Deworming with fenbendazole

[Wyorp Rock]

What about for treating Gape Worms?

For treating Gapeworms with Fenbendazole give .23ml per pound of weight orally once a day for 5 days?

Do you have a bird that you think may have Gapeworms or could it possibly be respiratory illness or a crop issue?
If you wish - give us more information along with some photos, we'll try to make some suggestions.

 

[Amy7580]

The screen shot you have is from an older thread (2014).
There's a bit more info we have now on dosing.

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

My question is, when you treat dogs, you do repeat for 3 days. And that's per the vet. Is there a specific reason to only treat chickens once?

 

[Amy7580]

No, if you are giving for 5 days in a row there is no repeat.

Appears so. It's surprising how what doses are for chickens sometimes LOL

It's the same dosage for all animals. .23 per pound for dogs/puppies too

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's the same dosage for all animals. .23 per pound for dogs/puppies too

My question is, when you treat dogs, you do repeat for 3 days. And that's per the vet. Is there a specific reason to only treat chickens once?

Chickens aren't dogs and it really depends on the product you are using as to the actual dose you give. Granules, 10% or 2.5% suspension, Pastes, Tablets...there's lots of choices of Fenbendazole on the market. But generally for dogs the dose is 50mg/kg, you just have to figure the dose depending on what product you choose to use

The most Common form of Fenbendazole that people use for deworming Poultry is Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewomer (10%) or Safeguard Equine Paste (10%). Dosing is 10-50mg/kg for Poultry, but most commonly 50mg/kg is used, hence the 0.23ml per pound of weight.



Re-Read the instructions I posted at POST#2

For Roundworms ONLY, give once, then REPEAT in 10 days.

For other types of worms, give for 5 days in a row....

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

 

[Amy7580]

Chickens aren't dogs and it really depends on the product you are using as to the actual dose you give. Granules, 10% or 2.5% suspension, Pastes, Tablets...there's lots of choices of Fenbendazole on the market. But generally for dogs the dose is 50mg/kg, you just have to figure the dose depending on what product you choose to use

The most Common form of Fenbendazole that people use for deworming Poultry is Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewomer (10%) or Safeguard Equine Paste (10%). Dosing is 10-50mg/kg for Poultry, but most commonly 50mg/kg is used, hence the 0.23ml per pound of weight.



Re-Read the instructions I posted at POST#2

For Roundworms ONLY, give once, then REPEAT in 10 days.

For other types of worms, give for 5 days in a row....

Dogs aren't chickens, you don't say
I'm using the goat drench dewormer, which if purchased in the 100mL bottle is called cattle dewormer. That is what I was referring to when I said they are all dosed the same.
As you kindly restated above, when using Goat drench liquid fenbendazole, the dosage for chickens is the same as dogs, goats, cattle, lizards, whatever. .23 per pound.
Instead of being condescending, you could have just said 1 dose for rounds and 3-5 for all other worms.
Last time I ask a question here. I get gaslighted by 120 little 15 year olds for 10 months a year. I definately don't need this here

 

[casportpony]

@Amy7580, welcome to BYC!

My question is, when you treat dogs, you do repeat for 3 days. And that's per the vet. Is there a specific reason to only treat chickens once?

Fenbendazole works better when given several days in a row (see quote), but studies have shown that a single dose of 50 mg/kg is effective in treating large roundworms & cecal worms in birds.

"Fenbendazole functions by inhibiting the uptake of glucose (sugar) in the nematode parasite. This block of glucose uptake is slow, so fenbendazole works better when given over a course of several days than in single or multiple doses that are given at spaced time intervals. "
Source

It's the same dosage for all animals. .23 per pound for dogs/puppies too

It's the same for some animals, but one really should know what worms they want to treat. For example, in dogs & cats, paragonimus kellicotti treatment is fenbendazole 50 mg/kg per day for 10–14 days.

Dogs aren't chickens, you don't say

I'm using the goat drench dewormer, which if purchased in the 100mL bottle is called cattle dewormer. That is what I was referring to when I said they are all dosed the same.

Most of the liquid and paste versions of fenbendazole in the US have the same active ingredient. They are 10%, which means that one ml has 100 mg of fenbendazole.

As you kindly restated above, when using Goat drench liquid fenbendazole, the dosage for chickens is the same as dogs, goats, cattle, lizards, whatever. .23 per pound.

Goats, cattle, horses, swine, sheep, alpacas, llamas, ferrets, & rabbits do not get 0.23 ml per pound.

Instead of being condescending, you could have just said 1 dose for rounds and 3-5 for all other worms.

For capillary & gapeworms, it's five days.

If you need doses for anything, let me know. I have the 9th edition of Plumb's veterinary drug handbook and can look up the doses for you.

Hope this helps.