I cut my hand on hardware cloth in the coop. Got a nasty infection. ClO2 solution stopped it in it's tracks, and 3 days later it was sealed and healed. Same with some "hot-spots" my dog got near his tail. I've also had a nasty burn which, with ClO2 spray made 2:1 with purified water and 3000ppm CDS, plus a drop of DMSO, shrank and began healing overnight. And when I saw bloody poop in the coop, I put 5ml CDS per liter of water for them to drink. Resolved in 24 hours.
The history - Now, in looking for it's history, why don't I know of ClO2?, Why is it not on my medical shelf? I found out though...good ol, Dr Kory, wrote a Sstack on it, 1/2025. Linked it here, altho, I've not read it yet. It contains many links -including one that brings us to Dr. K's other stacks, one, from 12/2024, titled, "Trump's "Bleach" Conference Alluded To The Antidote For Future Pandemics.
It's gonna take me time to catch up as I've not been following Dr K, (bad on me!), as I once had (religiously from the early days on!) via his Heroic days with the FLCCC.
I'm also not caught up on his work with DMSO. About the time FLCCC became IMAhealth, I turned my hours of searching/learning time - toward politics.
- I've recently ditched politic time, to again watching religiously, all IMAhealth weekly updates. Adding in also now, CHD's. IMA's weekly 12/2025, Dr. Marik, with Jane McLelland, author of How To Starve Cancer, is a Must Watch for ALL - and be prepared with a notebook! I have her book, but wow, what a chat. Dr. Marik explained how her work, her alternative methods, meds, how she was instrumental in many - in looking at alternative methods/meds during covid, and now beyond! Exciting times, in spite of the many EVILS trying to stop us from knowing the Truths. https://imahealth.org/how-to-starve-cancer-with-jane-mclelland/
Reality Note - last week, in a chat with a current ICU staffer - I was told Dr. Marik is not to be believed, that his work has been found to be "BS", "it's why his license was stripped". This person speaking, I greatly respect but as our Reality always dictates Fact, I am very sad, to Know, how still, the Propaganda Pathogen! is alive and well, and is still taking prisoners.
Handy dandy one, by Dr. Kory. Save this link to send to folks who still are using Trump's chlorine remark as a reason to stay in TDS Land for Dumbies. Bolivia - Dr. Kory's explains they passed a LAW, Oct 14, 2020!!, to manufacture, distribute, and use, ClO2.
I read Midwestern Doctor' s articles on Dmso and since 7months am using it. First for bouts of headache, which disappeared almost completely in a few weeks, and to my surprise, my leg cramps did as well! Now I use Dmso almost daily, in roll-ons and in drops (ingestible).
Ah yes Trump's bleach. I have still not dared to use that.
To my surprise our fairly decent vet, for both big and small animals, did not know about the ingestible rabies product used in Europe (where I am from). He also did not know we are being sprayed for rabies in wild animals. That was a very nasty surprise. He also did not know that my dog had intestinal problems because she is allergic to chicken meat - a friend who helps at a vet told me about this. And last time we went, for a bad wound on her paw, he only reluctantly agreed that the Dmso I was using is a great product. The meds he gave helped a little bit, but she got a severe fungal infection - I did not go back and bought some stuff online. If you use chemicals, they mess up something else. Better to use natural products and avoid all doctors. Sorry doc Malone, but I am sure you understand why.
I bought it at the Dmso store in Florida. I first bought the roller with aloe, and when it worked I bought the 100% drops. After that, the rollers with lavender oil and rose oil were on sale and I bought both. I love the lavender but not the rose oil. https://dmsostore.com/
It's both tragic and understandable that so many in the medical community drink from the same information trough. I have an OT, and ER MD, and an anesthesiologist in my family who are all deeply invested in their "high priests" - journals and medical associations.
The work Dr. Marik and associates have been doing on cancer is soooo exciting.
During the past 5yrs, I've had a mission to help folks find good resources. I'm not too bright, but I am curious, and I've found great Resources- where the curious public can Learn, same as I have these years: IMA/FLCCC, TheHighwire, CHD, Dr. Malone, React 19. Still the same few! It's so EASY to learn!
In my MANY, several thousand, random, stranger chats - every time it's a medical person - they repel the Truths, like oil to water. Inside the hospitals though - I'd love if some brave soul, will go under-cover, and reveal exactly how the propaganda is occurring, encouraged. Do they have Propaganda therapy sessions/meetings? I kinda think they must.
Would someone feeling a bit merciful please tell what is cds and how do you make CI02. My hours for reasesrch have tanked. Thanks to all generous folks
It’s another burden put on an already struggling portion of the population. I don’t care what some people may tell you, many are struggling today. Imagine having a pet or livestock and because of burdens put on families with these insane increases in energy costs, medical costs, etc. you are unable to take care of your animals. Many times these problems don’t happen over time they happen suddenly. Making changes in the rules to further put families and people in a position of not being able to care for their animals is heartless and what is the upside. It’s another power grab stressing out an already stressed population. The bottom line is much of this government does not want people to be self sufficient, stable or happy for that matter.
My dog, a dog I love, that had been sick previous with blood in his stool recently began having seizures. I took him to the vet yesterday. Honestly the last issue cost us almost 6000 dollars. I just can’t afford another 6-10,000 dollar bill and I’m heartbroken, I love this dog, but I have to just live with knowing I can’t help him. It’s truly eating me up.
For our dog’s seizures we have daily pentobarbital and another drug K BroVet but the costs are minimal. The issue was she had seizures at the vets office. She hasn’t had a seizure in a long time.
Part of the problem is getting to the prescription phase. Our dog is a 6 year old intact yellow lab. The Vet said the 1st thing is you have to fix the dog, they won’t give him anything until he’s fixed, the medicine won’t work. Simba is the happiest dog I’ve ever had and it’s a big problem fixing him if you know what I mean, he’s hung like a stallion🙄, sorry. It may be a personal thing with me ie he’s still intact. But then comes the tests follow ups and who knows what else. It’s been a tough time for us as of late. We’re doing the best we can I suppose.
vets around here refuse to do anything to the animals until they are fully jabbed, just like the kids. thankfully I found one who only requires the rabies, and will test first for antibodies (although we all know that means nothing). Unfortunately mine has been jabbed as a puppy - my first dog, and my first visits to an American vet, who was just as jab happy as the pediatricians here. Back in Europe, my vet required nothing at all, and the rabies there was once in a lifetime oral paste. They have stopped rabies vaxx' 10 years ago. I wonder why America still insists on it. Yes, you there, who admonished me rabies is horrible - but it is all about the money, since Europe can do oral, and lifetime, and here we got to inject every year or 3 years (with the same product), that lasts at least 7, and vets know it, and then we get sprayed from the air 'for the wild animals'. What about my dog and cats? they are outside too.
That’s awful that your vet is holding you hostage that way by insisting on castration. There are still some good holistic or homeopathic vets out there. Theavh.org is a site that might help find one.
Fixed? You mean castrated? Intact animals are not broken. I have an intact Sheltie and if a vet told me I had to castrate him to get care, I'd quickly find another vet. Also, James, your next dog, or even this one!--think about holistic care. Check out Dr. Will Falconer's Vital Animal Substack.
Our Bernie Doodle, 100+ pounds, we got from a woman who had developed cancer after she got him. They were afraid with the Prednisone he would eventually break her bones because of his size. Around he age of 8 he tore a ligament in a hind leg. $5000 dollars. In the old days it would have been a much cheaper bullet. But times change. We were told that tears like that had a genetic component and that the other leg had a 50/50 of going the same route. We got on the wrong side of that 50/50. We were fortunate we could afford it. This
Vet hospital does this kind of leg surgery 5 times a day most days. It's all they do. I never would have thought such a Vet's business could bee for surgery only.
Both dogs need grooming, Abbey the Golden Doodle, needed someone to come to our house because of her seizures. One week our groomer quit coming. We've been through of bunch of them.
Our sister in law had a hard to handle little, mean and old three legged dog and she had found a groomer who could handle him. So we went there. We thought we had estimated the cost accurately. We didn't. $600 because they hadn't been cut in a while and were matted a little. $500 to $600 every 8 weeks. We thought long and hard. But in the end, you chose them, you need to take care of them properly. Or give them to someone else who will. So we suck it up. Every trip to the Vet is unusually not less than $300. They are great and smart dogs. The groomer trims claws, cleans out the rear end sacs if needed, and will clean teeth for no extra charge.
A little over ten years after our last cat died, we said no more. We wanted to travel and not have the burden of finding someone to watch the dogs. A story to long for now and obviously we violated that dream. But you have to spend your money on something, don't you?
The Bernie Doodle had been fixed prior to us. They also found probable cancer in his scrotum so they took those also. The Golden we did as a pup. In heat female dogs and puppies were not going to happen.
Try a ketogenic diet. There's a study in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association of a 4yo dog with idiopathic epilepsy that benefitted greatly on a ketogenic diet. They used such a diet for people already back in the late 1800's.
I am so sorry to hear about your dog. I truly hope you can find a solution. I understand how truly heartbreaking it is. I had a cat that ran a $10,000 surgery bill, which wouldn’t have been possible if we didn’t have pet insurance. Our portion was a $1000 co-pay. Fast forward to now we have a stray kitten that we had fixed and I’m reluctant to have him vaccinated with all of the things I am reading now. He is strictly an indoor cat. I will likely have to find a random vet that will see him (like an emergency vet) if he’s sick, because these people won’t probably let us back in unless he gets vaccinations. I have watched this practice grow from small to very big and commercial like. It’s really a bummer because I really respect the vet that we use there.
Thank you for that excellent post. I have both large animals and small, and the veterinary profession has transformed in my lifetime into either non-existent entities (I live on the Canadian border) or strictly money oriented businesses. There are very few small animal practices up here, and most don't take new clients. Basically only one or two large animal vets must cover the entire northern half of Maine. Rates charged for basic services have skyrocketed, especially in the small animal department. My 92 year old aunt just brought her dog for its annual check up and she got billed almost a thousand bucks for two shots, nail trim, bloodwork (not sure for what) and 12 months of flea and tick meds. Last May I had to take one of my sled dogs three hundred miles south to an emergency hospital in southern Maine when she collapsed with what I thought was an internal bleed. She was hospitalized for three days and two nights, given a blood transfusion and endless tests, diagnosed with IMHA, prescribed seven very expensive drugs that must be given religiously in order to keep her alive, and when discharged the bill was just under ten thousand dollars. I have since weaned her myself from all the drugs, using the internet as my veterinarian, and she's doing great. Maybe this is just luck but it's been over a year now since her gloom and doom diagnosis. Bottom line, we're on our own with veterinary care unless we're well heeled and live in the right areas. I worked for one of the premiere horse vets on the east coast while I was in college. He was a great man. He took care of the equestrian team horses stabled in palatial luxury and the back yard ponies kept in tar papered shacks, and in his spare time did small animal surgeries in his basement. I learned more from him than I ever did in college. He charged on a sliding scale. Responded no matter what time of day or night in an emergency. Those old school vets just don't exist anymore, and many of our treasured four legged companions, both pets, horses and farm animals, have died as a result. I think it's tragic that many old people can't afford to have a pet when that cat or dog could make the difference between loneliness and happiness. The one great benefit we animal owners and lovers have today is the internet. Thank you, Dr. Malone. You are much appreciated.
I've experienced firsthand pretty much everything you've recounted. I grew up raising cattle and horses. My father was a doctor so our vet was pretty liberal with what he allowed us to do on our own. It was not because of cost back then, but because of speed and convenience. My old school small animall vet retired several years ago. There is no replacement in kind. I've done my best just to find private practice vets as opposed to those that were all gobbled up by umbrella corporations. As for IMHA, My mother and three of my friends have had animals affected by this. My mother's was the only one that survived. The old school vet cost $3,000, and my neighbors lovely dog cost $15,000 and did not survive. From what I've seen, it's a tricky disease as all these animals received similar treatments, transfusions. I appreciate your post so much and I had no idea things were so dire in more rural parts of the country. I'm 60 now, and have just one dog, and keep incredibly expensive health insurance on her, so when that $15,000 bill comes I won't have to empty my bank account, or or euthanize her for financial reasons. I'd love to have another dog, but honestly I can't afford the insurance.
I have to wonder whether IMHA, as so many other autoimmune diseases, is not caused from vaccinosis, i.e. over-vaccination. Once I stopped vaccinating my animals back in the late 90's, they became the healthiest I ever had.
I detest having to give a rabies vax to our precious little Havanese! I am working with our vet to try to get the Thimerisol free canine rabies fvx but so far he says no one has been able to develop one. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🐶❣️
Hi Nadia, I'm still happily working with livestock both locally and via our reverence farms stockholders forum. Most immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) is likely caused by annual wellness exam vaccine shots, in my opinion. Way too many vaccines being given to pets. Likely the reason for so much cancer in pets these days. That and dry kibble (which ruins their teeth). Always feed our domesticated species like their wildlife cousins eat, and they will stay well into old age.
Nadia, I've thought too about old people who can't afford to have a pet. I'm working on a will right now, and I'm seeing if I can set it up so that enough money would go to a trusted local animal shelter so that it would work for them to give the pets to elders and then provide routine financial assistance. This would also mean that when I get older I can have pets myself without worrying what might happen to them.
"One cannot load a sick herd of sheep or a dangerous mature bull into a stock trailer and haul them to a clinic half a day away without risking severe stress or death."
At a glance, this might not seem relevant to the subject at hand. But I think it is. Every now and then I think I'd like to have a small pickup. Some weeks ago I set up a shortcut to Autotrader used vehicles. I can also go to Carmax and search. Have you seen the prices that even 20 or 30 year-old pickups are going for? Astronomical.
Newer trucks more often have smaller displacement, turbocharged engines. Or active fuel management (cylinder shutoff for fuel economy) that has reportedly been reducing engine life for those full-size trucks that still offer V8s. And the obnoxious stop-start features that leave you wondering about the day that you lift your foot off the brake and the engine refuses to come to life again.
How is one going to reliably haul livestock when they've driven truck drivers down to turbo 4-cylinders, such as those even available on the full-size Silverados in recent years?
De-industrialization. Offshoring. Inflation. Hyper-regulation. It's for the planet, you see. The attack is multi-directional and incremental. It's all pitched as for our wellbeing, when I'm convinced it's meant to hobble.
Another great example of unintended consequences. From a farmer rancher perspective once they removed to use of tetracycline in low levels from feeds and mineral there was a vast upswing in pinkeye in cattle. This resulted in tremendous increase in use of expensive new antibiotics to treat this very difficult disease. Most likely this ruling actually resulted in more total antibiotic use in these animals.
We use an oil based botanical, twice daily for 3-4 days, with about 90-95% success. If not successful we revert to the polymixin, neosporin dexamethasone mix. In the pre-antibiotic era, a mild boric acid solution was made for eye problems by pharmaceutical companies. Raw milk spritzed in the eye also works as does it injection under the outer corneal layer (with local anesthesia). Pulling the 3rd eyelid across the eyeball and suturing laterally to the skin and then suturing the eyelids closed is a once and done procedure for pink eye (absorbable suture is used so it breaks down in about 10-14 days).
50 years ago I read something that convinced me to use vitamin A for eye and ear infections in my children. I never had to take them to a dr for either condition after I started using it. It must be NATURAL Vit A, not the chemical imitation. Should work with animals.
I'm reading a great book at the moment titled, "Infected" - Secrets From the Medical Underground; How to Prevent & Treat Any Infection, by Ralph La Guardia, MD, an integrative physician who practices in Connecticut. It is meant for humans. I also subscribe to his substack, which is very informative. He's been in practice for more than 3-decades & lives on an organic farm with his wife, along with four horses & a dog. He has orchards & a geodesic dome greenhouse where he experiments with growing & propagating edible fruits of all kinds. He is also the author of "The Doomsday Book of Medicine" & "the Bible of Alternative Medicine. Farm animals may also possibly benefit from some of his knowledge & treatments with the proper discernment.
I know Dr LaGuardia and his wife. They both worked in the same hospital as I did. I had lost track of them, so thanks for your post. I will find them here on Substack!
Good morning Dr. Malone, you have touched on virtually every single issue I have been living for the last 30 years in the trenches as a practicing large animal vet. Well said and I'd just like to make a few comments. If it wasn't for the abuse of antibiotics by the industrial agricultural sector, the June 2023 policy ending OTC sales of antibiotics would not have happened. Perhaps there is global OneHealth angle, but it was, in my view, US industrial agriculture abuse of penicillin and oxytetracycline, etc and their removal from easy access that caused the current pain to rural homestead livestock holders that you are describing.
While I am completely biased by having been immersed in the organic dairy sector since 1988, first as a herdsman then as a veterinary practitioner, I've been using natural treatments for many commonly encountered conditions for which people reflexively reach for antibiotics. Antibiotics should only be used for life-threatening situations, not for simple infections when there is a universe of traditional non-antibiotic treatments.
Over the last 10 years, I've turned my focus to helping homesteaders with their livestock for all the reasons you mentioned in your article. There are not many, if any vets, in East central Arkansas, northern Maine, eastern Wyoming, central Mississippi and many other places who make farm calls or see dairy cows (which most homesteaders have for their own raw milk supply), let alone provide natural treatment options. I've come to love working with homesteaders because they look at their animals more like horse people do and not like commercial dairy farmers do. They are in a true in-between niche. And they want natural treatments first but are also good with antibiotics if truly needed. That completely resonates with how I practice medicine.
I know I'm completely biased (again) in saying the following but my wife, Suzanne, has been a leader in helping new and small-scale dairy re-enliven their communities with homesteads. She is truthful about the challenges people face when they consider getting livestock, especially milk cows. From soil regeneration for pasture to the animal giving birth and everything between, the good, the bad and the ugly - because it ain't all roses. We provide solutions via our StockholdersExchange Forum and the Manual (www.reverencefarms.com). The Manual has 300 videos, multiple guides and pdfs, multiple audios, all about real cases so the veil is lifted and people have their eyes open when they get into having livestock. These resources have helped people scattered far and wide in the states you named and elsewhere (even other countries). The Stockholders Exchange Forum is a private discussion group where I give advice (like Dear Abby) on specific cases, emergent or chronic. I always promote trying to work with a vet and will talk shop with their vet to best help their case. It's sad bad but many large animal vets either work for the industry and don't want to deal with small scale stockholders or are so busy it'll be days before they can come see the ailing animal.
Homesteading and the lack of veterinary availability goes beyond a simple lack of OTC antibiotics. One of my main aims professionally has been to get natural medicines fully allowed for certified organic farmers (the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, PMO, penalizes them for using them believe it or not). If that can be accomplished, many older medicines that were mainstream in veterinary medicine prior to the antibiotic era would become easily available to anyone anywhere.
What a pleasure to read your post! I, too, am biased toward organic and traditional non-antibiotic treatments and it's wonderful to see someone point out the egregious harm done by farmers using antibiotics routinely, "because it makes the cattle grow faster and fatter". You are so right--farmers did this to themselves, and I, for one, am glad that they can no longer use antibiotics in such a fashion. I personally believe it has contributed greatly to the antibiotic resistance that we've seen over the last several years.
OTOH, some of the other recent declarations by our ignorant FDA bureaucrats and beyond sad. I'm truly grateful that there are holistic vets; I myself use a homeopathic veterinarian an hour away, and I'm glad to make the trip on the rare occasions that I have to use her services.
Check out Oregon's Initiative 28. It will effectively ban all human taking of animals: hunting, fishing, animal ag, etc. I could be charged with sexual assault for artificially inseminating a cow.
Please support Greater Idaho (greateridaho.org) and help the eastern Oregon counties escape this madness.
Yep, that is the reality of owning livestock. Which is why I practice the same care for my horses as I do for myself: supplementation, healthy foods, acupuncture, chiropractic, exercise and, now, the use of red light therapy and frequency support via Solex AO Scanner. Face it, this isn't just an animal problem but we humans are facing the same fate. BTW, I ride a 33 year old, 17.1 hand Holsteiner!
Dairy herd management was in my past; my college roommate was large-animal vet in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. What you say is on the money. "The administrative state". Voting for one or the other presidential candidate will not make this go away. RFK, Jr. is on the right track, but it will take multiples of him, and re-eduction of the population (don't think communist China, please) to reverse the trend. Prepare, prepare, prepare.
There really is a land/urban cultural divide. My childhood was spent exploring the hills of CA but once I left for college and into work, I developed more urban friendships. All those urban friendships shattered during covid when I fled to rural TN. Those people do not have any frame of reference for understanding non-urban life. Unfortunately, there are more of them and their worldview looks like it’s growing. There’s an X entry with someone gleefully saying you can download your lab tests to Grok and it will analyze them for you. No hesitation, no thought of privacy as something to fight for. Just that life can be made easier.
It’s a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. We are up against people who want centralized control over people, food production, elimination of small farms, etc. coupled with people who have no understanding of the complexities of nature and react in horror that (ignorant) farmers can just go in to Tractor Supply and buy Ivermectin for their animals. Our only hope is to get through to those people but I am a failure at that. I pray Polyface Farm and Dr. Malone’s substack will succeed.
Farmers have brought a lot of this regulation mess on themselves. Have mentioned before public health labs test for antibiotics in milk because some farmers will peddle milk drawn from cows with mastitis. The dust bowl was produced by farmers ignoring very good advice on land management and if you ever were in those dust storms, as I had, you know that was more than a mere problem for the farmer. Perhaps the answer is forming farming cooperatives,where farmers band together, perhaps in cooperation with well trained AG commissioner. Success would depend on strict compliance and reporting violations to keep intrusive agents out of the mix
There used to be farming coops, farm granges, in the United States. Here in Maine you can still see old grange halls here an there. These were systematically and purposefully destroyed by federal programs. Was Earl Butz the culprit? Maybe. His slogan was "Get Big or Get Out" and we are reaping the result of his policies (which came well after the dustbowl).
This is a really important point. There was a cooperative in OR and the food and farms there were unbelievable. they held a lot of farm tours. It’s VERY hit or miss here in eastern TN.
" Have mentioned before public health labs test for antibiotics in milk because some farmers will peddle milk drawn from cows with mastitis. "
I don't think you realize that every farm's milk is tested for antibiotics before it's accepted at the receiving plant. If a tanker load tests positive, the entire load is dumped and the farmer responsible is charged. Farms that sell Grade A milk to the public are also routinely tested.
Except for someone selling milk illegally to their neighbors, the national milk supply is reliably safe from antibiotic contamination.
Interestingly, the maximum residue limit for oxytetracycline was raised 10-fold when the company manufacturing LA-200 was going for full approval. It got approved. Appendix N of the PMO shows what the MRL's for antibiotics in the milk supply are.
From the “pendulum swings” process comes this situation in the early 80’s in Virginia. A large animal practice in Abingdon, Va sold Rx drugs OTC. Most of it was to clients they knew. At the time the OTC mastitis tubes didn’t work too well as they had developed resistance. So they started mixing their own tubes with non approved drugs. I literally quit drinking milk for a period of time. They would use Chloramphenicol and steroids and tell the farmer to throw the milk away for a couple of days. They were guessing. I saw the problem from both sides. There was frustration from approved drugs not working and their own mix worked very well. But no one knew how long the drug stayed in the milk. At the time, Virginia had started using a very sensitive test for antibiotics in milk and a lot of farm tanks of milk had to be dumped. But not all. Eventually the state or feds found out and raided his building and the owner was hauled into federal court in Richmond. I don’t remember what happened to the Vet.
So now I guess we are over protected by our nanny state. And yes the Veterinary profession has become all about $$. Most graduates are women for some time now. They don’t even want to work 8 hrs a day and do not want to do LA work. Men look at the profession and see how little money they can make upon graduation from Vet school and decide it’s not worth the investment.
When I raised dairy goats (I quit about 9 years ago), the only vet in the area was an equine vet who made the mistake of settling in an area surrounded by diary farms. She quickly became a large animal vet who went wherever she was needed. The last I knew, she was converting her practice to small animals.
One of my neighbors raises both Belted Galloway cattle and Katahdin sheep, and except for the rare instance, when I was farming he treated all his animals himself. There are several Equine vets in Maine, but very few Large Animal Vets. Those who raise cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas are pretty much on their own. My neighbor selects all his animals for their hardiness. They can survive conditions that other breeds would not.
Raising hardy breeds is definitely one of the ways around the veterinarian shortage, but it takes nerves of steel to watch an animal sicken and know that perhaps only Nature can fix it, after all you can do.
Black Angus cattle are one of the hardy breeds (at least the traditional Angus are). Almost no pinkeye (in 55 years have had to treat for pinkeye one year, and only 3 or 4 cows -- realized the seedheads of the grass they were grazing were an irritant, so thereafter bush hogged high to clip them off if they were a problem that year. The past few years have been extended droughts so not a problem. We, too, have limited access (actually none right now) to a large animal vet, but several years ago we had a good one who evaluated our situation -- isolated from other herds, only new animals introduced are new herd bulls from reputable breeders -- and recommended we not vaccinate; more risk vaccinating than not. We also don't vaccinate dogs and cats, except rabies for the dog every few years. No baths for dog, he stays outside; no skin problems. We tend to use old remedies when needed for horses, cows, and pets, including some human products. I'm from the generation that almost never called the vet, we did it ourselves or knew which neighbor to call for help. I realize that even pets can cost thousands of dollars now (used to the neighbors had give-aways when theirs whelped) so it is prudent to take them to vets to protect your investment and a beloved family member. Blessings.
I cut my hand on hardware cloth in the coop. Got a nasty infection. ClO2 solution stopped it in it's tracks, and 3 days later it was sealed and healed. Same with some "hot-spots" my dog got near his tail. I've also had a nasty burn which, with ClO2 spray made 2:1 with purified water and 3000ppm CDS, plus a drop of DMSO, shrank and began healing overnight. And when I saw bloody poop in the coop, I put 5ml CDS per liter of water for them to drink. Resolved in 24 hours.
We have our ways!
Pathogen, thank you. I scratched my head, on your ClO2 mention. I'm not so bright!
Link - Found this great study on ClO2's amazingness!
The science - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3818415/
The history - Now, in looking for it's history, why don't I know of ClO2?, Why is it not on my medical shelf? I found out though...good ol, Dr Kory, wrote a Sstack on it, 1/2025. Linked it here, altho, I've not read it yet. It contains many links -including one that brings us to Dr. K's other stacks, one, from 12/2024, titled, "Trump's "Bleach" Conference Alluded To The Antidote For Future Pandemics.
It's gonna take me time to catch up as I've not been following Dr K, (bad on me!), as I once had (religiously from the early days on!) via his Heroic days with the FLCCC.
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web.
You’re on a great journey! I’m awaiting delivery of Dr. Kory’s book on it’s history.
I'm also not caught up on his work with DMSO. About the time FLCCC became IMAhealth, I turned my hours of searching/learning time - toward politics.
- I've recently ditched politic time, to again watching religiously, all IMAhealth weekly updates. Adding in also now, CHD's. IMA's weekly 12/2025, Dr. Marik, with Jane McLelland, author of How To Starve Cancer, is a Must Watch for ALL - and be prepared with a notebook! I have her book, but wow, what a chat. Dr. Marik explained how her work, her alternative methods, meds, how she was instrumental in many - in looking at alternative methods/meds during covid, and now beyond! Exciting times, in spite of the many EVILS trying to stop us from knowing the Truths. https://imahealth.org/how-to-starve-cancer-with-jane-mclelland/
Reality Note - last week, in a chat with a current ICU staffer - I was told Dr. Marik is not to be believed, that his work has been found to be "BS", "it's why his license was stripped". This person speaking, I greatly respect but as our Reality always dictates Fact, I am very sad, to Know, how still, the Propaganda Pathogen! is alive and well, and is still taking prisoners.
Handy dandy one, by Dr. Kory. Save this link to send to folks who still are using Trump's chlorine remark as a reason to stay in TDS Land for Dumbies. Bolivia - Dr. Kory's explains they passed a LAW, Oct 14, 2020!!, to manufacture, distribute, and use, ClO2.
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/bolivias-use-of-chlorine-dioxide
I read Midwestern Doctor' s articles on Dmso and since 7months am using it. First for bouts of headache, which disappeared almost completely in a few weeks, and to my surprise, my leg cramps did as well! Now I use Dmso almost daily, in roll-ons and in drops (ingestible).
Ah yes Trump's bleach. I have still not dared to use that.
To my surprise our fairly decent vet, for both big and small animals, did not know about the ingestible rabies product used in Europe (where I am from). He also did not know we are being sprayed for rabies in wild animals. That was a very nasty surprise. He also did not know that my dog had intestinal problems because she is allergic to chicken meat - a friend who helps at a vet told me about this. And last time we went, for a bad wound on her paw, he only reluctantly agreed that the Dmso I was using is a great product. The meds he gave helped a little bit, but she got a severe fungal infection - I did not go back and bought some stuff online. If you use chemicals, they mess up something else. Better to use natural products and avoid all doctors. Sorry doc Malone, but I am sure you understand why.
what dmso did you buy? ( pls be specifcc; pls dontb send me to another substack; i am only here. thx) where did u buy it. help!
I bought it at the Dmso store in Florida. I first bought the roller with aloe, and when it worked I bought the 100% drops. After that, the rollers with lavender oil and rose oil were on sale and I bought both. I love the lavender but not the rose oil. https://dmsostore.com/
It's both tragic and understandable that so many in the medical community drink from the same information trough. I have an OT, and ER MD, and an anesthesiologist in my family who are all deeply invested in their "high priests" - journals and medical associations.
The work Dr. Marik and associates have been doing on cancer is soooo exciting.
During the past 5yrs, I've had a mission to help folks find good resources. I'm not too bright, but I am curious, and I've found great Resources- where the curious public can Learn, same as I have these years: IMA/FLCCC, TheHighwire, CHD, Dr. Malone, React 19. Still the same few! It's so EASY to learn!
In my MANY, several thousand, random, stranger chats - every time it's a medical person - they repel the Truths, like oil to water. Inside the hospitals though - I'd love if some brave soul, will go under-cover, and reveal exactly how the propaganda is occurring, encouraged. Do they have Propaganda therapy sessions/meetings? I kinda think they must.
indoctrinated and brainwashed since early schooling. injected with poison till they dumb up.
And drs. Moerman, Budwig, Huxsey, Lanctot, and all the others. Got a whole shelf full of 'quacks' who managed to heal their patients.
The book is great!
Thanks for sharing
You sprayed certificates of deposits, plus a drop of DMSO on a burn??? Egads!
;)
CDS?
I left a comment in the comments under my comment ;)
Would someone feeling a bit merciful please tell what is cds and how do you make CI02. My hours for reasesrch have tanked. Thanks to all generous folks
CDS is chlorine dioxide solution. I'd refer you to Curious Outlier, Andreas Kalcker, or Scott McCrae here on substack for more in-depth explanations.
It’s another burden put on an already struggling portion of the population. I don’t care what some people may tell you, many are struggling today. Imagine having a pet or livestock and because of burdens put on families with these insane increases in energy costs, medical costs, etc. you are unable to take care of your animals. Many times these problems don’t happen over time they happen suddenly. Making changes in the rules to further put families and people in a position of not being able to care for their animals is heartless and what is the upside. It’s another power grab stressing out an already stressed population. The bottom line is much of this government does not want people to be self sufficient, stable or happy for that matter.
My dog, a dog I love, that had been sick previous with blood in his stool recently began having seizures. I took him to the vet yesterday. Honestly the last issue cost us almost 6000 dollars. I just can’t afford another 6-10,000 dollar bill and I’m heartbroken, I love this dog, but I have to just live with knowing I can’t help him. It’s truly eating me up.
For our dog’s seizures we have daily pentobarbital and another drug K BroVet but the costs are minimal. The issue was she had seizures at the vets office. She hasn’t had a seizure in a long time.
Part of the problem is getting to the prescription phase. Our dog is a 6 year old intact yellow lab. The Vet said the 1st thing is you have to fix the dog, they won’t give him anything until he’s fixed, the medicine won’t work. Simba is the happiest dog I’ve ever had and it’s a big problem fixing him if you know what I mean, he’s hung like a stallion🙄, sorry. It may be a personal thing with me ie he’s still intact. But then comes the tests follow ups and who knows what else. It’s been a tough time for us as of late. We’re doing the best we can I suppose.
vets around here refuse to do anything to the animals until they are fully jabbed, just like the kids. thankfully I found one who only requires the rabies, and will test first for antibodies (although we all know that means nothing). Unfortunately mine has been jabbed as a puppy - my first dog, and my first visits to an American vet, who was just as jab happy as the pediatricians here. Back in Europe, my vet required nothing at all, and the rabies there was once in a lifetime oral paste. They have stopped rabies vaxx' 10 years ago. I wonder why America still insists on it. Yes, you there, who admonished me rabies is horrible - but it is all about the money, since Europe can do oral, and lifetime, and here we got to inject every year or 3 years (with the same product), that lasts at least 7, and vets know it, and then we get sprayed from the air 'for the wild animals'. What about my dog and cats? they are outside too.
That’s awful that your vet is holding you hostage that way by insisting on castration. There are still some good holistic or homeopathic vets out there. Theavh.org is a site that might help find one.
Fixed? You mean castrated? Intact animals are not broken. I have an intact Sheltie and if a vet told me I had to castrate him to get care, I'd quickly find another vet. Also, James, your next dog, or even this one!--think about holistic care. Check out Dr. Will Falconer's Vital Animal Substack.
never understood that a damaged animal was 'fixed'. I always say neutered.
Unfortunately no holistic doc is anywhere near, 4 hours or more driving to one. We are doctoring ourselves and the beasties.
Yes Joy! Sorry my knees get pain and weak when I say that…🥹
You could always say "neutered".
But James, does that mean (most) men are broken?
Our Bernie Doodle, 100+ pounds, we got from a woman who had developed cancer after she got him. They were afraid with the Prednisone he would eventually break her bones because of his size. Around he age of 8 he tore a ligament in a hind leg. $5000 dollars. In the old days it would have been a much cheaper bullet. But times change. We were told that tears like that had a genetic component and that the other leg had a 50/50 of going the same route. We got on the wrong side of that 50/50. We were fortunate we could afford it. This
Vet hospital does this kind of leg surgery 5 times a day most days. It's all they do. I never would have thought such a Vet's business could bee for surgery only.
Both dogs need grooming, Abbey the Golden Doodle, needed someone to come to our house because of her seizures. One week our groomer quit coming. We've been through of bunch of them.
Our sister in law had a hard to handle little, mean and old three legged dog and she had found a groomer who could handle him. So we went there. We thought we had estimated the cost accurately. We didn't. $600 because they hadn't been cut in a while and were matted a little. $500 to $600 every 8 weeks. We thought long and hard. But in the end, you chose them, you need to take care of them properly. Or give them to someone else who will. So we suck it up. Every trip to the Vet is unusually not less than $300. They are great and smart dogs. The groomer trims claws, cleans out the rear end sacs if needed, and will clean teeth for no extra charge.
A little over ten years after our last cat died, we said no more. We wanted to travel and not have the burden of finding someone to watch the dogs. A story to long for now and obviously we violated that dream. But you have to spend your money on something, don't you?
The Bernie Doodle had been fixed prior to us. They also found probable cancer in his scrotum so they took those also. The Golden we did as a pup. In heat female dogs and puppies were not going to happen.
Try a ketogenic diet. There's a study in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association of a 4yo dog with idiopathic epilepsy that benefitted greatly on a ketogenic diet. They used such a diet for people already back in the late 1800's.
I am so sorry to hear about your dog. I truly hope you can find a solution. I understand how truly heartbreaking it is. I had a cat that ran a $10,000 surgery bill, which wouldn’t have been possible if we didn’t have pet insurance. Our portion was a $1000 co-pay. Fast forward to now we have a stray kitten that we had fixed and I’m reluctant to have him vaccinated with all of the things I am reading now. He is strictly an indoor cat. I will likely have to find a random vet that will see him (like an emergency vet) if he’s sick, because these people won’t probably let us back in unless he gets vaccinations. I have watched this practice grow from small to very big and commercial like. It’s really a bummer because I really respect the vet that we use there.
So very sorry James to hear about your dog! 🐶❣️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for that excellent post. I have both large animals and small, and the veterinary profession has transformed in my lifetime into either non-existent entities (I live on the Canadian border) or strictly money oriented businesses. There are very few small animal practices up here, and most don't take new clients. Basically only one or two large animal vets must cover the entire northern half of Maine. Rates charged for basic services have skyrocketed, especially in the small animal department. My 92 year old aunt just brought her dog for its annual check up and she got billed almost a thousand bucks for two shots, nail trim, bloodwork (not sure for what) and 12 months of flea and tick meds. Last May I had to take one of my sled dogs three hundred miles south to an emergency hospital in southern Maine when she collapsed with what I thought was an internal bleed. She was hospitalized for three days and two nights, given a blood transfusion and endless tests, diagnosed with IMHA, prescribed seven very expensive drugs that must be given religiously in order to keep her alive, and when discharged the bill was just under ten thousand dollars. I have since weaned her myself from all the drugs, using the internet as my veterinarian, and she's doing great. Maybe this is just luck but it's been over a year now since her gloom and doom diagnosis. Bottom line, we're on our own with veterinary care unless we're well heeled and live in the right areas. I worked for one of the premiere horse vets on the east coast while I was in college. He was a great man. He took care of the equestrian team horses stabled in palatial luxury and the back yard ponies kept in tar papered shacks, and in his spare time did small animal surgeries in his basement. I learned more from him than I ever did in college. He charged on a sliding scale. Responded no matter what time of day or night in an emergency. Those old school vets just don't exist anymore, and many of our treasured four legged companions, both pets, horses and farm animals, have died as a result. I think it's tragic that many old people can't afford to have a pet when that cat or dog could make the difference between loneliness and happiness. The one great benefit we animal owners and lovers have today is the internet. Thank you, Dr. Malone. You are much appreciated.
I've experienced firsthand pretty much everything you've recounted. I grew up raising cattle and horses. My father was a doctor so our vet was pretty liberal with what he allowed us to do on our own. It was not because of cost back then, but because of speed and convenience. My old school small animall vet retired several years ago. There is no replacement in kind. I've done my best just to find private practice vets as opposed to those that were all gobbled up by umbrella corporations. As for IMHA, My mother and three of my friends have had animals affected by this. My mother's was the only one that survived. The old school vet cost $3,000, and my neighbors lovely dog cost $15,000 and did not survive. From what I've seen, it's a tricky disease as all these animals received similar treatments, transfusions. I appreciate your post so much and I had no idea things were so dire in more rural parts of the country. I'm 60 now, and have just one dog, and keep incredibly expensive health insurance on her, so when that $15,000 bill comes I won't have to empty my bank account, or or euthanize her for financial reasons. I'd love to have another dog, but honestly I can't afford the insurance.
I have to wonder whether IMHA, as so many other autoimmune diseases, is not caused from vaccinosis, i.e. over-vaccination. Once I stopped vaccinating my animals back in the late 90's, they became the healthiest I ever had.
I detest having to give a rabies vax to our precious little Havanese! I am working with our vet to try to get the Thimerisol free canine rabies fvx but so far he says no one has been able to develop one. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🐶❣️
Hi Nadia, I'm still happily working with livestock both locally and via our reverence farms stockholders forum. Most immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) is likely caused by annual wellness exam vaccine shots, in my opinion. Way too many vaccines being given to pets. Likely the reason for so much cancer in pets these days. That and dry kibble (which ruins their teeth). Always feed our domesticated species like their wildlife cousins eat, and they will stay well into old age.
Nadia, I've thought too about old people who can't afford to have a pet. I'm working on a will right now, and I'm seeing if I can set it up so that enough money would go to a trusted local animal shelter so that it would work for them to give the pets to elders and then provide routine financial assistance. This would also mean that when I get older I can have pets myself without worrying what might happen to them.
"One cannot load a sick herd of sheep or a dangerous mature bull into a stock trailer and haul them to a clinic half a day away without risking severe stress or death."
At a glance, this might not seem relevant to the subject at hand. But I think it is. Every now and then I think I'd like to have a small pickup. Some weeks ago I set up a shortcut to Autotrader used vehicles. I can also go to Carmax and search. Have you seen the prices that even 20 or 30 year-old pickups are going for? Astronomical.
Newer trucks more often have smaller displacement, turbocharged engines. Or active fuel management (cylinder shutoff for fuel economy) that has reportedly been reducing engine life for those full-size trucks that still offer V8s. And the obnoxious stop-start features that leave you wondering about the day that you lift your foot off the brake and the engine refuses to come to life again.
How is one going to reliably haul livestock when they've driven truck drivers down to turbo 4-cylinders, such as those even available on the full-size Silverados in recent years?
De-industrialization. Offshoring. Inflation. Hyper-regulation. It's for the planet, you see. The attack is multi-directional and incremental. It's all pitched as for our wellbeing, when I'm convinced it's meant to hobble.
Another great example of unintended consequences. From a farmer rancher perspective once they removed to use of tetracycline in low levels from feeds and mineral there was a vast upswing in pinkeye in cattle. This resulted in tremendous increase in use of expensive new antibiotics to treat this very difficult disease. Most likely this ruling actually resulted in more total antibiotic use in these animals.
We use an oil based botanical, twice daily for 3-4 days, with about 90-95% success. If not successful we revert to the polymixin, neosporin dexamethasone mix. In the pre-antibiotic era, a mild boric acid solution was made for eye problems by pharmaceutical companies. Raw milk spritzed in the eye also works as does it injection under the outer corneal layer (with local anesthesia). Pulling the 3rd eyelid across the eyeball and suturing laterally to the skin and then suturing the eyelids closed is a once and done procedure for pink eye (absorbable suture is used so it breaks down in about 10-14 days).
50 years ago I read something that convinced me to use vitamin A for eye and ear infections in my children. I never had to take them to a dr for either condition after I started using it. It must be NATURAL Vit A, not the chemical imitation. Should work with animals.
I'm reading a great book at the moment titled, "Infected" - Secrets From the Medical Underground; How to Prevent & Treat Any Infection, by Ralph La Guardia, MD, an integrative physician who practices in Connecticut. It is meant for humans. I also subscribe to his substack, which is very informative. He's been in practice for more than 3-decades & lives on an organic farm with his wife, along with four horses & a dog. He has orchards & a geodesic dome greenhouse where he experiments with growing & propagating edible fruits of all kinds. He is also the author of "The Doomsday Book of Medicine" & "the Bible of Alternative Medicine. Farm animals may also possibly benefit from some of his knowledge & treatments with the proper discernment.
I know Dr LaGuardia and his wife. They both worked in the same hospital as I did. I had lost track of them, so thanks for your post. I will find them here on Substack!
Here is his substack from January 30th, 2026 (about the flu)...https://open.substack.com/pub/medicalunderground/p/the-flu-how-to-prevent-and-treat?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thanks for the link!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the book recommendations. I just ordered two of them. I’ll have to check out the doc’s Substack.
You're welcome. I hope you enjoy the book & substack as much as I have.
Good morning Dr. Malone, you have touched on virtually every single issue I have been living for the last 30 years in the trenches as a practicing large animal vet. Well said and I'd just like to make a few comments. If it wasn't for the abuse of antibiotics by the industrial agricultural sector, the June 2023 policy ending OTC sales of antibiotics would not have happened. Perhaps there is global OneHealth angle, but it was, in my view, US industrial agriculture abuse of penicillin and oxytetracycline, etc and their removal from easy access that caused the current pain to rural homestead livestock holders that you are describing.
While I am completely biased by having been immersed in the organic dairy sector since 1988, first as a herdsman then as a veterinary practitioner, I've been using natural treatments for many commonly encountered conditions for which people reflexively reach for antibiotics. Antibiotics should only be used for life-threatening situations, not for simple infections when there is a universe of traditional non-antibiotic treatments.
Over the last 10 years, I've turned my focus to helping homesteaders with their livestock for all the reasons you mentioned in your article. There are not many, if any vets, in East central Arkansas, northern Maine, eastern Wyoming, central Mississippi and many other places who make farm calls or see dairy cows (which most homesteaders have for their own raw milk supply), let alone provide natural treatment options. I've come to love working with homesteaders because they look at their animals more like horse people do and not like commercial dairy farmers do. They are in a true in-between niche. And they want natural treatments first but are also good with antibiotics if truly needed. That completely resonates with how I practice medicine.
I know I'm completely biased (again) in saying the following but my wife, Suzanne, has been a leader in helping new and small-scale dairy re-enliven their communities with homesteads. She is truthful about the challenges people face when they consider getting livestock, especially milk cows. From soil regeneration for pasture to the animal giving birth and everything between, the good, the bad and the ugly - because it ain't all roses. We provide solutions via our StockholdersExchange Forum and the Manual (www.reverencefarms.com). The Manual has 300 videos, multiple guides and pdfs, multiple audios, all about real cases so the veil is lifted and people have their eyes open when they get into having livestock. These resources have helped people scattered far and wide in the states you named and elsewhere (even other countries). The Stockholders Exchange Forum is a private discussion group where I give advice (like Dear Abby) on specific cases, emergent or chronic. I always promote trying to work with a vet and will talk shop with their vet to best help their case. It's sad bad but many large animal vets either work for the industry and don't want to deal with small scale stockholders or are so busy it'll be days before they can come see the ailing animal.
Homesteading and the lack of veterinary availability goes beyond a simple lack of OTC antibiotics. One of my main aims professionally has been to get natural medicines fully allowed for certified organic farmers (the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, PMO, penalizes them for using them believe it or not). If that can be accomplished, many older medicines that were mainstream in veterinary medicine prior to the antibiotic era would become easily available to anyone anywhere.
What a pleasure to read your post! I, too, am biased toward organic and traditional non-antibiotic treatments and it's wonderful to see someone point out the egregious harm done by farmers using antibiotics routinely, "because it makes the cattle grow faster and fatter". You are so right--farmers did this to themselves, and I, for one, am glad that they can no longer use antibiotics in such a fashion. I personally believe it has contributed greatly to the antibiotic resistance that we've seen over the last several years.
OTOH, some of the other recent declarations by our ignorant FDA bureaucrats and beyond sad. I'm truly grateful that there are holistic vets; I myself use a homeopathic veterinarian an hour away, and I'm glad to make the trip on the rare occasions that I have to use her services.
Check out Oregon's Initiative 28. It will effectively ban all human taking of animals: hunting, fishing, animal ag, etc. I could be charged with sexual assault for artificially inseminating a cow.
Please support Greater Idaho (greateridaho.org) and help the eastern Oregon counties escape this madness.
That is absurd. Sounds like a PETA driven initiative.
It certainly is. And they are close to having the signatures to put it on the ballot.
Yep, that is the reality of owning livestock. Which is why I practice the same care for my horses as I do for myself: supplementation, healthy foods, acupuncture, chiropractic, exercise and, now, the use of red light therapy and frequency support via Solex AO Scanner. Face it, this isn't just an animal problem but we humans are facing the same fate. BTW, I ride a 33 year old, 17.1 hand Holsteiner!
Dairy herd management was in my past; my college roommate was large-animal vet in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. What you say is on the money. "The administrative state". Voting for one or the other presidential candidate will not make this go away. RFK, Jr. is on the right track, but it will take multiples of him, and re-eduction of the population (don't think communist China, please) to reverse the trend. Prepare, prepare, prepare.
I don’t like the sound of “international harmonization” - the words send a chill up my woohoo.
Me too. It makes the hair on the back of my neck go up.
There really is a land/urban cultural divide. My childhood was spent exploring the hills of CA but once I left for college and into work, I developed more urban friendships. All those urban friendships shattered during covid when I fled to rural TN. Those people do not have any frame of reference for understanding non-urban life. Unfortunately, there are more of them and their worldview looks like it’s growing. There’s an X entry with someone gleefully saying you can download your lab tests to Grok and it will analyze them for you. No hesitation, no thought of privacy as something to fight for. Just that life can be made easier.
It’s a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. We are up against people who want centralized control over people, food production, elimination of small farms, etc. coupled with people who have no understanding of the complexities of nature and react in horror that (ignorant) farmers can just go in to Tractor Supply and buy Ivermectin for their animals. Our only hope is to get through to those people but I am a failure at that. I pray Polyface Farm and Dr. Malone’s substack will succeed.
Farmers have brought a lot of this regulation mess on themselves. Have mentioned before public health labs test for antibiotics in milk because some farmers will peddle milk drawn from cows with mastitis. The dust bowl was produced by farmers ignoring very good advice on land management and if you ever were in those dust storms, as I had, you know that was more than a mere problem for the farmer. Perhaps the answer is forming farming cooperatives,where farmers band together, perhaps in cooperation with well trained AG commissioner. Success would depend on strict compliance and reporting violations to keep intrusive agents out of the mix
There used to be farming coops, farm granges, in the United States. Here in Maine you can still see old grange halls here an there. These were systematically and purposefully destroyed by federal programs. Was Earl Butz the culprit? Maybe. His slogan was "Get Big or Get Out" and we are reaping the result of his policies (which came well after the dustbowl).
This is a really important point. There was a cooperative in OR and the food and farms there were unbelievable. they held a lot of farm tours. It’s VERY hit or miss here in eastern TN.
" Have mentioned before public health labs test for antibiotics in milk because some farmers will peddle milk drawn from cows with mastitis. "
I don't think you realize that every farm's milk is tested for antibiotics before it's accepted at the receiving plant. If a tanker load tests positive, the entire load is dumped and the farmer responsible is charged. Farms that sell Grade A milk to the public are also routinely tested.
Except for someone selling milk illegally to their neighbors, the national milk supply is reliably safe from antibiotic contamination.
That was my point. Careless or uncaring farmers forced this to happen
Interestingly, the maximum residue limit for oxytetracycline was raised 10-fold when the company manufacturing LA-200 was going for full approval. It got approved. Appendix N of the PMO shows what the MRL's for antibiotics in the milk supply are.
From the “pendulum swings” process comes this situation in the early 80’s in Virginia. A large animal practice in Abingdon, Va sold Rx drugs OTC. Most of it was to clients they knew. At the time the OTC mastitis tubes didn’t work too well as they had developed resistance. So they started mixing their own tubes with non approved drugs. I literally quit drinking milk for a period of time. They would use Chloramphenicol and steroids and tell the farmer to throw the milk away for a couple of days. They were guessing. I saw the problem from both sides. There was frustration from approved drugs not working and their own mix worked very well. But no one knew how long the drug stayed in the milk. At the time, Virginia had started using a very sensitive test for antibiotics in milk and a lot of farm tanks of milk had to be dumped. But not all. Eventually the state or feds found out and raided his building and the owner was hauled into federal court in Richmond. I don’t remember what happened to the Vet.
So now I guess we are over protected by our nanny state. And yes the Veterinary profession has become all about $$. Most graduates are women for some time now. They don’t even want to work 8 hrs a day and do not want to do LA work. Men look at the profession and see how little money they can make upon graduation from Vet school and decide it’s not worth the investment.
When I raised dairy goats (I quit about 9 years ago), the only vet in the area was an equine vet who made the mistake of settling in an area surrounded by diary farms. She quickly became a large animal vet who went wherever she was needed. The last I knew, she was converting her practice to small animals.
One of my neighbors raises both Belted Galloway cattle and Katahdin sheep, and except for the rare instance, when I was farming he treated all his animals himself. There are several Equine vets in Maine, but very few Large Animal Vets. Those who raise cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas are pretty much on their own. My neighbor selects all his animals for their hardiness. They can survive conditions that other breeds would not.
Raising hardy breeds is definitely one of the ways around the veterinarian shortage, but it takes nerves of steel to watch an animal sicken and know that perhaps only Nature can fix it, after all you can do.
Black Angus cattle are one of the hardy breeds (at least the traditional Angus are). Almost no pinkeye (in 55 years have had to treat for pinkeye one year, and only 3 or 4 cows -- realized the seedheads of the grass they were grazing were an irritant, so thereafter bush hogged high to clip them off if they were a problem that year. The past few years have been extended droughts so not a problem. We, too, have limited access (actually none right now) to a large animal vet, but several years ago we had a good one who evaluated our situation -- isolated from other herds, only new animals introduced are new herd bulls from reputable breeders -- and recommended we not vaccinate; more risk vaccinating than not. We also don't vaccinate dogs and cats, except rabies for the dog every few years. No baths for dog, he stays outside; no skin problems. We tend to use old remedies when needed for horses, cows, and pets, including some human products. I'm from the generation that almost never called the vet, we did it ourselves or knew which neighbor to call for help. I realize that even pets can cost thousands of dollars now (used to the neighbors had give-aways when theirs whelped) so it is prudent to take them to vets to protect your investment and a beloved family member. Blessings.
The prescription regulations, plus large animal vet shortage, and third party pet vet coverage, and skyrocketing prices kills animals.
Same goes for people.
The choices of which drugs require prescription and which do not are not rational.