Hello all. I have a worming dilemma I was hoping you might be gracious enough to help me. I've done a lot of reading, but haven't found an answer as I feel my situation is a bit different. I will try to provide as much information as needed, but please let me know if you need further.
I have a flock of appx 40 birds, ranging from a few weeks old to 4 years. I have been lucky and not had any medical issues with them in past years.
Several weeks ago, I had a few birds come down with a respiratory infection. I only had 5-in-1 on hand, and used that to treat their respiratory infection (which was successfully treated). The 5-in-1 is given over 5 days in their water. In addition to Tylan and other medications, it contains Amprolium, Ridzol-S, Vita-Pro Combo and Levamisol (https://www.jedds.com/shop/5-in-1-treatment-200-g-vita-king/). When giving the 5 in 1, it was mixed fresh daily and their only source of water.
I have never wormed my birds before. I was very surprised to find the large number of worms that were expelled in their poo after the 5 in 1 treatment (from the Levamisol).
Since I obviously had a heavy worm burden, I followed up with Safeguard goat 12 days later (I was not able to treat on the 10th day). The safeguard was mixed in to their daily food at 1oz into 10 lbs of food (recommended by hopkinslivestock.com).
Today is day 14 after the Safeguard treatment. I am still finding worms in their poo. I am not sure how I should proceed.
>>Should I worm again? If so, what product and dosing? If I worm again, does that also require a followup treatment in 10 days?
>>Should I just wait? Is this a normal finding?
>>Unrelated but similar in topic, what is your opinion on WormOut gel (https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormout-gel-vetafarm/) or this Wormer Deluxe (https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormer-deluxe-powder-100g/)?
I have not had a fecal float test done, since worming them was an "accident". I do have a microscope, centrifuge and equipment to perform a fecal float test, however I've not actually done one. I just purchased the equipment over the winter because I knew I wanted to learn, and shipping the samples overnight on ice are very expensive.
Any thoughts would be incredibly helpful and I would truly appreciate it. Thank you kindly!
I have a flock of appx 40 birds, ranging from a few weeks old to 4 years. I have been lucky and not had any medical issues with them in past years.
Several weeks ago, I had a few birds come down with a respiratory infection. I only had 5-in-1 on hand, and used that to treat their respiratory infection (which was successfully treated). The 5-in-1 is given over 5 days in their water. In addition to Tylan and other medications, it contains Amprolium, Ridzol-S, Vita-Pro Combo and Levamisol (https://www.jedds.com/shop/5-in-1-treatment-200-g-vita-king/). When giving the 5 in 1, it was mixed fresh daily and their only source of water.
I have never wormed my birds before. I was very surprised to find the large number of worms that were expelled in their poo after the 5 in 1 treatment (from the Levamisol).
Since I obviously had a heavy worm burden, I followed up with Safeguard goat 12 days later (I was not able to treat on the 10th day). The safeguard was mixed in to their daily food at 1oz into 10 lbs of food (recommended by hopkinslivestock.com).
Today is day 14 after the Safeguard treatment. I am still finding worms in their poo. I am not sure how I should proceed.
>>Should I worm again? If so, what product and dosing? If I worm again, does that also require a followup treatment in 10 days?
>>Should I just wait? Is this a normal finding?
>>Unrelated but similar in topic, what is your opinion on WormOut gel (https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormout-gel-vetafarm/) or this Wormer Deluxe (https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormer-deluxe-powder-100g/)?
I have not had a fecal float test done, since worming them was an "accident". I do have a microscope, centrifuge and equipment to perform a fecal float test, however I've not actually done one. I just purchased the equipment over the winter because I knew I wanted to learn, and shipping the samples overnight on ice are very expensive.
Any thoughts would be incredibly helpful and I would truly appreciate it. Thank you kindly!
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