Please help regarding Ivermetican

[darncat]

would safeguard work?

 

[darncat]

I did not notice any worms in throat when I was syringing her...I have on hand safeguard and would hope that tractor supply has the valbezan tomorrow. I did not know if I could worm that close together. If they have worms they will not eat?

 

[darncat]

and no respiratory problems ...

 

[casportpony]

According to an abstract that I read, Safeguard is effective in treating many worms, including gapeworms, if given at 20mg/kg (0.2 ml per 2.2 pounds) by mouth three days in a row. Paste or liquid, it's the same amount.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6750887
Efficacy of fenbendazole against helminth parasites of poultry in Uganda.

Ssenyonga GS.
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.
PMID:
6750887
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

[darncat]

she is not stretching out her neck like I have read on other posts on this site. My head is spinning as to what I should do as I am sure she is weak from not eating. I know I am at a crossroads and could not hurt at this point. as I have liquid safeguard that I was considering putting 3 cc in the water I do not know how many cc I should administer directly or if it is only done in the water. She is a RIR and do not know her weight.

 

[casportpony]

Can you guess her weight? Giving it orally is how it should be done.

-Kathy

 

[darncat]

checking online standard weight for a RIR hen is 6.5 pounds so .6ml?

 

[darncat]

looking at the safe guard bottle it shows to give a goat at 25 pounds .6 ml so I am wrong at my math. So if it is a hen at 6.5 pounds would that then be .15 to administer directly?

 

[casportpony]

Goats get less mg per kg than birds do, so a 6.5 pound (3kg) bird would get 0.6ml, the same size goat would get 0.15ml. Make sense? FWIW, I actually dose mine much higher, 50mg/kg and I haven't had any problems.

This is what's in Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook




-Kathy