Does anyone do their own fecal exams

[DawnSuiter]

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adamant? do you know what that means?

Regardless your wrong, I am not adamant about this topic.
About many other things perhaps but not DE.
I had never heard of DE used as food grade until a few months ago here on BYC. Because I followed or offer the advice of some wiser BYC'ers does not make me adamant.

I really had decided I would not visit this thread again, but I'm a big vocabularly junkie, and adamant? just not at all the right word for the situation, and in fact is oddly insulting to me right now.

Use DE or don't use DE folks, its your choice. There are just as many studies in support of it as there are against it. This reminds me of many current cancer treatments, that work really well for some but do nothing for others. Every situation is unique, every bird is different, everyones body chemistry is their own.......it's unreasonable for ANYONE to assume there is a one-size-fits-all remedy for everyone and every animal.

 

[DawnSuiter]

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since I'm here, I thought I should respond to you...
Your rescue clearly sounds as though it had huge roundworm issues... they are the spaghetti looking ones. So you saw a whole mass of mostly adult round worms, and thats exactly what they look like inside the animal as well.

So, I'm looking for juvenile & adult worms of all 4 varieties, all of which are completely visible with the naked eye. It is MY opinion based on my animal knowledge, that if a teenage to adult animals intestines are "clean" (worm free on visible inspection), that I am successfully inhibiting the growth of these 4 intestinal parasites.

Roundworms: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=adult+roundworm
Whipworms: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=adult+whipworm (similar to round with a thinning body appearance at the end like a horse whip)
Tapeworms: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=adult+tapeworm (unique and segmented, VERY difficult to get rid of once infested... don't honestly think DE would do it, but can perhaps prevent an infestation)
Hookworms: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=adult+hookworm (very similar to round in appearance)

Roundworms can be passed in the egg to the best of my knowledge, as they can be passed on through mothers milk in mammels, therefore, even the chickens that are we have for egg laying, need to be treated in my opinion. So checking out the intestinal tract of the surplus roosters, gives me a good idea of what the insides of our hens look like too.

 

[chickygirl2]

Thanks bodyflight!
That particular dog came with little pups from a rural shelter. I believe they did not worm her because of the young pups.

All being said, with the numbers and different types of critters we have, I do believe I will purchase a scope and give this a try. I will update as I fgure out how this works. Thanks to everyone for their help and advice.

 

[junebug7334]

iI use DE. as well. As far as Ivercec. the dose is 1/4 cc (that's .25 ) on a one ML syringe........and squirt it on the back of their necks like you would applly Frontline on a dog. Don't use the eggs x 2 weeks to be safe.

(as a side bar) you wouldn't BELIEVE the people who come in to our office with worms! Not just kids!

 

[EggHunter_66]

Thank you "junebug7334" for posting the dose amount!