Re: RC: Tick stuff

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

I'm with you, Claudia.  Just because it is not yet "approved" does not mean it
will do harm.
My guess is that it is no more harmful to horses than it is to dogs and cats.

Teddy


Claudia Provin wrote:

> Someone mentioned that the Front Line, Advantage, etc.(active ingredient,
> pyrethrin), for dogs has not been approved for use in horses----I am
> wondering if it is simply because no one has put up the $$ for FDA funding
> to approve it in horses, whereas the "dog community" has done so?????   In
> which case, it likely is just as safe for horses as it is for dogs.    My
> vet has told me this is the case with a number of medications and things we
> would like to use; it is not that they have been proven unsafe---they simply
> have not been tested for this particular animal.    Do any of the vets know
> which is the case with the pyrethrins???    Perhaps it is actually not safe
> for anything?  Or vice versa??    Is dabbing it on more dangerous than
> spraying it on???  (Pyrethrins are in my horse spray.)   Claudia
>
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