Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: m-worm and ivermec
So sorry, Janice, after re-reading the posts. I didn't realize your girl had passed. It's never easy. I'm so sorry.
<<<I would really like to know when Dr.Anderson came out saying not to prevent M-worm with Ivamec.I usually agree with him and his team on most issues.I have taken many alpacas to OSU then following him to K-State with several cases.My vet consults with him and Evans regularly.Any more info you can pass along would be helpful! Thanks,Tina
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I don't think he said not to prevent m-worm with ivermec, only that monthly injections thruout the camelid industry was creating resistant parasites and that was a bigger problem in the big picture.
As I recall he stated there are peak times and that injections should be given during those times only.
I do recall he emphatically stated that those peak times were for his area of Ohio State, and they may differ in individuals' areas.
I chased a lot of links Tina, but I will look thru my history and see if I can find the one by him.
I recall it was a published paper, and not a forum, and that the date was 2003 I think.
I then read a later paper that stated that ivermec was now useless against intestinal parasites due to the overuse; but was still an effective preventative for m-worm.
But I read a lot, and scanned a lot very quickly over a period of days and nights. Since the rear legs were not the issue, I did not thoroughly digest the info on treatment for m-worm, was desperately scanning for symptoms first and everything I read said that m-worm started as a stiffness in the rear legs.
Thanks for you support and caring, Tina.
Janice