From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-10 03:12:00 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Ivermectin
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F14Og7fHLgnAe0001d8ed@hotmail.com>
No it is not, but Revolution is which is the new product (Selamectin) that
is a topical that gets it all.
Hope this clears things up.
Dr. Sue
>From: ruth@ferretsabout.co.uk
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Ivermectin
>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:06:18 +0100 (BST)
>
>My vet gives me ivermectin for treatment of ear mites, but not as a flea
>and tick treatment. Recently however, I found the following in a magazine:
>Really heavy infestations of fleas and/or ticks should be referred to your
>vet as it may be preferable to give an ivermectin injection to kill heavy
>parasite loads.
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>This left me wondering if ivermectin does act against fleas and ticks, as
>well as ear mites, i.e. do my ferrets need additional flea/tick medication.
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>To try and answer this question, I then did a search about the effective of
>ivermectin against fleas and ticks. During the search, I found the
>following In the mid-1980's, ivermectin was introduced as probably the
>most broad-spectrum anti-parasite medication ever. It is effective against
>most common intestinal worms (except tapeworms), most mites, and some lice.
>It is not effective against fleas, ticks, flies, or flukes. It is
>effective against larval heartworms (the "microfilariae" that circulate in
>the blood) but not against adult heartworms (that live in the heart and
>pulmonary
>arteries)
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>So now I am confused, is ivermectin effective against fleas and ticks, or
>isnt it?
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