Lungworm Season

[socks 32,253]

Don't forget its the start of the lungworm season people ... Get your dogs sorted ..........

[TOPPER 1,809]

lungworm is no where near as common as vets would have you believe in fact it very rare in the uk but the vets see it as a good money spinner so the scare storys are rife , the easiest way to treat lungworm is a jab of ivermectin not weeks of fantasy treatment by vets , milbermax wormers will treat lungworm if you follow the directions or just buy heatguard wormers but alot of these dont treat tapeworms ---read the direction s but its nothing to get all exited about

[socks 32,253]

You dont need weeks of fancy treatment ... just a spot of advocate and your done ......

[neil cooney 10,416]

I agree TOPPER but I had a pup die of it and it wasn't nice.

She went from a good healthy pup to a dead pup in a few days even though she was in the vets for a couple of days.

Your right, nothing to get excited about as long as your wormer doses for lung worm.

[TOPPER 1,809]

ivermec , advocate will all treat lung worm but some lungworm treatment doesnt do tapeworm so read the directions and play safe

[Tiercel 6,986]

I lost a good dog to it. There are areas of the country that are hot spots for it. I now know that I live in one. The areas are spreading, some areas have none at all and others are quite prolific.

 

The problem is the symptoms could be anything and are not really serious until it is too late. Deep chested large dogs are more susceptible to the Angiostrongylus vasorum worm.

 

Mibre max, Panacure and as socks said advocate will all treat heart/lung worm, though with milbre max you do need other wormers.

 

TC

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Where do you lads get your advocate from?

 

I used to get it from a website called discount pet care without a prescription but they have shut down.

[nothernlite 18,089]

Victora wine

[TOPPER 1,809]

i jab mine with .2 of a mil of ivermec around may june time never had any trouble with lungworm an alternate wormers for tapeworm etc

[Sirius 1,391]

lungworm is no where near as common as vets would have you believe in fact it very rare in the uk but the vets see it as a good money spinner so the scare storys are rife , the easiest way to treat lungworm is a jab of ivermectin not weeks of fantasy treatment by vets , milbermax wormers will treat lungworm if you follow the directions or just buy heatguard wormers but alot of these dont treat tapeworms ---read the direction s but its nothing to get all exited about

I agree before 'advocate' was launched it was very rare and still is really. Bayer are very clever in there marketing, creating the fear/worry of lungworms, and they just do happen to produce the solution in 'advocate' lol

 

Saying this 'if' your dog is unlucky enough to contract lungworms it can be bad news. So for piece of mind it's worth treating your dog if you live in a high risk area.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Sirius

[paulus 26]

being honest, in all my years i had never heard of lung-worm or heart worm, then we got sky TV and the Mrs started watching the american animal rescue programmes

[neil cooney 10,416]

being honest, in all my years i had never heard of lung-worm or heart worm, then we got sky TV and the Mrs started watching the american animal rescue programmes

When the pup died on me I had an autopsy done and the vet came to the conclusion it was poisoned.

I said no way and searched books and the net and got interested in Lungworm.

I brought Lungworm to the vets attention and she then changed her mind and said it was lungworm.

The next time I spoke to her she said she'd met a few cases of it including her friends dog who'd died.

So, IMO lungworm cases probably slip under the radar , so to speak.

[bracken boy 584]

Intersting. I ask my vet everytime i go down if anycases have been reported in our area and they have said no and it was nice to hear him say its bumped up far to much.