nmplott wrote:Zimectrin Gold one notch for 50 pounds and you can round up to the next notch. Its about 14 bucks a box and will take care of heartworms and everyother kind of worm.
That is what I use, it cleans them out pretty good
First off if your dogs have not been on heart worm preventative I would get them checked as if the dog currently has an infestation and you worm them bits of the worm can get clogged in the heart causing death, its similar to a heart attack with a clogged artery. As for zimectrin it self is ivermectin which prevents heart worm and a few other worms, and zimectrin gold has ivermectin and praziquantel which effectively get everyother "usual" parasite that will infect dogs. You can give one notch to any dog up to 50 pounds in weight, I checked with my good friend who is a vet and says that it will not harm them to give a little more hence you can round up, but you also can not give this to dogs like collies or other dogs that come from the family long hair shepherd type dogs, As soon as i get new puppies they are put on this regiment and kept on it until they die.
This is somewhat off subject, but my daughter and I were discussing worming the dogs this morning and she asked if people can get the same worms as dogs do and I didn't know the answer. So can people catch the same worms as our dogs do? If so how would you treat it, a couple more notches on the Zimectrin gold?
The answer to your question is yes we can get worms, not always the same species but the same family. Treatment for a lot of worms is ivermectin, Humans take it in a pill and a very very calculated dose.
I use panacur horse and cattle wormer in the big 1000ml size its about $110. I use two and a half cc per 10 pounds for three days. Its the fenbendazole same as some others but the cheapest and most effectve Ive found. It works on the tape worms around here.
Worms in humans used to be a major problem. Doing genenology research, I saw several causes of death listed as "worms". As a kid, the health dept required every one in public school to produce a stool sample to check for worms. Now noone ever is checked, or treated for worms, yet it is critical to treat livestock. Are we being treated with chemicals in processed foods, without being told? Could our food sources be so comtaminated that worms can't survive them? In the 70's, the city of Torrance, Ca. passed a ban on chemicals that were forbidden to be placed in the sewer system. Quess what?? The drinking water failed to pass the test as sewer exceptable according to the chemists at PPG'S paint plant. Anyone in the medical field have an explanation as to why worms are no longer a concern in humans?
How many cc's of Ivermectin do you guys give your dogs, can I give it to a 5 month old puppy, and should I use another liquid wormer in addition or does the ivermectin take care of everthing?
Found this on a beagle site after looking for some of the stuff mentioned here.
Instead of buying and using only dog/puppy dewormers, I use the Safe-Guard 10% suspension horse/cattle dewormer. I use this for all Beagles that are at least 2 weeks old. This liquid dewormer comes in a 1000 ml bottle and contains 100 mg per ml of the active ingredient which is Fenbendazole. This is much cheaper to buy on a yearly basis than any other deworming product. You can purchase this huge bottle for only $104.95 (accurate price as of 04/20/2008) from Lambert Vet Supply by simply clicking on the photo to the left of this paragraph. It is about 100 times cheaper than any other dog/puppy dewormers made. Also, please note that several of the commercial dog/puppy dewormers are only effective against two or three of the different types of canine intestinal worms; therefore, you would be forced to buy two or three different kinds of dewormers, yet the Safe-Guard 10% suspension horse/cattle dewormer is effective against all four types. (NOTE: Lambert Vet Supply is not a sponsor of BEAGLES UNLIMITED and we do not make a cent by referring them to you. They do have the absolute lowest prices available to help all of us keep our Beagles in great health while we save hundreds of dollars each and every year. Just think about it, no need to buy the very expensive, canine dewormers to proactively keep worms out of all your Beagles.
The recommended dosage of this exact product and strength is 1 ml (which contains 100 mg active ingredient) per 5 lbs of Beagle bodyweight. For example, a 25 lb Beagle would receive 5 ml per day for a 3 day period (total 3-day treatment consists of 15 ml). With a 1000 ml bottle you have enough dewormer to treat a kennel full of Beagles on a bi-monthly treatment program for a very long time. For example, this one bottle of dewormer will treat sixty-six (66) Beagles ( avg. 25lb dogs) for a full three-day treatment. As long as all pups are eating and equally active, I deworm each litter at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks. Adult dogs are proactively treated for worms on the fifteenth of every other month. Fenbendazole is always administered for 3-consecutive days rather than only one day, to be sure your puppies and dogs are 100% worm-free. The reason I deworm on the 15th of every other month is because I do a heartworm preventative treatment on the 1st of every month. This way the two medicines are not given at the same time.
we got some ivrimecten (sorry on the spelling ) same stuff in all the wormer you can buy over the counter but in a pure form clear liquid for the vet it was about $70 not sure on the size but he gave us a 10 ml surenge a all you need it 1 ml for a 45 lbs dog , weve wormed 4 hounds, a lab , a mix 45bl dog and 2 small breed dogs for 3 months and have barley touch the surface of the bottle. it look like well get a few yeas out of it and it has a 2 year shelf life and hits all worms...hope this helps
Not only is it not effective against whips, it is not effective against one specie of tapes and is not AS EFFECTIVE (only partial) against some of the other common worms.
Some research is in order for those who think it is an all-purpose wormer.
