Slaughter after Ivermectin Pour-on

[Island Roo]

I used Ivermectin Pour-on to treat gape worm. There seems to be some agreement that the egg withdrawal time is 10-14 days (from what I have been reading). What about withdrawal time to slaughter for my stew pot? The package says 49 days for cattle - would it be the same for chicken?

 

[dawg53]

Since ivermectin is an off label wormer in chickens; everything I've been reading (mostly UK sites,) state that there's a 28 day withdrawal period for slaughter in chickens after last use of the product. Calling Merial would be useless, they would say it isnt for use in poultry.

 

[galanie]

I was thinking the same thing even before reading Dawg's post. We usually only go 14 days for eggs but I'd go 28 for meat.

That said, it's not a dangerous substance to humans. Ivermectin pour on is used on humans in some African countries to combat those nasty jungle worms. I would still wait 28 days, just letting you know it's not dangerous.