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Ivermectin Use in Horses
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM

Introduction

It is near impossible to overestimate the potential damage that intestinal parasites do to horses. Prior to development of the modern dewormers of the late 70's you could safely say that the length of horses' life spans were limited by that damage, particularly large strongyle larvae migration. The dewormer that changed this was ivermectin and it's ability to kill migrating larvae. For the first time we were able to actually control the exposure of horses to parasite larvae. This article addresses ivermectins characteristics, toxicity, and dosage. For information about total deworming programs see, Overview of Deworming.

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