Chicken/Turkey wormer help

Ok well does anyone know what the dosage would be for her and how do u give it to her through the water
I did the math, and the EquiMax dose to treat tapeworms for your 12.2 pound turkey is 0.4 ml *orally*. Horse paste is not water soluble, so you have to catch her and give it orally. These links have info on how to give oral medications:


-Kathy
 
The Durafend is fenbendazole, which is good for most type of worms but debatable as to whether it will treat tapeworms (some vets use it, research suggests higher dosage, but studies appear inconclusive).

So for treating tapeworms, casportpony is correct that the praziquantel is necessary...and you have that in the Equimax which is not in the Durafend.

The Equimax also contains Ivermectin for which I have studies that show that it is effective for nematode type worms (which excludes tapes) in poultry IF you treat 3 consecutive times, 7 days apart. Ivermectin is very efficient against northern fowl mite and scaly leg mite but not red rooster mite (unless the population has gained a resistance).

I personally like Ivermectin for external parasites if regular dusting is no longer working. I have seen it work wonders in a population explosion. I trust the studies that it is effective for internal nematodes if administered correctly. (Personal visual experience tells me that my birds definitely plump and do not have external evidence of worms after treatment, but I have not done fecal floats to check efficacy).

So I think you made a good choice with the Equimax....it will cover tapeworms, the major common nematodes (round worms, cecal, capillary) as well as external parasites (lice and mites).

Casportpony will have dosage advice for your turkey (after you weigh it). I recommend treating 3 times for the Ivermectin part, but I am not sure what the recommendation/limitation is for the praziquantel....I do know that tapeworms are more problematic and that you must interrupt the cycle to prevent reinfection, which means getting rid of the slug or fly that is depositing the intermediary. Also clean and through away litter.

LofMc
There is one study that says it will treat one species of tapes, which happens to be the most common, but it must be given at least 3 days in a row to be effective. Time to find all those studies again. Similar studies say Valbazen will treat them too, but I have my doubts.

-Kathy
 
The Durafend is fenbendazole, which is good for most type of worms but debatable as to whether it will treat tapeworms (some vets use it, research suggests higher dosage, but studies appear inconclusive).

So for treating tapeworms, casportpony is correct that the praziquantel is necessary...and you have that in the Equimax which is not in the Durafend.

The Equimax also contains Ivermectin for which I have studies that show that it is effective for nematode type worms (which excludes tapes) in poultry IF you treat 3 consecutive times, 7 days apart. Ivermectin is very efficient against northern fowl mite and scaly leg mite but not red rooster mite (unless the population has gained a resistance).

I personally like Ivermectin for external parasites if regular dusting is no longer working. I have seen it work wonders in a population explosion. I trust the studies that it is effective for internal nematodes if administered correctly. (Personal visual experience tells me that my birds definitely plump and do not have external evidence of worms after treatment, but I have not done fecal floats to check efficacy).

So I think you made a good choice with the Equimax....it will cover tapeworms, the major common nematodes (round worms, cecal, capillary) as well as external parasites (lice and mites).

Casportpony will have dosage advice for your turkey (after you weigh it). I recommend treating 3 times for the Ivermectin part, but I am not sure what the recommendation/limitation is for the praziquantel....I do know that tapeworms are more problematic and that you must interrupt the cycle to prevent reinfection, which means getting rid of the slug or fly that is depositing the intermediary. Also clean and through away litter.

LofMc
Cam you send me the links for those studies? Would love to read them.

-Kathy
 
@Roada Red , just want to be sure that you understand the direction, so please confirm.

Your 12.2 pound turkey gets 0.4ml of Equimax orally, *not* in water.

Smallest blob = 0.025 ml
Small blob = 0.1 ml
Medium blob = 0.25 ml
Large blob = 0.5 ml

1 cc = 1 ml







-Kathy
 
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@Roada Red , just want to be sure that you understand the direction, so please confirm. Your 12.2 pound turkey gets 0.4ml of Equimax orally, *not* in water. Smallest blob = 0.025 ml Small blob = 0.1 ml Medium blob = 0.25 ml Large blob = 0.5 ml 1 cc = 1 ml Ok so which blob should I give her [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] -Kathy
 
@Roada Red , just want to be sure that you understand the direction, so please confirm. Your 12.2 pound turkey gets 0.4ml of Equimax orally, *not* in water. Smallest blob = 0.025 ml Small blob = 0.1 ml Medium blob = 0.25 ml Large blob = 0.5 ml 1 cc = 1 ml [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] -Kathy
Ok so it would be 4 ml right
 

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