I have a friend who is a horse. We would like to give him ivermectin bc he's not been eating his hay, and stamped his horse knuckles on the ground 3 times which we taught him means, "I don't feel good." In researching, we've read he can take it either as a paste, or a pill. What is the best and most efficacious way to help our four legged friend?
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Liquid, injectable Ivermectin, taken orally.
The mammal dose (including human animals) is 200 micrograms per kilograms of body weight.
This equates to .10 ml (1/10 ml) per 10 lbs of body weight.
A 200lb horse would take 2ml of the liquid on something fatty, such as cottage cheese. It’s more bioavailabe in alcohol, so if the horse has a few drops of vodka to mix with it, they will get a better dose.