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I agree, Lif
MUCH easier than the paste-- horses can't spit it out-- it is a little oily and 
sticks to their mouth! I use 10 cc for up to a 1200lb horse. You can get the 
Ivermec for cattle (be sure to get the one that is NOT the PLUS one-- has 
something added that is only good for cattle) on-line-- Jeffers is usually the 
cheapest and it works out to under $4/horse.
Lately, though, Jeffers has been having specials on their paste horse wormers-- 
ivermectin-- at $3.39/tube. I got that thinking the horses would like the apple 
flavor and be happier about worming-- wrong! Some still managed to surprise me 
and spit some out. The liquid Ivermec is much easier to give them. Also, 
sometimes you can find Equimec (Same thing) on sale there. When there is a 
price difference (for some reason, drug manufacturers think that horse people 
have more money to spend than cattle people-- have they looked at the price of 
beef lately!!!), go for the Ivermec for cattle-- identical unless you get the 
BAD PLUS one (cannot stress that enough!)
Bette, who has a herd and cannot afford to buy Zymectrin at $13+/tube!!!
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

"Life is not  a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what
a ride !! "


Lif Strand wrote:
> At 10:16 AM 3/6/2006, Ridecamp Guest wrote:
>
> > A vet told me I could give it to horses as a drench rather than as an 
> > injection, but I haven't tried that - I just use the paste wormers for 
> > the horses.
>
>
> I used the cattle/injectible as an oral wormer for years.  Squirting a 
> relatively small amount of liquid in a horse's mouth from a narrow 
> syringe (without the needle, of course) is way easier than squishing in 
> a glob of paste which can be spit out so easily from a fat tube.

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