injectable wormer orally?

mary,tx · #1 08/15/14, 10:09 AM

I'm thinking of putting an injectable (ivomec type) wormer on a cow's feed and letting her eat it. Do y'all think that would be okay? I don't have a squeeze chute and have no way of giving it to her as a shot.

I've done this before with goats, but orally is preferred for them, even with the injectable wormers.

myheaven · #2 08/15/14, 10:30 AM

Just use a pour on.

aoconnor1 · #3 08/15/14, 11:00 AM

A pour on is fast and easy. I use it on my bull when he has his face in a pan of Stocker 10:-) He doesn't even bat an eye:-)

mary,tx · #4 08/15/14, 11:53 AM

I understand pour on is an option. But let me just ask again. Is it okay to use on injectable and serve it up on her feed? Because that's what I have and that's what would work best for me, if it's okay to do that.

aoconnor1 · #5 08/15/14, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mary,tx

I understand pour on is an option. But let me just ask again. Is it okay to use on injectable and serve it up on her feed? Because that's what I have and that's what would work best for me, if it's okay to do that.

I'm sorry, I didn't answer that actual question, as I'm not sure! But I do know, they sell pelleted wormer, not Ivomec but Safeguard. It is safe for cattle as far as I understand, and you can top dress with it. I just don't know about an injectable as a topdressed. Sorry:-(

G. Seddon · #6 08/15/14, 05:01 PM

I don't know the answer to this, but you could try calling the manufacturer and asking them, or ask your vet???? I'd be afraid to do it otherwise.

Awnry Abe · #7 08/15/14, 09:30 PM

It is commonly done in the goat world. ETA: But much different rumen...

myheaven · #8 08/15/14, 11:53 PM

Pour on is used orally in goats and prescribed that way by my vet. Not the injectable.

mary,tx · #9 08/16/14, 02:01 PM

I've been using injectable for my goats for years. Maybe it's like when my mom gives me a recipe and leaves out one little detail. But I don't think it's hurt them.

mary,tx · #10 08/19/14, 03:52 PM

I just don't get why I can do it with goats but not cattle. Yes, I know they are different species.

**gone-a-milkin** · #11 08/19/14, 03:54 PM

It is my understanding that goats and cattle metabolize at very different rates.
Their stomachs work very differently.

G. Seddon · #12 08/19/14, 04:36 PM

Mary,tx -- just call the manufacturer or your vet and ask them why or why not? If you go ahead and do it on your own, you might have negative consequences and additional problems. If you do it anyway and there's a problem, you'll feel like a fool or worse. If you get the correct information from a knowledgeable source, then you will know for sure if you can do it safely or not! I just don't understand your hesitation to call.

haypoint · #13 08/19/14, 06:24 PM

The dose for a cow is fairly small and there is a good possibility the cow won't get it all when mixed in feed. That is why it is made into a paste for horses, harder to drip out.

myheaven · #14 08/22/14, 01:23 AM

Cows are a pita to give shots to. I still have a bruse on my leg from the last shots I gave.

Carol K · #15 08/31/14, 10:28 AM

If it was ok to put it on their food it would say so, but it doesn't. So no, it's probably not ok to pour on food.
What you want to do would be considered " off label".

Carol K

Missourifarmboy · #16 08/31/14, 11:16 PM

As others have said use the pour on or the mineral block with wormer in it. I prefer the pour on because you control the dose .