Researchers are exploring the use of plants to control
barber pole worm. Forages, such as clover, vetches,
chicory, and sericea lespedeza,
contain condensed tannins. Condensed tannins reduce the number of stomach
worms and egg production.
Feeding sericea lespedeza hay to goats can reduce fecal eggs
counts by 80 percent and create a higher packed cell volume.