Re: RC: Re: ivomec

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Heidi
I get Ivermec for cattle at the local feed store (it's actually cheaper
through the catalogues) for less than $300 --usually $290-- which works
out about the same or maybe a little less than yours. Alamo Pintado told
me about ProMectin E a few years ago but I would have had to order it
through them and it was more expensive. I've never seen ProMectin E in
the local stores nor have I seen it in the catalogues. Perhaps most
locals aren't as crazy as me having so many horses and there isn't the
demand, whereas cattle are everywhere here. Maybe it's just available to
you vets. Where do you buy it and can anyone get it without an RX? I'm
willing to change if it's about the same price and just as accessible.
Does it have any advantage over the cattle ivermectin (price is same or
more and I don't mind needles). The thing I like about the cattle one is
that is an oil and sticks to their mouths-- they have tried but can't
spit it out like the paste. What is ProMectin's consistency and can they
cheek it (those little devils)?
Always grateful for your input,
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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