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Originally Posted by Ellie May  They can give it without a test. It makes them liable for whatever happens though and not many vets would consider taking that on. They have enough crazy junk to deal with.
BTW, not long ago a dog was given Ivermectin and then switched to an actual product (Heartgard). In between the switch, it was not HW tested (accidental and devastating oversight). Dog got heartworms. Could have been the regular Ivermection or Heartgard (guessing the former). It's pretty darn scary to think people can just buy a bottle of it. The general public does not know brands and nobody except the company and store knows how it was shippied, what temp. it was kept at, etc. |
What dog was that? Is that on YT? I hadn't heard anything like this. The friends I have that use ivermectin have never had a problem and never had a dog with HW.
If you have a puppy tested, start it on heartguard, then continue on heartguard, why would you need to get annual tests? If the dog got HW, the case couldn't be very bad, because you'd still be giving the heartguard. Unless you bought six months worth of useless Heartguard, the Heartguard should take care of the HW.
I frankly don't know how the preventive I get is shipped, what temp, etc. I bet it goes out UPS and can sit on a tarmac and cook for all I know. There is no reason to assume the ivermectin is shipped any worse. It is given to livestock, after all.