How much Ivomec do I give about a 60lb large dog?

Question

I know this is for heartworms and a vet told me I could use it but she didn't tell me the dosage. Does anyone out there know anything about this? I do know that Ivermectin is the active ingredient for both this stuff and regular heartworm pills for large dogs.

Answer 1

Someone gave you a dose for the 2% Ivomec. It is wrong! Use the 1% Ivomec (Ivermectin for cattle and swine) at a dose of 1cc per 100lbs of body weight. You were told right about some herding breeds being sensitive to it like collies, border collies, ect... I use it on my German Shepherds. I don't mix it with propylene glycol. I use a tb syringe and dose it at 1cc per 100lbs. The only one here that gets 1cc is my big male. Most of the bitches are dosed between 0.5cc and 0.8cc depending on their weights. If you have a 60 pound dog, I would give him a test dose of 0.2cc first, then give him the other 0.4cc of it about 5 days later. Always test the dog on Ivomec before you go ahead and give a normal dose. You are also right, it is the active ingredient in hearguard plus and Iverheart.

Answer 2

Ok, if you are talking about the cattle dewormer, put down the bottle and back away! The dose is very small, and you really should be having your vet figure it out. This drug is much more concentrated than the typical heartworm prevention, and you could KILL your dog with the improper dose. I realize that some people will disagree, saying that it is perfectly safe. But until you see the results of an ivermectin overdose, you can't talk.

I know of a veterinarian that incorrectly dosed 5 dogs and wound up having to pay for the care of all 5. Three of them were comatose and on ventilators for several days. If you don't have any concept of how expensive that is, his bill came to around $45,000 at the specialty center!

Just get some heartgard or sentinel, and don't worry about it.

Answer 3

The dosage is the same as for cattle. A 50 pound dog should get about .5 cc mixed with his dog food once a month. A 100 pound dog should get about 1 cc. You can round up to the nearest half cc if you don't like math. You will not overdose your dog with it.

However, you do want to closely watch your dog when you give it to him the first time. Very rarely, certain individual dogs have a bad reaction to it. I've never had it happen, and I don't know anybody that has had it happen, but I've heard that it does.

Make sure you use the injectable Ivomec for CATTLE, not swine. I'm not sure exactly what the difference between the two is, or what will happen if you use the one for swine, but I was told this by several experienced dog breeders.

Again, even though the Ivomec is injectable, you don't want to inject it into your dog. Just suck it out of the bottle with a sterile syringe, and squirt it into his food. Once a month. Make sure to get your dog checked for worms first, as the Ivomec will only kill the larvae, not adult heartworms, as far as I know. If your dog is already infected, the Ivomec won't help much.

I am not a licensed veterinarian. And this is not medical advice.

Answer 4

Yes, you can give ivomec to a dog, but the vet need's to do it the first time. That med can kill a dog or cause numerous other permanent problem's. I have to use it on a Rottie in my family and cringe every time I do it. I know what it can do to him. The dosage is given according to weight and breed of dog. Some breed's can't take it at all. If your vet doesn't want to help you with this, see another vet. Ivvomec isn't something to fool around with if you don't know what you're doing. Get more information and vet help please before you do anything. Why not use the heart worm prevention med's that are on the market? Much safer . Good luck.

Answer 5

Ivermectin Dosage For Dogs

Answer 6

Ivemectin is given orally (never use pour-on solutions for heartworm prevention).
Dosage using Ivermectin 1% solution undiluted for heartworm prevention: give 1 drop from an eye dropper (one-half of 0.1 cc), assuming 20 drops per ml. Note the number of drops per ml can vary depending on viscosity and temperature, and what is used to create the drop. An eye dropper will product a larger drop than a syringe will. This amount will provide more ivermectin than is needed for heartworm prevention, as follows:
10 pounds: 1 drop provides 18 times the minimum dosage
20 pounds: 1 drop provides 9 times the minimum dosage
30 pounds: 1 drop provides 6 times the minimum dosage
40 pounds: 1 drop provides 5 times the minimum dosage
50 pounds: 1 drop provides 4 times the minimum dosage
60-70 pounds: 1 drop provides 3 times the minimum dosage
80-100 pounds: 1 drop provides 2 times the minimum dosage.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

You guys are all wrong! 1/10 per 22 lbs is what vet told me, not per 10lbs,,,that would be for cattle. for the exact dose per lb. for a dog if you want to use the amount as heartguard, it is based on 51-100lbs, so basically 100lb dog is the high end of the scale. 1percent ivomec =10mg ivomectin. and in the 51-100lb heartguard 272mg ivemectin. move decimal over 2 places to the left whichwill be 2.72 in 10th's of a cc. 2.72ml. so you need a 1cc syringe. the scale is 0.1,,,,0.2,,,,0.3. that would be a 10th of a cc, so on. 100lb dog like heartguard would be 0.272 which is 2.7 10ths of 1 cc syringe. so on the syringe you would go to the mark 0.2 and a little over a half..0.27 10ths of a cc syringe. this will treat worms plus hw prevention. to just treat for heartworm prevention, you can give less. you guys are all giving more than you should. If you don't want to do the math,, us the 1/10 per 22 lbs of wt. it is pretty close to doing the math. Dose in 10th of cc never ever 1 cc

Answer 9

I have a 60 lb rott border collie mix he has tape worm our other dog is 6 lbs pom poo mix who just had puppies tapeworms so bad had to treat her at vet one month after larger dog got shot of ivermectin at vet was told to put 2 cc on food 3 days later 4 cc but still see rice looking size worms in stool any help out there this does not seem to have gotten rid of them

Answer 10

You are receiving a lot of different answers here from complete strangers for something that could seriously harm your dog. Honestly, I would just pay the $7.00 per pill, or whatever your vet charges, than take a chance on the wrong dosage. If it's too expensive, get a prescription from your vet and order it online (although the product in not guaranteed if not sold by a licensed vet). Either way it works out to pennies per day. Accidentally giving the wrong dosage could cost you a lot more in heartache.