I've used liquid injectable Ivermectin as an oral preventative for heartworm for years on my dogs. If you go this route, be sure to check the bottle you purchase carefully as Ivermectin comes in different strengths. You want 1% Ivermectin, which is sold for use in cattle and swine. At my local feed and seed, a 50 mL bottle sells for approx. $50. The break down for livestock is 1cc per 110 pounds of body weight, so to dose a dog, the breakdown is 0.1 cc per 11 pounds, which is a tiny amount. I use an insulin syringe to measure the dosage for my dogs and squirt it into their mouths on the first of every month. As I live in the deep southern part of the US, and mosquitos are a constant concern here, I keep my dogs on heartworm preventative year around.
A single bottle of Ivermectin at $50 will last for a few years at my house of 13 dogs (the product does have an expiration date, so be sure to check the bottle to see when it expires) and is a MUCH cheaper route than purchasing Heartguard etc. at my vet's office. I purchased my last bottle at least 4 years ago, it's still 1/4 full and doesn't expire until April of 2003. Gerri Dueringer ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
