Gapeworms

[casportpony]

Holy S, gapeworms must be pretty hardy. I wouldn't have thought about needing such a higher dose to get them. Thanks for the info. Also for answering the question about needing different dosages for albendazole vs fenbendazole, ect.
If ivermectin shrinks the gapeworms, it would be because of how it kills them and nothing to do with physical contact between the invermectin and the gapeworm.
I am not familiar with safeguard for cattle, but safeguard for horses can be used. If I remember correctly its 10%- but check before using because its been a long time.
Does anyone know if ivermectin injectable has a residual effect like the pour on does?

10% Safeguard or Panacur liquid or paste can be used on any animal... doesn't what animal is on the bottle or tube, it's all 10% fenbendazole. One ml of paste weighs one gram, so if you normally use 1ml of liquid, you can use 1ml of paste instead, it's exactly the same. And yes, I did weigh it.

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





Weighed empty 6cc (ml) syringe


Filled with Panacur 10% paste and weighed. Difference is 6 grams, so 6 grams = 6cc's (ml)


-Kathy

 

[Chickenlover0810]

This study suggests fenbendazole (Safeguard) for three days at 20mg/kg.
Quote:

Abstract

Fenbendazole 4% (Panacur, Hoechst) administered in feed was used to treat chickens infected with Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum and Railletina spp. It was also used to treat Syngamus trachea in broiler birds. There was a marked drop in helminth egg counts in the faeces on the second day of treatment and the faeces became negative by the seventh day after the last treatment. Post-mortem examination 15 to 21 days later showed that the drug was 100% effective against Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum at 10 mg/kg. However, for complete removal of Railletina spp. 15 mg/kg was required. Similarly 20 mg/kg fenbendazole was effective against Syngamus trachea. It was concluded that fenbendazole is suitable for the treatment of the important intestinal and tracheal worms of poultry, a dose of 15 to 20 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days being recommended for use under field conditions.
-Kathy

How would you administer it?

 

[casportpony]

How would you administer it?

Orally with a syringe.

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[KsKingBee]

Orally with a syringe.

Safely Administering Oral Medications to All Poultry and Waterfowl

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Or if the bird is still eating you can mix it in a food they really like, but they have to eat all of it.