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Sharon
Hey Doc, what would be the best herbal replacement for Ivermectin or Fenbendazole for our livestock and furry friends? I know both of these are considered safe by many, but you may have a different opinion – and if so, what would be the very best herbal replacement options? Thanks as always! 🙂
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Candece
I am curious as well since I have an Aussie with one copy of the MDR1 gene. There used to be an old saying of veterinarians “white feet, don’t treat” because herding dogs usually have white feet and they were the ones susceptible to death by drugs. I cannot give my boy ivermectin because of that gene.
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Joelle
I can definitely relate! I’ve had Aussies most of my life! We had one Aussie that got heart worm (even while on prevention). Apparently the vet didn’t know any better (neither did we) as they said they gave him a massive dose of Ivermectin and he got loopy. So they stopped. Even though he didn’t get all the Ivermectin treatment he was supposed to, it did the trick and cured him of heart worms, but he had a long recovery from that and it seemed to make him suddenly older.
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man O’ man that would be tough. Aussies are the best! as a kid I had a husky/Aussie mix and as an adult we are on our 5th Aussie.
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Theresa Gwiazda
I know Doc has said in past videos that Heart worm has no known effective herbal treatment and to just go with the pills. It is unfortunate, but I have also read in many places that dogs that have a strong immune system do not develop heart worms to the point of harming them. I really don’t know if that is true or if I would count on that mind set. I would go with the pill, but if you can get just the treatment for the heart worm and not a plethora of other things that go with most of those treatments, I might opt for that instead. I know that many, many years ago (I’m dating myself here) they used to give heart worm preventative alone and without all the other things mixed in. Today, it’s hard to get anything by itself. One vaccine is mixed with 5 others as a combo. And you are looked at as if you have 2 heads if you request a single dose of anything.
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Interesting research on Ivermectin and Fenbendazole together as a very effective cancer “cure”. So obviously in these studies they are talking about humans, but with cancer on the rise so dramatically in the last 2-3 years, this would be good info for us to know. First preference would be the “herbal version” of this combo for cancer (my mom had cancer, so it’s kind of something I think about fairly often) and since most of us wouldn’t know we have it until it gets bad enough that they have to do specific tests for it. An ounce of prevention and all…
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Jean
Border Collies must fall under the same thing, or so it seems!
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Susan Chiarello
Hey Dr. Jones, I am curious as well regarding alternatives to traditional equine de-wormers. This year we have found bots on one of our mares which i’ve never dealt with before. Is there an herbal alternative I can give my mare to ensure removal of bots in the event she ingested any? Thank you!
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