Here last week or so, I drove to Abilene TX to purchase Levamisole content product for my herd. John Beckmeyer said he really thought it had dropped there problems in parasite control down to bare minimum. I bought several bottles and when I got home, to my suprise there was no brakedown from mg to ml per body weight. So I contacted the Vet. with this email: CRranch@moment.net
Coni, I was talking to John Bekemeyer, from CCity, He said you were the go to gal for a question like mine.
Project; Primary control Heamanous Contorus, and various other parasites
We are using the FAMACHA charts. Purchased Levamisole Hydrochoride for swine.
Durvet product.-Swine Label- Mixes 0.712 oz. powder to 500 ml water, which is for 50 head per /100 lbs. Now this stuff wants to then mix 2tsp to 1 gal for swine, without delution that is 10ml per head from 500ml bottle. Of coarse no label for goats. Ivemectin cased out here at 12-15% or so cure ratio.
My question, should I delute a second time for use as drench for goats or administer 2-5ml doses or delute partial and increase dose per head. Honestly 10 ml, that is a lot of product for drench.
I tipped my finger in it and it tastes as bad as others but that is a touch not even a cc I have 1360 head to do yet. We are 40-60% pregnant on meat goat side . Needless to say I have an abundance on hand. 26/$19.00 bottles. We did 10 this morning 2 ways they didn’t like it at all. Seemed strong to me. Will share ill-effect results with you tomorrow or soon.
Looking for your reply,
Daniel Truelove
RE: Daniel
I would have to see the label.
Have you called Walco or one of the other supply companies? They have the pkts. of Prohibit( Levamisole) for cattle, and there is a gallon jug with powder in it that is filled to the line on the jug with water, then 4cc per 100lbs oral is given. The jug will worm 300 head of 500lb calves, so it should worm 1200 125 lb goats. In the Valley Vet catalog, it is $179. for this jug. The smaller pkt is diluted with 17.5 oz of water, with the same dose. The price is $17.49. . I could not find the # of milligrams in the hog product, so would be reluctant to recommend using it until I see the # of milligrams per ml it is supposed to be. I would bet goats won’t drink it if it is mixed by the gallon.
I would recommend you have a bottle of Atropine on hand. The dose is 1cc/100lbs IM if you have a goat react, this is the antidote. Levamisole is a cholinesterase inhibitor, and can be toxic even when dosed correctly. I will tell you that in the past 30 years, I have had only 3 reactions, and two in one day several weeks ago. If the goat is valuable it is more likely to die to spite you. One of my friends lost a really good buck because of not having atropine on hand.
I mix it in a quart jar for small groups of goats, and that dose is 4cc/100lbs. I run 1,000 now, but have cut down because of our drought. I will try to be down to 750 by Sept. if we don’t have rain. Feed is high, and we have only had 5” of rain since Sept. of last year.
Do you have flukes up there? I would worm the goats, dry lot for 24-48 hours, and put on fresh pasture.
Valley Vet: 800-468-0059 or www.valleyvet.com. I think they are as competitive as most of the catalogs.
Coni Ross
CR Ranch
13285 Ranch Rd 2325
Blanco, Tx 78606
Email: crranch@moment.net
Website: www.crranch.org
