Using ivomec for treating dog with heartworms?

2nd Answer:

Yes, Ivermectin can, to a certain degree. It would be the final part of the treatment for heartworms in the dog, done by a Veterinarian. Another medication is given at the start to kill the adult heartworms in the dog. Then after all the adult heartworms are killed, a dose of Ivermectin is given usually about 2 weeks later to kill any microfilare (baby heartworms) left in the blood. This of course is only done under a Veterinarian's care. The ivermectin cannot kill the adult heartworms. It could be the treatment for killing off the heartworms has changed since I was in the Veterinarian field too.

1st Answer:

No.