Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[NYREDS]

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Crikey! I just checked First State Vet and they don't have it listed. Will give Peter a call later today and find out what the story is.

You can still order it from Canada. Here's a link.

http://www.blueskydrugs.com/Product/Frontline

 

[Young Heritage]

I think I read somewhere on here that it has been found to have carcinogens that can harm the animals its used on. Not sure it was this specific product though.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

What doesn't cause cancer nowadays?

 

[Pathfinders]

I also found it here: http://www.vetshop.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.display/pn/frontline.spray/product_id/9530 and I'm hoping it's actually in stock. Not that I would use it on anything other than dogs, of course. I never use things in an off-label manner. Nope. Not me.

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

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Me either!

 

[Chris09]

Found it here.
http://www.pbsanimalhealth.com/details/Frontline-Spray/449-35.html
250 ml $31.22
500 ml $59.82

I never used the stuff, Ive used Adams but mostly I use Seven and Ivermectin Injectable.

Chris

 

[kathyinmo]

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Chris,
I have found Ivermectin simply does not work on Northern Fowl Mites. When I googled the topic, I found others said the same thing. Does Sevin work on them? Recently I dipped all my birds in Permethrin (easier than dusting with a large amount of birds, in my opinion). I repeated it 10 days later. That was a week ago, so I am hoping this works. I have sprayed every square inch of my coops, changed bedding (several times) and sprayed that, too. Honestly, I only noticed mites on one pen, but I am trying to be proactive and hoping to prevent any more and to get rid of those.

I found this article I thought was interesting.......
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/conference_proceedings/broiler_breeder/2003/stringham_2003.pdf
It says:
A relative handful of effective active ingredients are available for direct treatment of fowl mites in birds. These include carbaryl, permethrin, dichlorvos, malathion and tetrachlorvinphos.

The active ingredients in Frontline plus are fipronil and S-methoprene.
I have never tried Frontline myself, but I someone else said this:
Walmart now sells Pet Armour with the same active ingredient as Frontline but at a much cheaper price. Frontline (fipronil) is "the bomb" when you have a bad mite infestation.

 

[vmdanielsen]

frontline(fipronil) is absorbed through the skin so remember to use rubber gloves and do NOT inhale.

 

[Pathfinders]

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I was told by Peter at First State that Frontline is NOT absorbed through the skin, but Ivermectin is. Just fwiw.

 

[Chris09]

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Chris,
I have found Ivermectin simply does not work on Northern Fowl Mites. When I googled the topic, I found others said the same thing. Does Sevin work on them? Recently I dipped all my birds in Permethrin (easier than dusting with a large amount of birds, in my opinion). I repeated it 10 days later. That was a week ago, so I am hoping this works. I have sprayed every square inch of my coops, changed bedding (several times) and sprayed that, too. Honestly, I only noticed mites on one pen, but I am trying to be proactive and hoping to prevent any more and to get rid of those.

I found this article I thought was interesting.......
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/conference_proceedings/broiler_breeder/2003/stringham_2003.pdf
It says:
A relative handful of effective active ingredients are available for direct treatment of fowl mites in birds. These include carbaryl, permethrin, dichlorvos, malathion and tetrachlorvinphos.

The active ingredients in Frontline plus are fipronil and S-methoprene.
I have never tried Frontline myself, but I someone else said this:
Walmart now sells Pet Armour with the same active ingredient as Frontline but at a much cheaper price. Frontline (fipronil) is "the bomb" when you have a bad mite infestation.

I have found Ivermectin simply does not work on Northern Fowl Mites.

How are you using it, are you using the Injectable, also how are you treating the pens?

Does Sevin work on them?

Seven will work on most "bugs"

Chris​