Posted on 02/26/2013 6:56:54 PM PST by neverdem
The same drug is used to prevent heartworm in dogs. The dog has to be tested though, because if there are already worms, the dog could die from the medication.
At least that is the general theory.
Scratch visiting there off my “bucket list”!
What makes these dopes think that this disease has not trans mutated out of Sub Saharan Africa and spread all over the world via the travel of all of the Relief Agencies? The do gooders leave and the disease doesn’t spread?
Ivermectin will rip your liver to shreds if not administered carefully.
Indeed.
Linda-the-dog gets ONE tablet, calculated by her weight, per month and only after a blood test.
It’s hard to imagine this kind of care and precision administering the drug in the African back-country.
If you are treating your dog and/or cat for heartworm, your are also treating a bunch of Africans for river blindness: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/page2/ivermectin-and-river-blindness
Well, that’s good to know.
I hope they are using the same precautions that i use with my dog.
Sweat protects us from dangerous bugs
FReepmail me if you want on or off my combined microbiology/immunology ping list.
For a second, upon just reading the title/excerpt on the forum, I thought the treatment was pouring an African’s urine into the eyes in order to kill the parasite.
Just a note of caution. Ivermectin is contraindicated for certain dog breeds, collies being one of those groups.
I believe in the case of a dog with heartworms, the dead worms can come loose, clog stuff up and cause a stroke. The dog must be sedated and kept still while the dead worms are disolved or adsorbed into the system.
Urethrae!
Not to mention the confusing statement that the black fly bite transmites larvae to a human which in turn turns into a worm which is then ingested again by biting black flies. So how do they survive?
“The same drug is used to prevent heartworm in dogs...”
Are you referring to Ivermectin? Ivermectin is commonly used to rid horses of parasites. We have horses, but we do not use it because diatomaceous earth is better, and is not hard on the horses.
diatomaceous earth? Really? That would be cool. The wife uses the paste on big horsey...
I knew it was good for open air insects. It operates under the same principle (making them hemorrhage?) for internal?
Oh Dear..That’s awful. ((((shudder))))
I live in a semi-tropical place, and we have to be very careful about heartworm in dogs. Lots of mosquitoes, which carry the microfilarae, abound in the Everglades!
Not to mention Alligators, Crocodiles, and our newest pest, Burmese Pythons.
Yes. Ivermectin.
That is interesting about your horses. It would be really nice if a more natural product could be successful with dogs...AND Humans!
Ivermectin is powerful stuff.
“Skin snips” huh?
Don’t they do that in Jewish hospitals to newborn male babies?
/Sarc
“It would be really nice if a more natural product could be successful with dogs...AND Humans!”
There is...the same diatomaceous earth (DE) that we use for the horses. Works for cattle, dogs, cats and people. We buy DE in a 50 lb bag, and it is food grade. We pay about $30 a bag at the feed elevator. Note...Do NOT use the stuff that is made for swimming pool filters.
DE also kills insects.
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