Treating Gapeworm with Panacur 10 percent oral solution

[Mike73Ontario]

Hi All,
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section...new to the forum.
I suspect one of my hens has Gapeworm, she has been segregated for 8 weeks! she can't speak, stretches her neck, wheezes and shakes her head...nothing in her stool and is active (normal), laying daily.
I purchased Panacur 10 percent oral solution to treat but not sure of the dosage...searching forums and google provides WAY to many contradictions.
Simply put...how much of the medicine should I give and duration for treatment?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

 

[casportpony]

Hi, and welcome to BYC. The dose is 30 mg/kg for five consecutive days.
30 mg/kg = 0.14 ml per pound of bodyweight.

 

[Mike73Ontario]

Hi, and welcome to BYC. The dose is 30 mg/kg for five consecutive days.
30 mg/kg = 0.14 ml per pound of bodyweight.
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Hi, thanks so much for the reply.
In the diagram it states 30 mg of fenbendazole/kg. My pancur states:
Panacur Suspension is a 10% suspension of fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for cattle, sheep and horses., Panacur Suspension 1 ml contains 100 mg active ingredient fenbendazole.
So...as I understand it, this mean if she weighs 6 lbs (2.94 kgs) I should dose her at 900 ml of solution for 5 days.

 

[casportpony]

Hi, thanks so much for the reply.
In the diagram it states 30 mg of fenbendazole/kg. My pancur states:
Panacur Suspension is a 10% suspension of fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for cattle, sheep and horses., Panacur Suspension 1 ml contains 100 mg active ingredient fenbendazole.
So...as I understand it, this mean if she weighs 6 lbs (2.94 kgs) I should dose her at 900 ml of solution for 5 days.

The math is:
6 pounds / 2.2 (converts to kg) x 30 (mg/kg) / 100 (mg/ml) = 0.82 ml

So give 0.82 ml (okay to round up to 1 ml) for five consecutive days.

 

[Mike73Ontario]

Well after 5 days of treatment, unfortunately she doesn't sound better. Not sure where to go from here, she still seems fine...everything normal accept the plaguing wheezing and open mouth breathing.
Anything else I can try to narrow down what her issue is?
Thanks!

 

[casportpony]

You could try an antibiotic?

 

[Mike73Ontario]

We tried an antibiotic before the Panacur. The treatment of Panacur has seemed to increase her wheezing...not sure why that would happen. I think we will wait and see what happens in a couple of days. By all accounts she seems good...just the constant wheezing.

Thanks for your assistance!

 

[casportpony]

What antibiotic did you try?