SafeGuard wormer administered in Water

[casportpony]

Thanks, I think this flu has gone of for more than two weeks now. Hopefully by spring I will start to feel better.

Wow, that's a long time to be sick with the flu.

 

[Folly's place]

I just talked to Dr. Fulton today, and there is now a water soluble fenbendazole product labeled for chickens in the Us with no withdrawal period for eggs! YES!!!
It's definitely best to have fecals run before worming; if there's nothing there, then don't worm!
Mary

 

[Relleoms]

I just talked to Dr. Fulton today, and there is now a water soluble fenbendazole product labeled for chickens in the Us with no withdrawal period for eggs! YES!!!
It's definitely best to have fecals run before worming; if there's nothing there, then don't worm!
Mary

Any idea what it’s called? Is it available otc? Wonderful news!

It's complicated... It's not really water soluble, so it will settle pretty quickly. It also must be given 5 days in a row if you want to treat capillary worms. Do you want to treat all worms or just large roundworms? If you want to treat just large roundworms you could use Wazine in the water, then Save the Safeguard for when you need to treat other worms.

Is wazine labeled for use with laying hens? I thought I read you should never eat the eggs after using.

 

[Folly's place]

Wazine only gets some roundworms, and is off the table now anyway.
The fenbendazole was just recently approved, and I'll have to look it up. 'Aquazole', as I recall. I don't know where or when it will be available.
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

I just googled it and found nothing useful. Very new! I'll try to call Dr. Fulton Monday and report back.
Mary

 

[casportpony]

Wazine only gets some roundworms, and is off the table now anyway.
The fenbendazole was just recently approved, and I'll have to look it up. 'Aquazole', as I recall. I don't know where or when it will be available.
Mary

It's been approved for use in meat birds here in the US for a couple of years, but at a the zero day withdrawal is when treating for large roundworms and cecal worms only because the dose is 1 mg/kg for five days. Ths dose will not treat capillary worms, and the mfg says "contraindicated when capillary worms are present". It's 200 mg/ml and was about $300 per quart when I checked last.

 

[Folly's place]

Ouch! I sure didn't hear about that price! I'll still call Monday.
It's very frustrating when we're the poor sisters of the poultry industry, and there's no incentive/ money spent on our needs as small flock owners.
Mary

 

[Relleoms]

It's been approved for use in meat birds here in the US for a couple of years, but at a the zero day withdrawal is when treating for large roundworms and cecal worms only because the dose is 1 mg/kg for six days. Ths dose will not treat capillary worms, and the mfg says "contraindicated when capillary worms are present". It's 200 mg/ml and was about $300 per quart when I checked last.

Is this the product you’re referring to? https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/product/poultry/Safe-Guard-AquaSol/1

 

[Folly's place]

I don't know if the new approval for laying hens includes a different dosage, or really anything else about it.
Mary

 

[casportpony]

Is this the product you’re referring to? https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/product/poultry/Safe-Guard-AquaSol/1

That link isn't working on my iPad, but given the just the name, yes, that's it. It's approved for use in the UK in laying hens when treating large roundworms and cecal worms.