Re: ivomec

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Sally
I was advised by actually 4 vets (one being the famous Charlie Boles,
vet to the Olympics) that the injectible Ivermec for cattle (not the
Plus) was the same thing as Zymectin and about one third the cost. I buy
a 500cc bottle and pull out 10cc with a needle but then take off the
needle and shoot it in their mouths. It's great! It's oily so it sticks
to their mouths--they  can't spit it out like they can the paste. The
bottle cost me under $300 and does 50 horses (which my herd vacillated
between 70 and 40 for years until I just got down to 25). Quite a
savings at less than $6 a horse compared to $15-18/horse.
I also learned that you could give foals (and adult horses) Glen Oaks
yogurt (they liked strawberry over raspberry and didn't like banana at
all!) for scours and also put SMZs, etc. in it rather than probiotics
which were much more expensive. Necessity forced me to find alternatives
that worked and yet kept my husband from leaving home over my expensive
"habit".
BTW When you used the pour-on, did you pour it on? Sounds like a stupid
question, huh, but I never assume anything anymore. You never know what
works.
Bette

SL S wrote:
> 
> Hi Betty,
> 
> Just curious which formulation of cattle ivermectin you are using on horses:
> Are you using injectable 1% Ivomec and giving 10 cc of that IM, or using
> pour-on, or are you giving something by mouth?  If so, which type?  Didn't
> know about using the injectable stuff orally if that's what you're
> doing...although I do use it for heartworm prevention in my dogs.  (Love
> beating the pharmaceutical co.s at their game.)
> 
> I've been using the Ivomec pour-on for cattle on my horses with great
> results, about half the cost of oral paste ivermectin.  Now the stores
> around here are only carrying the new product, eprinomectin, because the
> cattlemen do not have to wait a month before slaughtering the animal or
> using the milk.  Don't know if the eprinomectin is okay for horses or if it
> gets bots...my guess is YES, but no responses to my queries.  I know the
> drug company isn't going to reveal that secret if at all possible...but I'm
> not finished sleuthing.
> 
> Thanks for info,
> 
> Sally Spangler in Floyd, VA


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