Whats the best treatment for gapeworm?

[casportpony]

Hi everyone, I made a post recently asking about the conditions for my chicken. I believe that one of them has contracted gapeworm.

Can someone please tell me which product I can buy in order to treat it? I've seen other people recommend Valbazen, but I haven't found a product specific for chickens. It says its meant for cattle. Ive also seen other products with fenbendazol, but it was meant for dogs.

Can I use those products that were meant for other types of animals on my chickens?

Please help. It hurts my heart to see my chicken gasping for air.

If you want to treat for gapeworms these are your options:

• Safeguard liquid or paste (fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days
• Panacur liquid or paste (fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days
• Valbazen (albendazole) 0.08 ml per pond for three consecutive days

 

[casportpony]

If it's wrong then what is the correct dosage? Can you please provide a resource?

 

[aivechick]

If you want to treat for gapeworms these are your options:

• Safeguard (fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days
• Panacur(fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days
• Valbazen (albendazole) 0.08 ml per pond for three consecutive days

Do I put the amount of medication in water? Or do I have to administer it orally? Also where did you get this information? Sorry for the questions, I just want to be super careful and not accidentally harm my chicken

 

[casportpony]

The fenbendazole info I took right out of my veterinary textbook.

 

[casportpony]

Do I put the amount of medication in water? Or do I have to administer it orally?

Must be given orally.

Sorry for the questions, I just want to be super careful and not accidentally harm my chicken

No worries, ask as many questions as you want.

The question people should ask is "where did poultry dvm get their info". And who/what is poultry dvm. Poultry dvm was not created by a vet!

 

[aivechick]

The fenbendazole info I took right out of my veterinary textbook, the albendazole info came from this study:
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6750887
Efficacy of fenbendazole against helminth parasites of poultry in Uganda.

Ssenyonga GS.
Abstract

Fenbendazole 4% (Panacur, Hoechst) administered in feed was used to treat chickens infected with Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum and Railletina spp. It was also used to treat Syngamus trachea in broiler birds. There was a marked drop in helminth egg counts in the faeces on the second day of treatment and the faeces became negative by the seventh day after the last treatment. Post-mortem examination 15 to 21 days later showed that the drug was 100% effective against Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum at 10 mg/kg. However, for complete removal of Railletina spp. 15 mg/kg was required. Similarly 20 mg/kg fenbendazole was effective against Syngamus trachea. It was concluded that fenbendazole is suitable for the treatment of the important intestinal and tracheal worms of poultry, a dose of 15 to 20 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days being recommended for use under field conditions.

Thank you for the information. Just wanted some clarification. In your first post you stated that

"Safeguard liquid or paste (fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days"

I just purchased the fenbendazole (safeguard liquid). So should I be administering it for 3 or 5 days? Also should I be administering the medication orally or in water? If it is in water, per how much water?

 

[casportpony]

The albendazole dose came from a study, which I need to look for.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you for the information. Just wanted some clarification. In your first post you stated that

"Safeguard liquid or paste (fenbendazole) 0.14 ml per pound for five consecutive days"

I just purchased the fenbendazole (safeguard liquid). So should I be administering it for 3 or 5 days? Also should I be administering the medication orally or in water? If it is in water, per how much water?

Sorry for the confusion, I copied the wrong study, so ignore that. Give 0.14 ml per pound of bodyweight orally for five consecutive days. This is how I give it:
Safely Administering Oral Medications to All Poultry and Waterfowl

How much does she weigh?

 

[aivechick]

Sorry for the confusion, I copied the wrong study, so ignore that. Give 0.14 ml per pound of bodyweight orally for five consecutive days. This is how I give it:
Safely Administering Oral Medications to All Poultry and Waterfowl

How much does she weigh?

Approximately 1 pound, definitely not more than 2. I don't have a kitchen scale so that's the best I can get.

Shes also 7-8 weeks old and has lost weigh and appetite in the past couple of weeks because of the worm...

 

[casportpony]

Can you take a video or her, upload it to YouTube or Vimeo, then copy and paste the link here?