Gape worm?

[bass01]

She is getting pea sized amount orally daily of the safeguard paste. I can get the oxytetracycline and start it. I have tylan 50 injectable. How much of that given orally? How much oxytetracycline if I go with that. Thank you all so much for your advise

 

[casportpony]

She is getting pea sized amount orally daily of the safeguard paste. I can get the oxytetracycline and start it. I have tylan 50 injectable. How much of that given orally? How much oxytetracycline if I go with that. Thank you all so much for your advise

How much does she weigh?

From left to right:
Small = 10mg ( .1cc)
Medium = 25mg (.25cc)
Large = 50mg ( .5cc)



-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

From what I read in a study, the most effective dose for treating gapeworms is .2ml per 2.2 pounds for three days. For something like a big Rhode Island Red that would be ~.6ml for three days.

FYI, I have many chickens, peafowl and guineas and I have only seen gapes in one in the last five years. Not saying it's not gapes, just that it's not common in my flock.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

I think Tylan 50 dosage is flexable, in Plumb's Handbook, they say 5-20 mg per pound of weight. I would give 1-2 ml orally. If giving the shots, I would use 1 ml.

 

[bass01]

She is oegb weighs 21 ounces now

 

[bass01]

I just had her shipped in from georgia 2 weeks ago. She came with the sneeze and it has progressed from there. The man I got her from just said she needed to be wormed the end of the month. Now he wont answer my messages

 

[Eggcessive]

She is oegb weighs 21 ounces now

I just had her shipped in from georgia 2 weeks ago. She came with the sneeze and it has progressed from there. The man I got her from just said she needed to be wormed the end of the month. Now he wont answer my messages

Then the dosage orally would be 1/4-1/2 ml, 1/4 ml as a shot. She may have been a carrier of something, or even gapeworm, but the stress of shipping adds to her problem I'm sure. OEG's are sweet--I have one hen as a pet.

 

[casportpony]

She is oegb weighs 21 ounces now

So about 600 grams... Exact amount to give would be .12ml, less than exact would be larger than the small pea, smaller than the medium. FWIW, I have given my OEGB's twice that and seen no side effects, so don't worry about that.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Then the dosage orally would be 1/4-1/2 ml, 1/4 ml as a shot. She may have been a carrier of something, or even gapeworm, but the stress of shipping adds to her problem I'm sure. OEG's are sweet--I have one hen as a pet.

OEGB's are the best! Love the few I have left.

-Kathy

 

[bass01]

Thats about what I have been giving of the safeguard so should I give the safeguard 1 more day and start the tylan? Or give them together starting the tylan today? She is granddaughters 4 h hen for this year. Dont want to lose her for sure.