Re: RC: Re: ivomec

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi again 
BTW Ivermec for cattle comes in 250 and 50ml also and it raises the per
horse cost to about $7 and $8 respectively, so you're right, if people
have fewer horses and can get ProMectin, they would be better off with
that.
Bette

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/31/99 12:18:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> woa@stormnet.com writes:
> 
> << 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  >>
> 
> While it is true that the oral cattle dewormer can be used in this manner,
> the oral ProMectin E, which is the liquid designed for horses, is exactly the
> same strength, comes in 100 ml bottles, and is less than $60 per bottle--a
> better buy, and certainly better for the person with only a few horses.  (The
> injectable cattle deworrmer comes in smaller bottles, too, but still costs
> more than the ProMectin E--plus has the inconvenience of having to draw the
> liquid up with a needle as you described.)
> 
> Heidi
> 
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