This is not to clean the sheep it’s to get rid of parasites that can irritate the sheep and cause a lower quality of wool. Imagine it like shampoo for lice.
This seems like a much more humane application than others I’ve seen. There’s one where they lock a couple dozen in a cage that’s barely big enough for them to move with the top just barely above their heads, then they slowly drop the whole cage in to a pool of the liquid until they’re fully submerged, and then hold them there for like 60 seconds before slowly raising it back up.
I have friends who fill super soakers with ivermectin and they just shoot their cows and horses. Mostly for fun, but apparently it works. I imagine it wouldn't work on a sheep though because of their wooly coat
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u/Technical-Prize-4840 6h ago
It might just be the color of wet wool, but they look whiter/cleaner going in than they do coming out to me.