Tapeworms...Yuck!

[JensChickies]

Yeah..I already bought the safeguard. So might as well try it. I haven't found any consistent information on dosage. I have a call into UC Davis for dosage lol.

 

[casportpony]

Yeah..I already bought the safeguard. So might as well try it. I haven't found any consistent information on dosage. I have a call into UC Davis for dosage lol.

Maybe this will help to pick a dose:



It's from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

There's dosing info here:
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FYI, I'm a little OCD when it come to dosing, lol.

-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

Maybe this will help to pick a dose: [COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20]It's from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20][COLOR=231F20]-Kathy[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

This is great! This is all UCD is going to tell me. Thank you!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Look at the link I sent you and you'll see that many different doses are recommended.

That link is from this set of books:


Clinical Avian Medicine

Greg Harrison, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, Dipl ECAMS and Teresa Lightfoot, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, have compiled the expertise and experience of 50 international contributing authors (and 50 reviewers) to produce an extraordinary two-volume reference, with over 1000 pages of text and over 1300 color images, for veterinarians and other avian health professionals.
The purpose of the book Clinical Avian Medicine is to provide some highlights of emerging thoughts, techniques and procedures that are currently being assimilated into avian practice.
These are printable .pdf's: Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader

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• Chapter 1: Clinical Practice
• Chapter 2: Companion Bird
• Chapter 3: Concepts in Behavior I
• Chapter 4: Nutrition I
• Chapter 4: Nutrition II
• Chapter 5: Calcium
• Chapter 6: Physical Examination
• Chapter 7: Emergency and Critical Care
• Chapter 8: Pain Management
• Chapter 9: Therepeutic Agents
• Chapter 10: Integrative Medicine
• Chapter 11: Low Risk Pest Management
• Chapter 12: Cardiology
• Chapter 13: Integument
• Chapter 14: Gastrointenstinal
• Chapter 15: Evaluating and Treating the Liver
• Chapter 16: Evaluating and Treating the Kidneys
• Chapter 17: Evaluating and Treating the Nervous System
• Chapter 18: Evaluating and Treating the Reproductive System
• Chapter 19: Endocrine Considerations
• Chapter 20: Overview of Tumors
• Chapter 21: Preventive Medicine
• Chapter 22: Diagnostic Value of Hematology
• Chapter 23: Diagnostic Value of Biochemistry
• Chapter 24: Diagnostic Value of Endoscopy and Biopsy
• Chapter 25: Advances in Diagnostic Imaging
• Chapter 26: Diagnostic Value of Necropsy
• Chapter 27: Update on Chlamydophila psittaci
• Chapter 28: Implications of Mycobacteria in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 29: Implications of Mycosis in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 30: Implications of Macrorhabdus in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 31: Implications of Toxic Substances in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 32: Implications of Viruses in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 33: Updates in Anesthesia and Monitoring
• Chapter 34: Surgical Resolution of Orthopedic Disorders
• Chapter 35: Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (A)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (B)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (C)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (D)
• Chapter 36: Management of Waterfowl
• Chapter 37: Management of Racing Pigeons
• Chapter 38: Management of Galliformes
• Chapter 39: Management of Canaries, Finches and Mynahs
• Chapter 40: Management of Raptors (A)
• Management of Raptors (B)
• Chapter 41: Management of Captive Ratites
• Chapter 42: Management of Zoos and Park Birds
• Appendix

 

[dawg53]

I've never treated tapes, but I sure would try Safeguard if I ever saw any evidence of them. No reason to return the wormer unless you can't afford the $10 for a tube of Zimectrin Gold.

Next experiment is to figure out how many mg are in the various sized blobs of Zimectin Gold and Equimax.

-Kathy

I've used Safeguard against tapes and it is INEFFECTIVE.
I've dealt with tapeworms many times. Zimectrin Gold, Equimax and Valbazen will kill tapeworms.
Good luck JensChickies with whatever you decide to use.

 

[JensChickies]

I've used Safeguard against tapes and it is INEFFECTIVE. 
I've dealt with tapeworms many times. Zimectrin Gold, Equimax and Valbazen will kill tapeworms.
Good luck JensChickies with whatever you decide to use.

Do you have a link to where I can buy the correct Valbazen?

 

[cafarmgirl]

Do you have a link to where I can buy the correct Valbazen?

There's only one Valbazen, I got my last bottle off of Amazon.

 

[casportpony]

Dawg has a link for a smaller, less expensive 60ml bottle that is $25 including shipping, but price per ml, the 500ml bottle is the better deal at $42 plus shipping.

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07949-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5

Recommended dose is ~0.2ml per 2.2 pounds orally and repeat in ten days.

Disclaimer: I have not used it yet and the dose above is based off of:

• Recommendation from a vet
• Published study
• The poultry pedia website

-Kathy