Safeguard dewormer

[Peytonandpancakes]

Do I repeat in 10-14 days?

 

[dawg53]

Do I repeat in 10-14 days?

No, not after dosing them 5 days in a row.

 

[LizGio]

I found the links for the screenshots and quoted them below.

You need to take the thread into context and as a whole when reading about products and dosing.
Words are also important. Your comparing 2 different products. Continue to read on...



The OP of the thread is asking about Safeguard AQUASOL. It is Fenbendazole, it's expensive, it's formulated to go in drinking water and it's the only FDA "approved" dewormer for poultry in the U.S. "Approved" dose of Aquasol is 1mg/kg so there is no egg withdrawal and at this therapeutic dose, it is only for Roundworm and Cecal worm.
Here's the info sheet for Aquasol.
https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/species/poultry/products/safe-guard-aquasol



Most do not want to spend $270 for Aquasol, I know I don't. So they use Safeguard Liquid Goat dewormer or Equine paste. Plumbs Vet Drug Manual gives a dosing range for Fenbendazole in birds to be 10-50mg/kg which turns out to be 0.227272727272 which we round up to be 0.23ml per pound. This dose will treat Roundworms, cecal worms, hairworms, gapeworm, cappillary worms, etc., depending on how many days given. 5 days to treat pretty much all, except for Tapeworms.

Worm toxicity could happen with any product. Usually not with something as safe as Fenbendazole, but no one can say for sure. Using Piperazine, you could encounter it.

Chickens do not have a gag reflux, so they do not "vomit". So no, they would not vomit up worms. There are worms that do invade the trachea, crop and esophagus, so it's possible they could be coughed up or if the crop is pressed firmly maybe the contents could spill out and worms be present. Anything is possible.

A vet tech probably would have access to info about products and dosing that are on the market, but if not, the google machine does a decent job of giving up results if you do some digging.

So for my 2 lb silky it would be .5 ml approximately for the regular safeguard goat stuff?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So for my 2 lb silky it would be .5 ml approximately for the regular safeguard goat stuff?

Yes.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...pension-goat-in-waterer.1557578/post-26390668

 

[fatimahb89]

I found the links for the screenshots and quoted them below.

You need to take the thread into context and as a whole when reading about products and dosing.
Words are also important. Your comparing 2 different products. Continue to read on...



The OP of the thread is asking about Safeguard AQUASOL. It is Fenbendazole, it's expensive, it's formulated to go in drinking water and it's the only FDA "approved" dewormer for poultry in the U.S. "Approved" dose of Aquasol is 1mg/kg so there is no egg withdrawal and at this therapeutic dose, it is only for Roundworm and Cecal worm.
Here's the info sheet for Aquasol.
https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/species/poultry/products/safe-guard-aquasol



Most do not want to spend $270 for Aquasol, I know I don't. So they use Safeguard Liquid Goat dewormer or Equine paste. Plumbs Vet Drug Manual gives a dosing range for Fenbendazole in birds to be 10-50mg/kg which turns out to be 0.227272727272 which we round up to be 0.23ml per pound. This dose will treat Roundworms, cecal worms, hairworms, gapeworm, cappillary worms, etc., depending on how many days given. 5 days to treat pretty much all, except for Tapeworms.

Worm toxicity could happen with any product. Usually not with something as safe as Fenbendazole, but no one can say for sure. Using Piperazine, you could encounter it.

Chickens do not have a gag reflux, so they do not "vomit". So no, they would not vomit up worms. There are worms that do invade the trachea, crop and esophagus, so it's possible they could be coughed up or if the crop is pressed firmly maybe the contents could spill out and worms be present. Anything is possible.

A vet tech probably would have access to info about products and dosing that are on the market, but if not, the google machine does a decent job of giving up results if you do some digging.

I'm sorry. I've read this over and over and still am unsure. How does this sound,
If 0.23 mg per KG / times 5 days = 0.11 mg per pound /times 5 days
So my 6 pound hen would get 0.66mg daily for 5 days
and my 4.5 pound hen would get .5 mg daily for 5 days
Does that sound correct?
In addition, if given daily for 5 days there is no need to repeat after 10 days, correct?
The vet I have previouly perscribed a doage given for 5 days in a row. However, last time he gave my 9 pound hen 1ml once/ repeat in 10 days.
I have 3 hens that I want to treat and would like your perspective.
thank you

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If 0.23 mg per KG / times 5 days = 0.11 mg per pound /times 5 days

0.23mg per Pound, not KG.

Fenbendazole in birds to be 10-50mg/kg which turns out to be 0.227272727272 which we round up to be 0.23ml per pound.