RE: Pet Photos thread where too much is never enough.
March 26, 2018 at 2:22 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2018 at 2:45 pm by Minimalist.)
Maybe they thought it was a mirror?
Ivermectin ( Heartguard, etc) works fine as a preventative by killing any of the larvae that it finds but it is best used on a monthly basis so gaps do not occur in the regimen which might allow larvae to hatch. Again in places where mosquitos are ubiquitous it is a must for any responsible dog owner. But I've never heard any vet suggest not using Immiticide to kill any adult worms already present. The ones that are there will continue to grow and sooner or later there will be problems.
Ivermectin also has the added benefit of killing various intestinal parasites a dog may pick up like roundworms and hookworms. Again, in humid areas where mosquitos are common, so are those parasites.
The biggest problem with Immiticide is the need to keep the dog quiet for two months after completion of the injections so that the dead worms do not break off and head for the lungs where they can cause a pulmonary embolism and therefore a dead dog. It is not even a particularly expensive treatment but a lot of people don't want to deal with the idea of having to keep a dog quiet for that long. What can I say. Some people are idiots.
Quote:We are trying to get more vets to heat-treat the serum before antigen testing. You know to ask, so you're way ahead of most people. Heat that serum! (and we're also trying to get people to quit practicing the "slow kill" method, but that's a different story).
Ivermectin ( Heartguard, etc) works fine as a preventative by killing any of the larvae that it finds but it is best used on a monthly basis so gaps do not occur in the regimen which might allow larvae to hatch. Again in places where mosquitos are ubiquitous it is a must for any responsible dog owner. But I've never heard any vet suggest not using Immiticide to kill any adult worms already present. The ones that are there will continue to grow and sooner or later there will be problems.
Ivermectin also has the added benefit of killing various intestinal parasites a dog may pick up like roundworms and hookworms. Again, in humid areas where mosquitos are common, so are those parasites.
The biggest problem with Immiticide is the need to keep the dog quiet for two months after completion of the injections so that the dead worms do not break off and head for the lungs where they can cause a pulmonary embolism and therefore a dead dog. It is not even a particularly expensive treatment but a lot of people don't want to deal with the idea of having to keep a dog quiet for that long. What can I say. Some people are idiots.
