From another forum: a statement attesting to the use of Ivermectine horse Paste Wormer.
When I had my first wry neck cases, two rescue jersey woolies, Icontacted Barbi Brown to see what the dose would be for Ivermectinpaste as opposed to ivomec liquid.She was unable totell me what the conversion rate would be.Took therabbits to the vet and discussed it with him.Wedecided to go with what would normally be a very, very high dose, sincethe rabbits would have died without it anyway - half a tube of thehorse paste.Neither rabbit had any adverse affectfrom this dose and recovered completely.The thirdtime it was a jersey wooly of mine (not out of the othertwo).He recovered from the wry neck, but this timeI also included a steroid, and he later died from pneumonia due to asupressed immune system.Fourth time it was a whitemini lop in the states, the owner had taken the rabbit to the vet andthe vet had put him on Baytril, which she had been giving for two weekswith no improvement, but the sub Q Baytril had given the poor rabbitsores all over
it.Treated with half a tube of ivermectin andrecovered completely.A few months ago, a pet personhere on the Island contacted me with two Holland Lops with wryneck.Treated with half a tube of Ivermectin andboth recovered completely with no ill effects (unfortunately a couplemonths later one of them contracted pasturella from where they werebeing boarded and succumbed to it).I haverecommended this dose to various people over the years who havecontacted via e-mail, great success rate and never any noticeable sideeffect from this dose.I'm sure some people wouldsay that this dose was too high, but from my personal experience withit and the risk of death posed to rabbits from wry neck if it is notcleared up, it is a risk that I am more than willing to take,considering the success rate.Oh, and the dose needsto be repeated in seven days.I had thought it wasten days, but checked recently on Barbi Brown's site and she says sevendays, so that is what I am
using from now on.
Kitty
Now that's alot of Ivermectine without any adverse effect!
What anyone chooses to do/use to treat their Pet is entirely up tothem, but I would take the word and experience of a Breeder over a Vetanyday of the week. Asalways JMPO. What you do with any informationgiven is no business of mine. I just put forth what I know as aneffective use of any Meds that I am familiar with.
Dennis,C.V.R.