Why is my Pekin duck "sneezing"?

[casportpony]

Are you sure it's gapeworm? You said that she's been wormed already, and the symptoms often mimic that of pneumonia, and gapeworm in and of itself can often lead to pneumonia as a secondary infection. If you're still giving her the tylan I'm not sure I would continue. She either needs heavier prescribed antibiotics or flubendazole, or even both together.

Safeguard given several days in a row treats gapeworms.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Amykins , flubendazole will also treat them, but it's harder to get and more expensive, I think.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

So I just looked up the wormer you used back in the spring, which was many montha ago, and it doesn't say that it treats gapeworms.

"As an aid in the control of infections of the following intestinal parasites: Large roundworms (Ascaris galli), cecal worms (Heterakis gallinae), and capillary worms (Capillaria obsignata)."
http://www.drugs.com/vet/strike-iii-poultry-dewormer.html

-Kathy

 

[Chickenkeepr]

I will adjust the dosage when I de worm her shortly and give her .1ml. The reason I'm considering gapeworms is because the de wormer they had in the spring does not treat them, plus they had it almost 6 months ago.

 

[casportpony]

Giving her ivomec sure isn't gonna hurt her

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-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Chickenkeepr email these links to your vet:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9269125
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6750887

-Kathy

 

[Chickenkeepr]

Will do, thank you for all of your help! Should I dosebher again in a week or two to eliminate the possibility of any more worms hatching or will one dose take care of it?

 

[casportpony]

Will do, thank you for all of your help! Should I dosebher again in a week or two to eliminate the possibility of any more worms hatching or will one dose take care of it?

Ask her about giving it again in -7-14 days, I'm not sure.

Keep in mind that the ivermectin might not treat gapes, which is why I think you should send those links to your vet. Also let her know that the Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual - Fifth Edition says the dose to treat gapes is fenbendazole (Safeguard) at 30mg/kg for *five* days.

-Kathy

 

[Chickenkeepr]

from what I have read, if the Ivomec is going to be successful, I should see improveme within a day or two, correct?

 

[casportpony]

Yeah, I saw that, but then I read these:

, Nikander S.
Abstract

To evaluate the use of ivermectin as a bird anthelmintic, 29 White Leghorn hens naturally infected with Ascaridia spp., Heterakis spp. and Capillaria spp. were treated with 0.2, 2 or 6 mg/kg intramuscularly or 0.2 or 0.8 mg/kg orally. Faecal samples were collected before treatment and at autopsy, 2, 6, or 16 days after treatment, when the intestines were also examined for helminths. None of the treatments gave satisfactory anthelmintic results.

-Kathy