Larger animals are best dosed with a plastic syringe for the initial 5 day booster dose for acute illness. The following 2.5ml daily dose may be added to food or milk placed in a plastic container or bucket. Colloidal Silver works well when given as an ajunct to a healthy diet. Silver levels in the body are commonly very low especially in animals contracting illnesses suggesting that our soils are seriously deficient in the mineral. One 500ml bottle given as suggested used as a yearly booster is recommended to assist in keeping general immunity high.
Prevention is the best medicine.
Colloidal Silver can be used against viral, bacterial and fungal infections and works best when it comes into direct contact with the pathogen for at least 6 minutes. As the disease producing organisms are destroyed they need to be eliminated from the body through normal channels. It is important therefore to make sure the animal you are treating has access to plenty of clean water at all times and is encouraged to drink as much as possible. Some animals will drink water to which Colloidal Silver has been added seemingly knowing it to be beneficial. C olloidal Silver has shown dramatic results in the case of very young animals such as foals and calves scouring.