Gapeworm ?

[casportpony]

I only treated it once. Hen was a six pounder and I gave her 1.5ml Safeguard for five days, but she was better after just three.

-Kathy

 

[ldchetty]

Look, it works, all of my chooks are alive (1 year later) after contracting and being treated for Gapeworm - and ingesting turpentine. I will leave you to ponder the whys as you clearly know more than I do.

 

[Eggcessive]

Look, it works, all of my chooks are alive (1 year later) after contracting and being treated for Gapeworm - and ingesting turpentine. I will leave you to ponder the whys as you clearly know more than I do.

None of us pretend to know more than you do. I appreciate your advice, and I think it adds to the forum, as well as giving us all options. I'm just posting what I have read, and that is what this is about, giving our opinions, and having a discussion. Then the person can make up their mind. As I said, I haven't had a sick bird with gapeworms, so you must do what you can to treat them. My mother was given turpentine as a kid 80 years ago for some home remedy, and it didn't kill her, LOL. I have taken care of hospitalized children who have swallowed kerosene, and not had as good an outcome.

 

[casportpony]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6750887
Efficacy of fenbendazole against helminth parasites of poultry in Uganda.

Ssenyonga GS.
Abstract

Fenbendazole 4% (Panacur, Hoechst) administered in feed was used to treat chickens infected with Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum and Railletina spp. It was also used to treat Syngamus trachea in broiler birds. There was a marked drop in helminth egg counts in the faeces on the second day of treatment and the faeces became negative by the seventh day after the last treatment. Post-mortem examination 15 to 21 days later showed that the drug was 100% effective against Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum at 10 mg/kg. However, for complete removal of Railletina spp. 15 mg/kg was required. Similarly 20 mg/kg fenbendazole was effective against Syngamus trachea. It was concluded that fenbendazole is suitable for the treatment of the important intestinal and tracheal worms of poultry, a dose of 15 to 20 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days being recommended for use under field conditions.

Syngamus trachea = gapeworm

-Kathy

 

[ldchetty]

Kathy,

I used the same information and even spoke to the vet who said that fenbendazole would work. I am not refuting what others say. I am saying that I followed that advice and it did not work. One of my chooks was suffocating to death until I gave the castor oil/turpentine mixture and then the levamisole. I do not understand why you keep negating my experience? There is a lot of information out there and I tried all of it. There are others who have posted on this site that have found that levamisole and not fenbendazole worked for them. In fact, that is why I tried levamisole. I hope that SafeGuard does work for others - it is easier to buy. In the meantime, however, the chickens will die if it does not work.

 

[Eggcessive]

My husband got this:


She is pretty little- I think she is only 12 weeks or so. I dont have a scale but I bet she is just over 2-3 lbs. I have 8 kids so I have syringes!
Should I feed her a mash of chicken feed with it or no? I should probably continue to keep her hydrated? She isnt drinking or eating on her own.

Well how is she doing? Since gapeworm could be in your environment, I would probably get that stool sample looked at from your vet if possible, because you will want to treat all of your birds. Cleaning up droppings may be a good thing to do, too. It would be best to give this orally undiluted 1/2 ml at a time. Safe Guard is very safe, and hard to overdose. Please update us with any news.

 

[casportpony]

Kathy,

I used the same information and even spoke to the vet who said that fenbendazole would work. I am not refuting what others say. I am saying that I followed that advice and it did not work. One of my chooks was suffocating to death until I gave the castor oil/turpentine mixture and then the levamisole. I do not understand why you keep negating my experience? There is a lot of information out there and I tried all of it. There are others who have posted on this site that have found that levamisole and not fenbendazole worked for them. In fact, that is why I tried levamisole. I hope that SafeGuard does work for others - it is easier to buy. In the meantime, however, the chickens will die if it does not work.

I also suggested buying levamisole as a back up, but honestly, at this point the hen is more likely to die from dehydration. They can go a couple of days without water, but day three is usually fatal for them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Jynuine , let me know if you want to learn how to tube fluids,

-Kathy

 

[Jynuine]

I have to say that SafeGuard did not rid my chooks of gapeworm.

I think Im having that issue right now. She had 3 days of it and nothing has changed. She is eating, I havent seen her drink- but she is still gaping every 5 seconds. She is also coughing now and then. I want to take some more footage, the stool sample test is $35 and we already spent that on the meds.
I give the meds once a day right?
None of the others seems to be suffering from this. I would love to think it's something else, or even just this but easier to just get rid of.

 

[Jynuine]

@Jynuine , let me know if you want to learn how to tube fluids,

-Kathy

I really would. I have syringes (we have big needles with a removable needle head) and I am having Gracie give her electrolytes (unflavored) inbetween gaping just in case. She eats a little in the morning and I have her isolated at night and she will eat mash- I just havent seen her drink.

Here is a video I just took. If you cant see it, it's because it's still processing but Im figuring you should be able to see it by the time you read this.