Can I use this?

[Adrienne]

Ok it has taken me longer than I had hoped to get the ivomec that my mentor suggested for worming my pregnant Isabel. The problem is I am not sure they gave me the right thing.

EQUIMAX
(Ivermectin 1.87%/
Praxiquantel 14.03%)
Paste
Anthelmintic and Boticide

For the treatment and control of roundworms (ascarids, strongyles, and lungworms), tapeworms, and bots in horses with a single dose.

Contents will treat up to 1320lb body weight.

FOR ORAL USE IN HORSES ONLY

Net Weight: 0.225 oz (6.42g)

This thing looks like a big syringe..
The insert says that it is ok for breeding, pregnant, or lactating horses. Would that mean that it is also ok for goats?

Is this ok or do I need something else? If I can use it I assume the dose would be the first notch. Would I also repeat in two weeks and then one month?

[Adrienne]

alright I will run this back to the feedstore tomorrow and get something else. Thanks Deborah!


Deborah Niemann-Boehle said:

I have personally never used praxiquantel in goats, and I haven't heard of anyone using it with goats. Since it kills tapeworms, I'm assuming the praxiquantel is in the same family as Safeguard -- and Valbazen, which is not safe for pregnant goats. If she has tapeworms, you'll see them in her poop.

Normally, the goat dosage for dewormers is 3-4 times the amount you give to horses. Way back when I got started almost nine years ago, we had to use horse dewormers, because there was only one dewormer labeled for goats, so we'd triple a goat's weight and eyeball the dosage. For example, if a doe weighed 60 pounds, multiply times three or four, which is 180 or 240, so dial it up the tube to the 200 pounds mark.

Since there are plenty of dewormers that people do use routinely in goats, I would get one of those -- either ivermectin for sheep (drench) or cattle (injectable) can be used ORALLY in goats. You would give twice the sheep or cattle dosage.

[Deborah Niemann-Boehle]

I have personally never used praxiquantel in goats, and I haven't heard of anyone using it with goats. Since it kills tapeworms, I'm assuming the praxiquantel is in the same family as Safeguard -- and Valbazen, which is not safe for pregnant goats. If she has tapeworms, you'll see them in her poop.

Normally, the goat dosage for dewormers is 3-4 times the amount you give to horses. Way back when I got started almost nine years ago, we had to use horse dewormers, because there was only one dewormer labeled for goats, so we'd triple a goat's weight and eyeball the dosage. For example, if a doe weighed 60 pounds, multiply times three or four, which is 180 or 240, so dial it up the tube to the 200 pounds mark.

Since there are plenty of dewormers that people do use routinely in goats, I would get one of those -- either ivermectin for sheep (drench) or cattle (injectable) can be used ORALLY in goats. You would give twice the sheep or cattle dosage. It's very common and available in all the farm stores and all the online goat supply places.