Prohibit Levamisole Drench Powder for Sheep - Goat Dosage?

[jodief100]

I'm actually in northern Scott county, so we're not too far apart at all. I used to drive up to Pendleton county very occasionally to take my little boat out on Kincaid lake. They say there are lunkers in there...all I really ever caught were a ton of bluegill and lots of peace and quiet, minus the annoyance of jetskis and other "watersports enthusiasts."

If you drove north from Kincaid Lake up 609 you drove right past my farm. We are about 0.4 miles off 609 on a dead end road.

I will keep an eye out at the feed store to see if they get it in regularly. Or semi regularly. I find it weird, usualy that farm store has NOTHING of real use in the goat pharma department. I was in thier getting alfalfa pellets, it is primarily a horse "feed" store. BTW, is Wound Kote the same as Blu Kote?

Always glad to help, I think your advice saved my goat with bottle jaw. Farmers need to stick together. Especially goat farmers. I am surrounded by cattle people and they HATE us. Our Ag Agent will not even speak to us. Makes me mad becuase I pay his salary too.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Prohibit is available again, but may be in limited quantities. Sheepman Supply has it available.

 

[cmjust0]

Prohibit is available again, but may be in limited quantities. Sheepman Supply has it available.

That's the best news I've heard in a long time!

Get it while you can get it, folks. Even if it comes back around to full production, at least you'll have it in advance. And you really may need it one day -- just never know.

 

[cmjust0]

HOLY CRAP...I just ordered a 46.8gm container of Prohibit drench powder from JEFFERS LIVESTOCK.

Yes..they have it in stock. I actually called just to be sure -- they really do have it. Even the lady I spoke with was surprised, saying "Let's see....that's the Prohibit soluble powder..oh, wow...yeah, I guess we have it. Well, what about that!"



Hope this means it's back in production, but if it's not...well, I should officially have a near-lifetime supply of levamisole now.

Or, at least, enough of it to build up a good enough levamisole resistance in my barberpole population that I won't want it after all this is gone.

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[nifftiness]

Hi, I live in Canada and can never find levamisole anywhere but have been buying it off someone for use in my aquarium. My question is what worms does it kill in goats. Im new to goats. Does it kill barberpole (dont know if i said that right but you know what i mean) And because im not buying it packaged theirs no instructions. Mines in a powder form, are all levamisole in powder form the same dose?

 

[cmjust0]

My question is what worms does it kill in goats. Im new to goats. Does it kill barberpole (dont know if i said that right but you know what i mean) And because im not buying it packaged theirs no instructions. Mines in a powder form, are all levamisole in powder form the same dose?

If it's powder, I'd imagine it's the soluble drench powder.. No way to guarantee that, but...if it is, each gram of it contains about 900mg of levamisole hydrochloride. The goat dosage is 12mg/kg, so a gram should treats 75kg of goat.

As for what worms it treats...pretty much all of them, I reckon. Barberpole for sure, even the immature/inactive/hypobiotic ones. Stuff even treats liver flukes, if they're a problem in your area.

If your barberpoles haven't seen it before, what I've seen indicates that you'll most likely achieve a near-100% barberpole kill when it's first introduced.

 

[jodief100]

Mines in a powder form, are all levamisole in powder form the same dose?

I would proceed cautiously. Underdosing can hasten resitance while in this case overdosing could have adverse health effects. Can you check with your supplier to see information they have? Perhaps they have the original package and will let you make a copy?

 

[nifftiness]

wow, its potent stuff ay. I use it to kill a type of flatworm in saltwater aquariums. In saltwater, you do a light dose then a week or two later you do a regular dose because killing the worms releases a poison. And killing to much worms in the tank at once creates so much poison it can kill everything in even a 100gallon tank. Is this the same in a goat? Should I do a lighter does first then in about 2 weeks or so do a regular doese

 

[cmjust0]

wow, its potent stuff ay.

Indeed.

I use it to kill a type of flatworm in saltwater aquariums. In saltwater, you do a light dose then a week or two later you do a regular dose because killing the worms releases a poison. And killing to much worms in the tank at once creates so much poison it can kill everything in even a 100gallon tank. Is this the same in a goat?

In a manner of speaking, yes...but not exactly.

What can happen is that if your goat has a really heavy worm burden and you kill them all with a dose of levamisole, the worms will all come 'unplugged' at once and the goat basically bleeds out from all the little worm punctures.

Sounds kinda far fetched, but what you have to consider is that the goat's probably already very anemic from the worm burden, so...to put it in a nutshell, according to my understanding...they don't really have much blood to spare.

I suspect clotting could also be an issue, but I really don't have anything to back that up..

Should I do a lighter does first then in about 2 weeks or so do a regular doese

NOPE! That's actually the worst thing you could do..

Never, ever, ever underdose a dewormer. Doing so leads to dewormer resistance.

What you'd want to do is deworm them with something less effective before hitting them with the stronger dewormer.. Basically, kill off a portion of the worm population, allow the goat to recover a bit, and then hit them with the stronger drug.

It's probably also wise to administer some supportive therapy during the recovery phase between the mild/strong deworming...Red Cell + b-complex, for instance.

Now...having said that, you also don't want to overdose levamisole and the margin of safety is apparently pretty narrow. The dosage is 12mg/kg of bodyweight...be sure to get accurate weights on the animals, and be very careful when you're preparing each dose. A levamisole O/D can be fatal.

 

[Renegade]

If it's powder, I'd imagine it's the soluble drench powder.. No way to guarantee that, but...if it is, each gram of it contains about 900mg of levamisole hydrochloride. The goat dosage is 12mg/kg, so a gram should treats 75kg of goat.

Hey CM,

Are you saying you're dosing your goats by measuring out the soluble drench powder dry at the dosage per goat listed above then mixing it with water to dose. That sounds so much easier then trying to figure it out after mixing. It would also keep me from having to throw out any I mix and don't use.

Donna