I am posting this here to get the word out to as many people as quickly as possible. I believe this to be from reliable sources and hope that(until completely ruled out) it might save someone else this heartache. If anyone has any information or recent experience with this brand please contact this lady. I left her info on the e-mail for contact purposes. Thanks, Bits                                

P.S. Sorry this is so big I didn't know how to adjust it.

From: Jennifer M. [mailto:jenlyn@lightbound.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:01 PM
To: Sharon Wesley; Jamie Loudermilk; Susan Rabe; Elaine; bev; Karen Cardwell; Barb Skaggs
Subject: horse wormer warning

Please forward this to all your horsie friends.  It was sent to the members of Indiana Trail Riders (ITRA).  This is definitely ligit.  One of the ladies in ITRA has bought this batch (and hasn't used it yet, thank God).  She called Country Supply and they are issuing a full credit and told her to throw it away. 

I have never heard of this wormer, because I always use the same 2 wormers and never pay much attention to what else is out there, but I've been told it is a generic brand that is cheap--about $3 a tube.  So, there's a good chance that a lot of people have bought it.   Hopefully everyone will hear about this before they worm their horses with it.

Jennifer

We have had quite a tragedy at our ranch the last few days, and after
> talking to my attorney she gave me the go ahead to tell others about
> it.  I wormed 5 of my horses with BIMECTIN wormer on WEDNESDAY, when I
> went out to give them breakfast on THURSDAY, they looked  sick. My vet
> was contacted. Long story short, by FRIDAY they where down and could
> not get up, and by saturday and sunday they DIED.  The other horses
> wormed the same day with a DIFFRENT wormer are FINE. These horses had
> the same feed, water, hay etc, the ONLY diffrence in the horses was
> the WORMER.  My vet after seeing them told me he HAS seen this BEFORE.
> A MASSIVE overdose  of wormer. Normally a batch of wormer made too
> strong at the factory.
> THIS IS ONLY A SUSPICION ON MY PART. I AM NOT ACCUSSING THE COMPANY, I
> AM ONLY PUTTING OUT MY STORY TO LET PEOPLE MADE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
> The necropsys will be preformed on the horses and the wormers that i
> still have from the case with the same lot numbers will be going to
> independant labs for testing.  We lost, 2 young stallions, 1 PREG mare
> (due in june) 1 yearling, and 1 weanling is still breathing as I type
> but we expect her to die.
>
> Kerry
>
> Second email:
> First I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support,
> our whole family is devestated both the two legged ones and the four
> legged ones. My doc wanted to give me a sedetive today, but I have
> pulled myself together a bit at the moment I feel
> both sad, numb and VERY angry. I few people have asked questions of
> private mail and open so I'll try to answer the ones i remember here. 
> My horses are wormed every 6 weeks, normally with EQUIMAX wormer. They
> are all up to date with their vaccinations.
> All other horses NOT wormed with BIMECTIN are all fine. The weanling
> is still down but breathing slowly, no nasal discharge, ok heart beat,
> no sweating. The wormer is made in CANADA and distrubited in both the
> USA and CANADA I have seen it advertised in both COUNTRY SUPPLY and
> JEFFERS EQUINE catalogs. My horses have had ivermectin based wormers
> all their lives. There are no allergys in the bloodlines to anything,
> as far as i know and they have been on ivermectin all their lives with
> no problems.
>
> The lot number is 5J019 The 0 is either a number or the letter O its
> hard to tell.  the EXP is 07 SEP IF ANYONE HAS THIS LOT OR HAS USED
> THIS LOT, PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP. we are trying to investigate this
> and need all the help I can get, and IF it is a bad batch we NEED to
> know what other horses have been effected, how and when they where
> effected, etc. So PLEASE contact me if you have had or know of any
> problems with this batch number OR if you have used this batch and had
> NO problems, we need to know the scope of all this.. I was told there
> are THOUSANDS of doses made per batch, I dont know for sure, but if
> even  50 -100 are produced and it is bad, we all need to know asap. If
> you know of anyone having a horse get sick or dying also please have
> them contact me (if they used a wormer or product made by this
> company) IF it is a bad batch im sure there are other sick horses out
> there, but they either havent connected it to the wormer (possibly!)
> or they havent said anything to anyone about
> it.   Again thankyou all for your support, it means alot to us at
> this time, I think it will take awhile for the full horror of it all
> to sink in.The worst thing is we where doing the right thing for our
> horses, and they died (possibly) because of it. It makes one never
> want to worm again.....
>
> Kerry

Easy Folks ... Don't fly off the handle before checking facts.

I got this from another horse forum. It seems genuine.

http://www.bimeda.com/dotcom/bimjpg.jpg

 Edited for grammer typos:

This reminds me of the big Quest scare that came out several years ago when Quest was introduced  to the market. Seems alot of people were saying their horses were dying from using it. I think some were true but because is a stronger dewormer, a heavily bot,strongyles infested horse could have averse reactions to it.

Personally I would avoid these "generic" dewormers and stick to the ones your veterinarian recommends.

Big pet peeve with this thread is saying  "wormer" instead of "dewormer".

I am sitting here laughing at MIFARMBABE over the pet peeve "wormer".  It is amazing what little things offend folks..lol..

I just take it with a grain of salt.  I know what they meant, so no need to make an issue out of it. 

I agree with investigating something if it comes through your email inbox.  I don't like rushing to judgement on something.  I agree with talking to your vet about it, but not all vets are up to date on everything, and like to stick with the old tried & true, which may or may not be good today as it was yesterday. 

There is a thing called built up resistance.  So I like to rotate my wormers according to the seasons.  After a heavy frost here in Michigan I switch to strongid, in the spring, right before the big melt, I go to the ivermectins.  I have race horses and show horses, and have never had any problems.  I have never tried the Bimeda products.  Everything in this world will kill you if you listen to someone's rumor.   

"It is amazing what little things offend folks..lol.."

Offended? Me? Not at all, just making a little clarification.

I am offended that you were laughing at me and not along with me. But glad you had a good laugh anyway. Laughing is a good thing, I'm laughing right now at the fact that I am responding to this thread.

Got this from one of my friends:

Hey Chris:

Called my mom and she has the exact lot or wormer that this email talks
about - she is calling country supply to advise them that she has this
lot - by the way she wormed kayla with this lot last month and she was
fine....Hmmmmm.

Not sure if the lady who had the bad experience would want this info.

Thanks by the way.

Veronica