>On Sat, 13 Jan 1996 maven@eznet.com wrote:
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>Get me off of this F*#KING mailing list
>> Karen, I forgot to mention...you are right...Zimecterin (Ivermectin) twice
>> per year.
>> Al
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>> >>Strongid C is the daily wormer you refer to. My vet, who is a 3-day
eventer
>> >>& fox hunter, highly recommends it. I asked about any possible negatives &
>> >>he said there were none. And it can be used even with competition horses.
>> >>It costs only pennies a day--makes sense if you have a situation where the
>> >>feed is carefully controlled--may not be suitable in pasture-board
situation.
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>> >Reply:
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>> >I looked up the price of Strongid-C. From KV Vet Supply (they usually have
>> >pretty competetive prices), it is $47.99 for a 25# container. Plus 27 lbs.
>> >UPS charges. You would feed each horse 4 oz. per day every day. One
>> >container would last one horse approximately 100 days (16 oz. = 1 lb.),
>> >which makes the cost work out to approx. $14.37 per month per horse (plus
>> >shipping). If you were feeding four horses it would cost you $57.48 per
>> >month. I would consider using this product if it weren't so expensive, but
>> >heck, I'm not spending anywhere near that to worm my horses every six weeks.
>> >Does anybody else out there have any idea if this product is available at a
>> >lower price that I quoted here?
>> >
>> >Karen
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>> >Oh, you'd still have to you an ivermectin product twice a year, wouldn't you
>> >- for bots?
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