hate to hear it for ya

i kept thinking as I read the infractions...who could this be..then i saw the smart a$$...naaa still wasn't me..

you will have to update the handheld before you do

Can you give it to a GSP and an English Pointer

greyhound and collie breeds are the only one you can't give it to i think

nice pictures that gives me some great ideas. Jester you must have followed me over from GON where you located at jester?

dunno....just mainly read here...don't post much

Albiny Gawga area

Can anyone point me in the direction of ANY resource or research that suggests that Ivomec will kill adult heartworms?  I'm not talking about a cousins friend who knows someone that used to be a vet or any BS like that.  I'm searching for documented proof.

Ivermectin does not kill adult worms...so I can't point you to that document Adult Heartworms life span is about two years...as long as there is adult worm in the system they will be doing damage to vessels and the heart.

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/heartworm_treatment.html here is a good one I have another at home and will post it here when I get home

http://www.heartwormsindogs.net/treatment-for-heartworms-in-dogs.html
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/11300.htm

I have a buddy that has a cur as a house pet and he brought it to the vet and they vet says he has heartworms she wants to chargge him 300 a visit and 1900 for the heart worms now from my experance with usein ivermec and my understanding it kills and prevents heartworms right his dog is a lil over a year and about 55lbs I should give a 1/2 ml to him for about three months and will this take care of them

If the dog has a good amount of heartworms and you give the normal dosage of 1/10 cc per 10 #'s, it will most likely kill the dog.  The Ivermectin actually parralizes the worm.  If the dog is infested, the dead worms will clog ther ports up.  That equals no blood flow, which means dead dog.  I know this for a fact first hand.  Try explaining this to your father in law who is upset about loosing a dog he raised from a pup.   


your right.... but,i went on the information that he posted...dog is right at 1 year old...it takes about 6 months for the adult worms to appear and to show up on the test after the dog is bitten...so i figured 6-8 months of infection...and assumed the dog showed no visible signs of an issue...and it to be a Class I infection and those does of Ivermectin would be OK...if it was coughing and showing signs of fatigue after a small amount of exercise...it may be a Class II infection...I think Ivermectin is the slowest killer of the available products and I might cut the above dose to make sure there is a slow micro and larvae kill rate...If it is in congestive heart failure...Class III.... you more than likely will kill it with Ivermectin when so many are killed off at one time...but the animal is already in congestive heart failure...very much more interference with circulation would be lights out

it takes about 6 months for the test they use to show positive...more than likely if it has them it is in Stage I at this point. hogaholicswife is correct in the lifespan of an adult Heartworm is about 2 years...however the adult worms can do damage in that time.  Keep the microfilaria and larva to a minimum with a .10cc per 10# of dog weight and it may come out just fine.  Stage II or III more than likely would need treatment and that is the going rate in these parts too.  The traetment can be hard on them.. 1/2 cc or ml would be a dose for a 50# dog...

Good Job Florida Curdog

Good hog. I'm going to be huntin just west of Albany this weekend. We've got some peanut farmers having trouble. Lots of hogs in southwest Georgia.

you just might find one of those there

A guy I hunt with has one...a Ladner dog I think....she is a good dog.  I will she if I can get them to post a pick of her on a hog.