Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 8/15/11

A common pasture plant could help foraging ruminants ward off damaging gastrointestinal nematodes that can cause illness and death. The Agricultural Research Service reports that adding patented dry hay and pelleted forms of Sericea lespedeza, commonly referred to as Chinese bush clover, to animal feed helps thwart the reproductive cycles of gastrointestinal nematodes that are in the digestive tracts of goats and sheep.

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