Ivermectin

[anonymous-user]

Hi all, does anyone have any comments on using Ivermectin for their dogs? Cheers

[anonymous-user]

Thevet said:

Ivermectin is not licensed in the UK for dogs, it is licensed in the US where they have heart worm problems, but it is toxic if used above the US dose rate in collies. Why do you need to know when there are plenty of safer treatments available albeit more costly?

Thanks for the words of wisdom, I started the thread because these days many products ( human and animal ) don't do what it says on the tin, some of the claims are just wrong.

Obviously Ivermectin for dogs and Ronseal for fences do the job 100% and in contrast Mercedes used to be put together from high quality parts yet nowadays don't