Liquid Ivermectin

dyan

Does anyone know...is the liquid Ivermectin the only way to get ONLY HW meds? Meaning is there any other HW meds that ONLY take care of HW? I think I remember Bubblegums breeder telling me she got Ivermectin that was for injecting cows and/or swine but to FEED it to the dogs. Is this what you guys that use Liquid Ivermectin do? How do you know how much to give? Its kind of scary to me.

 

If I remember right from what I've read, injectable Ivermectin will also control internal parasites, but the doseage is different than what is given for HW preventative.  As for administering it, people I've spoken with who use it "feed" it to their dogs.  Someplace online I saw a doesage chart. 

Thank you micksmom.....I found a few people that use it and told me how....but in the end I ordered Iverhart. EEKS! I HATE this...I really don't want to give him pesticides...its a darn if I do and darned if I don't kind of thing for me.

Just don't crowd the doseage for him Dyan -- iverheart and HeartGuard are dosed very very low particularly at the top of the weight range and you want it to at least kill heartworm microfilaria -- there are places where it is showing a lot of resistance b/c of the low dosing and so dogs that have been on it have turned up positive.

Ivomec is STRONGER than it appears -- so the doseage chart (and it should NOT be online -- because people are going to WAY over-dose with that because they don't think about dilution). You should check a Veterinary PDR at the library for doseage amounts and ask your pharmacist to help you figure the dose. The actual dose is literally just a couple of drops. The typical thing you see online is .1 cc and that is WAY too high. Ivermectin is well tolerated -- it will kill any blood-feasting parasite (heartworm microfilaria, whips, hooks, roundworms, lungworm, earmites, etc.) but you use a tiny tiny tiny amount of the liquid Ivomec. You put it on a bit of food (hence "feed";) -- you want something the dog will eat in one bite so you don't risk them leaving any in the bowl. my holistic vet and I were having this conversation last night -- Novartis is going to bring back Sentinel (but not Interceptor)but that's heartworm plus the old Program drug (flea egg inhibitor) -- and pretty much everything else out there is for more than heartworm. And most of it is just not good stuff.