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Post by horsefeed on Jan 4, 2012 17:37:50 GMT 1
I need to worm 12 horses this week, 10 tubes of equest will be enough to do them (all weight taped and added 15% on as recommended by vet) all however the cheapest I can get in equest is £9.99 a tube.... I have google moxidectin and don't seem to find any other manufacturers that do same drug cheaper..is there any?
The vet has reccomded this drug for this time of year.
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Post by mandal on Jan 4, 2012 17:58:52 GMT 1
I believe equest is the only wormer containing moxidectin.
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Post by kizi on Jan 4, 2012 18:25:33 GMT 1
Yup far as I know equest are the only ones, but someone told me their patent or what ever it is runs out this year so hopefully there'll be some more competition soon!
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Post by specialized on Jan 4, 2012 18:26:54 GMT 1
Yes Equest is the only moxidectin wormer currently.
Our local merchants do mine for £8+vat for 10.
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Post by barbararob on Jan 4, 2012 18:38:27 GMT 1
£9.40 each if you but 10 from hadrian equine
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Post by lc on Jan 4, 2012 18:58:58 GMT 1
Yup far as I know equest are the only ones, but someone told me their patent or what ever it is runs out this year so hopefully there'll be some more competition soon! One of the reasons the big pharma companies are not bothering to research and invest in new wormer development, animal health just isn't cost effetive enough for them! Patent time isn't long enough to make an acceptable profit after all the development costs before the generic companies can copy and market equivalents at a fraction of the origianal cost due to not having to carry out anywhere near as many clinical and safety trials as the original manufacturer. No there is currently no other manufacturers at present. |
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