RE: [PyrNet-L] ivermectin???

["James M. Hathaway" <mikej@alaweb.com>]

We live in south Alabama and BioSpot is the best flea control that we
have found.  It works much better than anything else here.  There is
also a BioSpot shampoo that I haven't tried yet that is not suppose
to was away the flea control.  I'm going to give it a try though.








---- Original Message ----
From: Pacerized@aol.com
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org, 
Subject: RE: [PyrNet-L] ivermectin???
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:02:25 EDT

>   We've recently became a 2 pyr family, already having Bella who is
now 17 
>months, we decided to get a male. After a long search for a rescue
dog to no 
>avail, Dawn Nixon with the GPCSE gave us a great 3 yr. old male
named Jordy, 
>which she had just finished showing. We couldn't thank her enough.
Bella is 
>loving life having a playmate, and I had just fenced in a little
over a half 
>acre in my back yard, which they love to play in during the day. Now
that I 
>have the expense of 2 pyrs, I'm considering getting off the
heartguard, and 
>frontline systems, and switching to Biospot for fleas, and
ivermectin for 
>heartworm preventative. I had both of these suggested to me by
friends, and 
>was wondering if anyone could advise me on them, especially the
ivermectin. 
>  Could anyone tell me if they've tried Biospot, and how it compares
to 
>frontline? The cost is about 1/5 the amount of frontline. 
>   And has anyone had any problems using ivermectin for heartworm? 
>    What would the dosage be for a 130 lb. pyr? 
>    If anyone has used this, do you have to supplement another
wormer for 
>worms other than heartworms?  Heartguard claims to kill all worms,
while I 
>don't see that claim on ivermectin although it is the main active
ingredient 
>in heartguard.
>Your input would be greatly appreciated.
>      Thanks: Charlie
>   
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