Ivermectin is a wonderful drug which is used in many products to eliminate parasites from dogs, horses and other animals.
Problem is, many English Shepherds are highly allergic to it.. In fact they are so allergic that it can cause death.
I know of at least 2 dogs from Ringo’s family that died after a treatment of ivermection. One was his sire, Augtu, who died several days after a treatment for heartworms. One of his sisters also died from a dose of ivermectin.
Karen Cline, another English Shepherd breeder, sent me a link to a site with more information about this problem in English Shepherds.
Please visit this site. http://www.busteralert.org
The most interesting thing to me was that dogs with this genetic problem also may be sensitive to other drugs.. which may kill them. Information about this can also be found at the above website.
Karen had a life experience with drug interactions which eventually caused the death of an English Shepherd. I hope she will share her experience with us.
Check out the website of the University of Washington for information about this condition and available testing to determine if your dog has the MDR1 mutation…
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-VCPL/
You can never know too much!
