DE Dosage Rates

We recommend you store your DE in an airtight container upon receipt of your shipped product. DE, water and humidity don't mix from a storage perspective and keeping your DE dry until use will be beneficial to it's efficacy and long term storage.

Recommended dosage rates for animals and livestock

Kittens 1/2 teaspoon per day

Adult Cats 1 teaspoon per day

Puppies 1/2 to 1 teaspoon p/day dependent upon size and breed

Small Dogs under 15kg 1 teaspoon per day

Medium Dogs 15kg – 35kg 1 tablespoon per day

Large Dogs over 35 - 50kg 2 tablespoons per day

Giant Dogs 50kg + 2 heaped tablespoons + per day

Cattle, Dairy Cows, Pigs 2% of dry feed ration per day

Chickens, Pheasants, Quail 5% mixed in feed per day

Goats, Sheep, Alpacas, Llamas 2% in grain per day

Horses, Ponies, Donkeys 1/2 to 1 cup in daily ration

Zoo animals 2% in daily feed

Two legged mammals 1 heaped tablespoons + per day


Recommend dosage rates for plants and crops

5 litre ‘pump up’ type sprayer 20gms or 60mls

15 litre Backpack sprayer 60gms or 180mls

200 litre automatic sprayer 800 - 900 grams

Crop application  1 – 2.5kg p/acre

10 litre bucket ‘brush on’ 2 cups or 500mls

10 litre watering can 2 cups or 500mls


Recommend dosage rates for anti-caking agent / grain protectant

Per volume of grain / product feed 2%


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