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TnDem

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7. re: screwworm

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:02 PM

May 3

Strangely enough, the NIH did a study 40 years ago that proved that: "...Ivermectin at 200 micrograms/kg caused 100% mortality of screw-worm larvae up to 2 days old at the time of treatment..."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3840994/

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