Safe Guard Aquasol dose for BANTAMS

[Tacswa3]

Anyone have any experience with dosing bantam chickens with Safe Guard Aquasol? I am interpreting the instructions as saying a flock size of less than 22 pounds, do not treat. I think I'm seeing signs of gape worm. Unless someone can recommend another de-wormer and the dose for bantams, that would be a huge help.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Anyone have any experience with dosing bantam chickens with Safe Guard Aquasol? I am interpreting the instructions as saying a flock size of less than 22 pounds, do not treat. I think I'm seeing signs of gape worm. Unless someone can recommend another de-wormer and the dose for bantams, that would be a huge help.

What signs of Gapeworm are you seeing?
Could it be adjusting the crop?
Canker?

Safeguard Aquasol will treat Roundworms Only, so if you are wanting to treat Gapeworm, use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste. Valbazen can also be used. Dosing is below.


To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

 

[Tacswa3]

What signs of Gapeworm are you seeing?
Could it be adjusting the crop?
Canker?

Safeguard Aquasol will treat Roundworms Only, so if you are wanting to treat Gapeworm, use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste. Valbazen can also be used. Dosing is below.


To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Safeguard Aquasol is Fendendazole, At least it says it on the package.

I'm seeing some sneezing/cough with a head shake. One bird has some minor mouth opening (gaping). No mucus, clear eyes at the moment. One seems slightly lethargic. I just got these birds, they about a year old.

Thank you for posting the meds and dosing I really appreciate it

 

[Eggcessive]

Safeguard Aquasol is Fendendazole, At least it says it on the package.

I'm seeing some sneezing/cough with a head shake. One bird has some minor mouth opening (gaping). No mucus, clear eyes at the moment. One seems slightly lethargic. I just got these birds, they about a year old.

Thank you for posting the meds and dosing I really appreciate it

You really need to note that Aquasol SafeGuard (200 mg fenbendazole per ml) mixed in water is only for roundworms when given at a low dose for 5 days. It won’t treat more deadly capilary or gapeworms. When the 10% SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer (fenbendazole 100 mg per ml) or the Equine Paste is used orally and undiluted for 5 days, at 0.25 ml per pound) it will treat round, cecal, capillary, gape worms. The 10% is also safe, and much less expensive for the amount per dollar. I think there will be a lot of confusion with Aquasol.

 

[Tacswa3]

Ok great. How sensitive are the birds to the dewormer if dosage isn't exact? Such as if they get bit more in the dose than exactly .25ml if the birds weight is miscalculated?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Safeguard Aquasol is Fendendazole, At least it says it on the package.

I'm seeing some sneezing/cough with a head shake. One bird has some minor mouth opening (gaping). No mucus, clear eyes at the moment. One seems slightly lethargic. I just got these birds, they about a year old.

Thank you for posting the meds and dosing I really appreciate it

Ok great. How sensitive are the birds to the dewormer if dosage isn't exact? Such as if they get bit more in the dose than exactly .25ml if the birds weight is miscalculated?

What did you give? How much and which one...

Aquasol or Liquid Goat dewormer?

 

[Tacswa3]

I used liquid goat wormer. I weighed the birds and used a 1ml syringe. The birds range from a little over a pound to a pound and a half. I used the formula of .23ml per pound and estimated a tad more based on their weight.

 

[ThePoultryDoc]

What signs of Gapeworm are you seeing?
Could it be adjusting the crop?
Canker?

Safeguard Aquasol will treat Roundworms Only, so if you are wanting to treat Gapeworm, use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste. Valbazen can also be used. Dosing is below.


To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

The dose for Safe-Guard AquaSol is 0.00227 ml/lb. The minimum treatable flock size on the label is because it's very difficult to measure such small amounts. AquaSol is 2X the concentration of other legacy Safe-Guard products.

 

[ThePoultryDoc]

What signs of Gapeworm are you seeing?
Could it be adjusting the crop?
Canker?

Safeguard Aquasol will treat Roundworms Only, so if you are wanting to treat Gapeworm, use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste. Valbazen can also be used. Dosing is below.


To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

THE DOSE CITED IN THIS POST IS 100X THE LABEL DOSE. DO NOT GIVE AT THIS RATE.

The correct dosage is: weight of the flock (lbs) x 0.00227 = milliliters per day x 5 days

 

[Eggcessive]

THE DOSE CITED IN THIS POST IS 100X THE LABEL DOSE. DO NOT GIVE AT THIS RATE.

The correct dosage is: weight of the flock (lbs) x 0.00227 = milliliters per day x 5 days

If you are referring to post 2, wyorp rock said to use the correct dose 0.23 ml per pound for a chicken of SafeGuard liquid goat wormer 10% fenbendazole. That is the dosage most of us here use, and have used for many years. Chickens require a higher dose for capillary worms. Here is a thread about that and read post 2:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-for-safeguard-dewormer-for-chickens.1631024/

I feel like there is going to be a lot of confusion with posts about Aquasol and the usual SafeGuard 10% wormers.