Christine, do you mean you'd give over *10 cc's Ivomec for a 90 lb sheep?? That's enough for a 1000 lb horse or cow :-O I give 1 cc orally per 100 lbs when I use Ivomec. I gave a 10 lb lamb 2 cc's once and killed him, I haven't forgiven myself yet although my other lambs took that dose without problem. Actually what I did this last time is give cydectin in the form of Quest gel labeled for horses, it's the same identical ingredient-moxidectin. Quest is 4 times stronger than the cydection cattle pour on most people use for sheep & goats but it's made for oral, not a pour on designed to soak through tough cattle hide. I used the horse dose but calculated it down to the proper dose for my sheep. 1/2 cc dosed a 50 lb lamb, etc. They all handled it just fine and pale eyelids turned nice and bright pink and dark red within 3 days later. I kicked myself for not going to the trouble of doing fecals beforehand but I'm pretty sure some had barber pole although now I have no proof, the fecals checked afterwards were negative. I'd like to hear other's opinions but I think the 1 cc per 10 lb dose you use (if I read it correctly) is 10 times too high. An entire 50 cc bottle of Ivomec would only treat 5 sheep, not to mention it *is possible to overdose on Ivomec (contrary to popular opinion). Just my 3 cents. Mitzi Potter Oklahoma
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:22:14 -0700, christine handley wrote: >You haven't stated that you used drench or injectable. >I have always used oral drench > >According to my info: > >1 ml = 1 cc > >dosage for Ivomectin (oral drench) is 2.5 ml / 10 kg. of body weight. > >To calculate: > >90 lbs divided by 2 =45 less 10 %(4.5) =41 kg. >dosage 2.5 mo per 10 kg >Therefore 41 kg divided by 10 = 4.1 X 2.5 ml =10.25 ml Ivomectin oral drench. > >Usually when you find that you have 'bottle jaw' it is imperitive that a sufficient >dose is given. >I have found that sometimes I have had to administer the dewormer twice within 2-3 >days. > >Hope this is of some help. >Chris. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stephanie Jones > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:04 AM > Subject: [blackbelly] bottlejaw > > > I'm in need of advice over bottlejaw. I have a ewe that lambed twins 1 month ago. > She was wormed with Ivermec when she began to show signs of bottlejaw, approximately 2 weeks ago. We wormed her again last Sat. with 1.0 cc Ivermec, as she weighs 90 lbs. We still see no improvement and the bottlejaw is getting worse. She is nursing the twins fine, but there is a slimmy mucus on her hide quarters and hips. Any suggestions? Can we worm again? Do I need to change wormers? Did I give her enough Ivermec? Help please!!! She's a good mother that has twins each lambing and I'd hate to loose her. > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.737 / Virus Database: 491 - Release Date: 08/11/2004 > =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
