.), Nodule Worm (Oesophagostomum spp.).
- Horses
- Large strongyles (large red worms), including Strongylus spp., Triodontophorus spp. and Oesophagodontus spp.,small strongyles (small red worms or cyathostomes), including Cyathostomum spp., Cylicocyclus spp. and Cylicostephanus spp., Stomach Hair Worm (Trichostrongylus axei), Ascarids (Parascaris equorum), Threadworms (Strongyloides westeri) and Pinworms (Oxyuris equi).
How to Use
Daily Dosage Rates for Grazing Animals
| Bodyweight | Dose | Cost Per Animal Per Day* |
|---|---|---|
| 50 lbs | 0.8 oz | $0.23–$0.29 |
| 100 lbs | 1.6 oz | $0.46–$0.58 |
| 200 lbs | 3.2 oz | $0.93–$1.16 |
| 400 lbs | 6.4 oz | $1.85–$2.32 |
| 500 lbs | 8.0 oz | $2.32–$2.90 |
| 750 lbs | 12.0 oz | $2.78–$3.48 |
| 1,000 lbs | 16.0 oz | $3.70–$4.63 |
| 1,200 lbs | 19.2 oz | $4.63–$5.79 |
(*) Costs are provided as an estimate only. Qty. purchased and freight charges may affect final pricing.
USE RESTRICTIONS: Not for use in medicated feed. Not for use in free-choice feed. Do not feed undiluted. Not for direct consumption. Intended for further mixing into feed.
Shepherd’s Choice™ Management Tip
Livamol® with BioWorma® has a small particle size and is somewhat sandy in texture. To increase palatability and adhesion when feeding with grain, first process grains so they too have a smaller particle size. Or add moisture so the grain and supplement stick together. To start, add moisture at 1% of the daily feeding. For reference, a gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. A quart of water will treat 200 lbs of grain. If mixing daily, you can increase the moisture, possibly up to 5%. Another option would be to add diluted molasses to help it stick to the grain to encourage animals to consume the product.Tips
- For best results, treat animals with a suitable oral, injectable, or pour-on wormer/anthelmintic to rid the animals of worms, then begin administration of Livamol® with BioWorma®.
- Move the treated animals onto low worm pasture (that is, pasture that has not been grazed by the same animal species for a minimum of 6 weeks).
- The most worm-susceptible are young animals (from 3 months up to 18-24 months of age) and periparturient females (last month of pregnancy and while producing milk) as they are the most likely to have less resistance to worm infestation due to low immunity. Do not underestimate pasture contamination by adult stock, even animals with low fecal egg counts (FECs), considering the volume of fecal material adult stock place on pasture.
- Thoroughly mix the Livamol® with BioWorma® with feed, and commence daily administration of the resultant mixture to minimize pasture infectivity and maintain the low worm status of the animals.
- Livamol® with BioWorma® will begin to work within the first day and may be fed continuously when warm, moist climatic conditions are conducive to parasitic nematode activity.
- Livamol® with BioWorma® is for use during periods when conditions are conducive to larval development and transmission onto pasture at temperatures above 40°F (5°C).
- Use Livamol® with BioWorma® in conjunction with the specified worm management strategy for your area by contacting your veterinarian or animal health advisor. It is important to consider the principles of refugia.
- Periodically check the worm burden and monitor the effectiveness of the worm management system. Options include fecal egg counts (FECs), the fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) and/or identifying worm species by using fecal larval cultures (FLCs). Re-treatment with an effective chemical wormer may be indicated (consult your Veterinarian).
Questions? Ask a sheep expert for advice.
Shipping
Item #780237 and #780238 are eligible for FREE Ground Delivery within the contiguous USA when ordering $100 or more of qualifying items.
Truckload pricing (10 pails or more) is available by request. Please contact us online or call 800-282-6631 for a quotation.
Estimated Cost for LTL Shipments
| # of Pails | Weight | Shipping Cost | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone A | Zone B | Zone C | ||
| 15 lb Pails | ||||
| 10 | 150 lbs | $100 | $130 | $170 |
| 20 | 300 lbs | $196 | $260 | $340 |
| 30 lb Pails | ||||
| 10 | 300 lbs | $152 | $175 | $230 |
| 20 | 600 lbs | $304 | $350 | $460 |
Precautions
Can cause serious eye irritation. Wear protective gloves, protective clothing, eye protection and face protection.
-
Buckets and Troughs
Aluminum TurboScoop, large
Item #938361 -Versatile utility scoop with a front-facing handle. Easy to use and kind to wrists. Strong and rust-proof, ensuring it remains a reliable tool for years.
$24.00 -
Buckets and Troughs
Aluminum TurboScoop, small
Item #938360 -Versatile utility scoop with a front-facing handle. Easy to use and kind to wrists. Strong and rust-proof, ensuring it remains a reliable tool for years.
$16.00 -
PortaTroughs
PortaTrough™ 5
Item #938000 -Portable 5 ft feeder withstands all weather and animal conditions. Stackable for easy movement and storage.
$86.00 -
PortaTroughs
PortaTrough™ 3
Item #938010 -Easy to clean 3 ft livestock feeders used to provide grain, minerals, salt or water. Stackable for easy movement and storage.
$49.00 -
Buckets and Troughs
GoatTuff Feeder
Item #938020 -Durable trough feeder designed specifically with goat behavior in mind. Reduces waste and promotes animal safety.
$39.00 -
Buckets and Troughs
Rubber Pan (without handles), 3 gallon
Item #999610 -Rubber feeding and watering pan for livestock. Flexible and sturdy through decades of use. 3 and 6.5 gallons.
$12.00
Write a Review
You must be logged in to leave a review. Please sign in.
Judith H from Ohio
I reviewed this product on May 20, and unfortunately I'm not able to update my old review. So I'm writing a new one. There is good and bad about this product.
First, the bad. Palatability is not there. It took several experiments and fails to get this product eaten. Mixing with dry feed = fail. The animals slosh it around and the powder settles to the bottom. Mixing with moistened feed = fail. Apparently adding water and stirring causes it to taste worse. Adding it to a slightly molasses-based feed, sprinkled on top that forces the animals to eat through the green layer on top = win. Also, it helps if you have several animals who are competitive and will just snork it down to keep the other guy from eating it. Animals who are protected and separate from the others flat out refuse it.
Second, acclimatization. I had to start really really small amounts. Then work up to more.
Third. Feed volume required for delivery. If you're doing a grassfed operation, which I expect you would be given that this is supposed to stop baberpole on the grass - then feeding grain to deliver this product is self-defeating. So I mix BOSS and grain and pelleted forage combo. I have icelandics and they'll become morbidly obese if I feed them grain.
Now, the results: except for the postparturient ewes, my animals are doing GREAT with very little anemia. Even the lambs are doing great. So at the end of the day, this product can bring success. It should however, have an instruction book that sets expectations on how to "ramp up" for your animals, why you shouldn't wet it, and how to group-feed for maximum eating. It's expensive and so far I haven't lost any animals this season - it's August and by this time last year I was fighting losing battles. So overall, I guess it's cheaper than losses - and far less heartbreaking... but the money is still being spent somewhere. I'd give this a solid B-/C+ . Not for everyone. (shrug) Will I buy it again next year? Don't know yet.
Miss B from North Carolina
We started using this product in April. We have a small herd of fainting goats (about 27). We wormed about 2 weeks after we started Bioworma and our goats have never looked better. My only issue is the availability. It is expensive so we buy one 30# pail at a time. This is the second time it has been on Back Order. I want to fill in with the 15# pails that are in stock but the price and shipping is terrible. So infuriating.
Hollywood F from Maryland
So far, so good! This summer we have a flock of 40 ewes, 80 lambs, 2 older rams. Started using Bioworma about 3 months ago. At the same time we have tried really hard to improve our pasture management. Our recurring problem with Haemoncus Tortuous has vastly improved. Our weekly Famacha tests have shown a decline of infection of about 70% compare to previous years. We will continue to use for this season.
As mentioned by the other reviewers, it is expensive, espeicially considering the sale price of one sheep/lamb in the midAtlantic region. However, we have grown tired of burying lambs attacked by the barber pole.
Of course, we won't really know how truly a miracle product this is until a few years have passed.
One main objection is the unacceptable cost of shipping. I buy 4 pails at a time to save money, which is almost negated by the shipping cost, while most other products from Premier 1 get shipped for free [above $100]. If another distributor comes along without shipping cost, we will switch.
Kendra C from Arkansas
Would love to try this, but it would cost $128 per DAY for my small flock, and with the reviews of the taste, I would never even take the chance. I would need 21+ lbs per day at the recommended dosages. Unless the price becomes more reasonable, I don't know how very many people will be able to afford it, especially since the market for most producers averages $200 per animal. So, to use this product for even 4 months, it would take 77 lambs just to pay for this product, not taking into account any other expenses. I guess I will keep drenching!
Jody V from Delaware
How on earth can a farmer afford this?
One 15 lb bucket will just last 4 days. That’s with under 30 sheep. Am I figuring incorrectly???
I was very excited about this to come to market, but this price is disappointing. I cannot recommend since I can not afford to follow through.
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Cobalt Sulfate, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to