Re: RC: Re: ivomec

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

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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