Eprinex or Ivermectin?

Everyone seems to be having issues with Barber Poles this year and I have a few questions about which wormer I should try. I use COWP and so far they have really helped, but I have two goats that have pale lids and I'm wanting to give them a little extra help. The only de-wormer I've used until now was the wormer pellets from TSC, but they aren't working now (everyone in my area uses them so that's not really a big surprise that there's a resistance problem). I'm trying to decide if I should get Ivermectin or Eprinex. I'm leaning toward Eprinex but need some more info on it. I read through the older threads and know that Rachel from MigMog Acres uses it and was hoping she or someone else who uses it could help me?

Do you still only use it as a pour on? If so is the 1mL per 10 pounds the right dosage?

If you use it orally what is the dosage?

If I go with Ivermectin should I get the cattle injectable and give it at twice the cattle dosage orally, or is the sheep version a better option? What is the dosing for the sheep if that's the better option?

There seems to be so much conflicting info out there!

TIA for the help!

Eprinex should not be given orally, and when used as a drench in goats, research has shown that it only kills about 50% of the intestinal parasites that a goat has. If they don't have a big load, that might be enough to help them, but it is in the same family as ivermectin, so you are probably moving closer to dewormer resistance by using it.

You can use either the ivermectin injectable for cattle or oral for sheep -- given orally in either case. The injectable cattle dewormer winds up being a lot cheaper than the sheep drench when looks at how many doses you get from a bottle. You also give a lot less of the injectable because it is a lot more concentrated than the drench, which makes it a little easier to get into the goats. Most are not very excited about having medicine squirted into their mouths, so less is easier. In both cases, you double the dosage on the label.

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Emily August 10, 2015 at 5:52pm

Okay I'll go with the Ivermectin injectable. Hopefully there isn't a resistance to that here yet. I won't know until I try it though because I've never used it. Ugh. Worms make me long for winter lol.
Deborah Niemann-Boehle August 10, 2015 at 5:47pm

Eprinex should not be given orally, and when used as a drench in goats, research has shown that it only kills about 50% of the intestinal parasites that a goat has. If they don't have a big load, that might be enough to help them, but it is in the same family as ivermectin, so you are probably moving closer to dewormer resistance by using it.

You can use either the ivermectin injectable for cattle or oral for sheep -- given orally in either case. The injectable cattle dewormer winds up being a lot cheaper than the sheep drench when looks at how many doses you get from a bottle. You also give a lot less of the injectable because it is a lot more concentrated than the drench, which makes it a little easier to get into the goats. Most are not very excited about having medicine squirted into their mouths, so less is easier. In both cases, you double the dosage on the label.

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