Re: RC: RE: Re: Quest Reaction

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

And Kathy, 
The same is true for Ivermectin. You can pay $13-15 for it in the horse
form, OR you can buy 50, 250, or 500ml of it (the 500 ml costing around
$250) in the subcutaneous injectable form for cattle and swine (I do not
mention this to my Arabians for obvious reasons ;-) )--- now called
Ultramectrin---DO NOT GET IVERMEC PLUS--HAS NOT-GOOD-FOR-HORSES THINGS
IN IT-- and give your horse 1cc/110 lbs of body weight (I give all mine
under 1000 lbs 10cc/horse--- even the foals as they tend to get worms
easier and the vet told me I will not overdose them with that) ORALLY
(once upon a time they gave ivermectin to horses subQ but had a few
reactions) and each worming costs me around $5 when I get the BIG 500ml
bottle. 
I also give mine the SAFEGUARD in the cattle form with the "GUN". You
should have seen their eyes when they first saw that thing, but when
they figured out it wasn't going to hurt them, they are fine with it
now. Cost for BIG tube which treats 12,750 lbs (around 13 adult Arabs)
is $37 through Jeffers (one time charge for reusable gun is $12) which
brings per horse charge down to $3/horse or $6/day for the 5 day purge=
$30/horse total!!. Sure makes the "Panacur" purge MUCH more AFFORDABLE!
Have to figure out how to save a few pennies when you have a herd like
mine. 
Bette

Kathy Mayeda wrote:
> 
> You hit it right on the nose - the other list recommended using
> Safeguard instead of PowerPac solely based on price.  Exact same
> stuff, but Safeguard is marketed for cattle instead of horses.
> 
> K.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sullivan's [mailto:greymare@jps.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:16 AM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Cc: woa@stormnet.com
> Subject: RC: Re: Quest Reaction
> 
> With all the negative remarks regarding Quest, I have been looking into
> Panacur as our thin mare was diagnosed with encysted stryongles.
> 
> I'm pissed and confused by all the different prices and dosages on the
> Panacur (aka Safeguard)  You can get an individual dose, through
> Jeffers,
> for $5, to dose an 1100 horse.  Figure it out, a double dose for 5 days
> will
> cost $50, and there will probably be some left over., as most of us with
> Arabs have lighter horses.  The cheapest I have found the Panacur Power
> Pak
> (Valley vet) is $52-you sure aren't gettting any discount for buying the
> power pak.  Of course, the cost to the vets is $38.
> 
> To further confuse you, you can get a 3.2 tube, which doses 4 1,000 lb
> horses, for $15.95, making the cost buying it that way more like
> $40 to do the Panacur purge.
> 
> You can buy a 10.2 oz cattle dose for $35.95; the applicator gun will
> cost
> $12; still cheaper than doing the Power Pak, and much more cost
> effective
> for me, double dosing 6 darn horses to be safe!!
> 
> You can also buy granules to add to feed, a box (comparable to Power
> pak) is
> $32.
> 
> Anyway you look at it, the MOST expensive way to buy the stuff is the
> Power
> Pak!!!
> 
> Getting back to individual doses, some are in oz's, and some in
> grams.......darn hard to figure unless you call Intervet
> 
> Karen
> 
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov	
(Yes, really 16.2!)
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com