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Ivermectin pour on is NOT to be given orally: Here's the link to the manufacturers (Merial) warning...Scroll down to "Precautions" near the bottom of the page.
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/images/label/17186.htm
ETA: It states: "THIS PRODUCT IS FOR APPLICATION TO SKIN SURFACE ONLY. DO NOT GIVE ORALLY OR PARENTERALLY."
If you want a wormer that kills all known worms that chickens can get, including tapeworms, use Valbazen (albendazole.)
http://healthybirds.umd.edu/Disease/Deworming Birds.pdf
I think you are missing that there are alot of meds for other species that have "off lable" uses and dosages and ways to be administered. Your quote from the box is for cattle. For example, show me the frontline for chickens... but people safely use it and avian vets safely administer and prescribe it.
And we aren't talking about killing worms... we are talking about mite infestation. Just sayin'. For worms you can use a ton of things for chickens from DE to Wazine to VermX to Ivemec to Horse Safeguard to Valbazen like you said and many more
Just because it needs to be read again:
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I was skeptical as well but it certainly can be administered orally
For those who have experience worming goats, it is widely known that there are not a great deal of choices in dewormers specifically labeled for goats. For those who don't know, various brands of wormers such as Ivermectin are given "off-label". It is also commonly known that despite the labeling on many of these dewormers such as Ivermectin,
even though stated as a "pour-on", meaning, applied directly to the hair of the animal, the pour-on is administered orally. It is advised that you never pour-on a dewormer on a goat. Their skin is much thinner than that of cattle.
http://www.jollygerman.com/products/goats/ivermectin.shtml
I agree with you and I use off label products for my chickens and have used ivermectin pour on. That is just it, it is a POUR ON, not to be given orally. It goes on the bare skin on the back of the neck on the chicken. It's primary purpose is a wormer and it kills mites/lice in chickens.
Ivermectin POUR ON is not to be given orally. You will be poisoning your chicken. It has ISOPROPAROL ALCOHOL in it. It WILL BURN the chickens throat and internally can cause possible organ damage leading to death. ISOPROPAROL ALCOHOL is flammable and irritating to the eyes. Google "MSDS for ivermectin pour on" if you dont believe me... look at the tests on rats as well as toxicity levels for other animals including humans, not to mention the environment.
Perhaps you have ivermectin "POUR ON" confused with ivermectin injectable and ivermectin paste which both can be given orally for worming/mite control.
The jollygerman can continue to poison his chickens with ivermectin pour on by giving it to them orally with isoproparol alcohol in it for all I care.
Do you truly want to orally dose your chickens with isoproparol alcohol? You can smell it when you open the container!
The end result will be damaged organs resulting in eventual death ingesting isoproparol alcohol.
Did you know the injectable is a failure at killing roundworms in chickens? (The test was done on CHICKENS specifically) I attribute this to the overuse of the injectable resulting in worm resistance because alot of people want to use it for control of lice/mites rather than worming. What people dont realize is eventually the same thing will happen with ivermectin pour on and the paste if used in this manner. Similar to bacterial resistance to antibiotics. I also recommend rotating wormers.
This is why I always recommend sevin dust, poultry protector, Adams products etc...before recommending ivomec products to control lice/mites.
Please go to post #38 in this link and click the links regarding ivermectin injectables failure to kill roundworms. Check out the other links in post #38 as well if you would.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=172967&p=4
I'm done here. I wish yall the best and good luck.
