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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401716302382
In this study of parasitic worms in sheep, it is found that the saponins and tannins in opuntia kill both eggs and inhibit movement of those parasitic worms.
That this may also occur in tortoises is unknown. Considering that some tortoises encounter and eat different opuntia in the wild, as a natural and native food, it seems plausible that there may be some anti-worm activity for tortoises as well.
That the potential active ingredients are those the TTT uses as a caution for food that tortoises eat seems ironic to me.
In this study of parasitic worms in sheep, it is found that the saponins and tannins in opuntia kill both eggs and inhibit movement of those parasitic worms.
That this may also occur in tortoises is unknown. Considering that some tortoises encounter and eat different opuntia in the wild, as a natural and native food, it seems plausible that there may be some anti-worm activity for tortoises as well.
That the potential active ingredients are those the TTT uses as a caution for food that tortoises eat seems ironic to me.