This is somewhat shocking and isn't the full story. As another poster said, yeah, use Ivermectin (and to counter the same kind of posts about that - yes, I knew

This is somewhat shocking and isn't the full story. As another poster said, yeah, use Ivermectin (and to counter the same kind of posts about that - yes, I knew what ivermectin was before all this Covid stuff, and it's upsetting to me what's going on with kneejerk reactions once it's mentioned. For example it's used as a topical Rosacea med and many pts have switched to the livestock version just to save money. It has so many effects that we haven't even begun to investigate such as treating fatty liver disease and more.) The other side of the story is that holistic treatments aren't junk. They work. If you go to a holistic vet you may get tips like putting diatomaceous earth in food - a trick livestock owners have done for years now. The DE is like tiny pieces of ground glass and physically hookworms and eggs are not going to have a good time with it. ( It's like using alcohol for bacteria in that way. There are studies showing this works (https://www.pjvas.org/index.php/pjvas/article/view/125/0 https://www.pjvas.org/index.php/pjvas/article/view/125/0) and pumpkin seeds rival antiparasitic meds (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22684690/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22684690/) Papaya is also one that's been used forever (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874114007399 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03788...) Trust indigenous knowledge! I'm really sick of these articles that have some sort of end of the world take on "drug resistance" and don't consider the fact that there are actual, science backed studies into alternative treatments that often work better but just don't have the same funding/research behind them versus studies here and there. If anyone works with animals or livestock and actually use these treatments though it will be no contest in a lot of cases. That doesn't mean ignoring the vet but that does mean when the vet is shrugging their shoulders like "Gosh it's just a crazy case of parasite resistance what can you do, these meds just aren't effective these days" that's not the full story and there are solutions out there. It's the same issue you see in mainstream medicine that you can't patent or get rich off of selling a pumpkin seed supplement for dogs so the narrative that this is just "woo woo hippy treatments" and they're just placebo is a useful one. Anyone who's had livestock or a pet at the end of life and has been told some crap from the vet and taken matters into their own hands by researching treatments like medicinal mushrooms for dog cancer, supplements for chronic kidney disease in cats, and more, will tell you that there are so many cases where the vet's shrugging their shoulders and giving them a few months to live, and you can turn your pet around and give them a full recovery or at least a few more years of an active healthy life by researching and following evidence based studies on supplements that can alleviate these symptoms.