***PLEASE*** HELP!!! Very sick Jersey Giant Rooster!!!!

[casportpony]

I'm going to tsc today after work. He has no worm larva or segments (i looked under a microscope and i do know wgat to look for) in his stool thus far but I will worm him as we'll.

I think I've said all that I can to help, so I'm going to bow out now. Good luck, I hope he gets better.

 

[thompsonfarm]

If I use the safeguard for goats what is the dosage?

 

[thompsonfarm]

I spoke with a woman at tsc about my situation. She recently had a chicken with similar symptoms and she started her on antibiotics (penicillin) she wasn't sure what dosage I should go with and I wanted to check with everyone's opinions on that first. I did buy the penicillin and a syringe. I also picked up the poultry dust but no workers because they didn't have any there (our tsc is lame) many thanks!!!

 

[thompsonfarm]

He seems to be doing much better today!!! I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket lol! I didn't realize how infested he was with mites! Golly!!! His skin came alive!!!

 

[thompsonfarm]

Anybody on the penicillin?

Are mites like fleas in that they carry tapeworm eggs?

 

[thompsonfarm]

Nobody?

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Anybody on the penicillin?

Are mites like fleas in that they carry tapeworm eggs?

No to the penicillin. It comes back to not knowing what you're dealing w/ and -- esp. when antibiotics are concerned -- you don't wanna shoot blindly. You should continue to keep him warm, and dry, and dust your entire flock. Hopefully, he's gonna continue to improve.

The lice/mites that bite your birds are not intermediate hosts ...

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... these are the enemies of your flock, and their intermediate hosts. Even if you raise 'em on wire? You can't avoid 'em all. Also, the float test can show that worms are present, however, it cannot guarantee that they're not.

Fenbendazole has been proven safe all the way up to 1,000 mg/kg (one full gram per kilogram of body weight), which is fifty times higher than the dosage I would use, so as to eliminate all worms* (except tapeworms, which you would have most likely seen evidence of, if present).

Fenbendazole dosage: 20 mg/kg of body weight
for 3 consecutive days.
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* 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.

This is 20 milligrams of the active ingredient, which is mixed into solutions at different rates ... if I know which product you will be using, and the weight of the bird(s), I can provide you with the amount of active ingredient per measure to be used, and the amount which each bird requires.

 

[thompsonfarm]

Where can I get the fenbendazole? They had no clue what I was talking about at tsc

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Where can I get the fenbendazole? They had no clue what I was talking about at tsc

I use the chemical names ... oops.
TSC's employees should know it by Safe-Guard

You'll be looking for the goat wormer, which is a 10% solution (and provides 100 mg/mL).

Detail on the product at TSC:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/safe-guard-reg-goat-dewormer-125-ml-2226898

Details on the product label:
http://www.jefferspet.com/images/label/16380.htm

 

[thompsonfarm]

Ok I asked for that too. They were clueless