WORMING with Fenbendazole - - How much?

[KYchickadee]

Ok so Im confused... I got the 3cc Safeguard per gallon for 3 days and the 10-14 day egg toss. Am I supposed to repeat it or no? This isn't routine deworming. I have seen worms in the stool.

 

[casportpony]

Ok so Im confused... I got the 3cc Safeguard per gallon for 3 days and the 10-14 day egg toss. Am I supposed to repeat it or no? This isn't routine deworming. I have seen worms in the stool.

The 3 cc per gallon amount is not enough. What types of worms are you seeing?

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Welcome to BYC!

Safeguard and Panacur *AquaSol* are 20% (200 mg per ml), and they cost around $300 a liter, so I doubt that many people will be buying it. The stuff most people buy is Safeguard for goats, and is 10% fenbendazole (100 mg per ml), which means:

1 mg = 0.01 ml
10 mg = 0.1 ml
100 mg = 1 ml

3 ml = 300 mg
4 ml = 400 mg

It's true that there are lots of posts that say one can use 3 to 4 ml per gallon for three days, but that amount is unlikely to treat any worms, and I can show you graphic pictures of birds that died because they were treated that way. Additionally, 10% Safeguard is *not* water soluble.

If you think you have worms it would be best to consult with a vet and figure out what worms you need to treat. When I suspect worms I treat with 10% Safeguard @ 0.23 ml per pound orally for 1-5 days. If I suspect roundworms or cecal worms, I would give a six pound hen 1.4 ml once and repeat in ten days, but if I suspected capillary worms, she would get that amount for 5 days.

With Safeguard 10 %, 1 mg/kg = 0.0045 ml per pound, or 0.027 ml for a six pound hen. FWIW, 0.027 ml is probably about a drop.

Does that help?

-Kathy

Looking for a little guidance here. I bought the 10% Safeguard for goats solution, and dosed my chickens as best as I could tonight. I have a large flock of 30+ chickens and 7 turkeys. I gave them any where from .25 to 1 ml., depending on estimated weight. I had read elsewhere on the site that they need to be dosed again in 10 days, but you say that they need it for 5 days continuously?

I had two birds necropsied two weeks ago, because I suspected I had Coryza (thankfully, that was negative). But they did test positive for Heterakis worms.

 

[casportpony]

0.23 ml per pound once and repeat in 10 days should take care or cecal worms and large roundworms. Capillary worms and gapeworms need 5 days.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Thanks! I wasn’t sure which catergory the worms fell into.

 

[casportpony]

Pictures from the Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual - Fifth Edition

Roundworm




Cecal worm




Capillary worms




Gapeworm




Tapeworm

 

[heidil]

I purchased the Safeguard pellets - (0.5% fendbendazole) - and it contains dosage instructions for equine, cattle, swine, zoo/wildlife, and turkeys.

Should I go with turkey dosages or will that be too much for laying hens?

 

[casportpony]

I purchased the Safeguard pellets - (0.5% fendbendazole) - and it contains dosage instructions for equine, cattle, swine, zoo/wildlife, and turkeys.

Should I go with turkey dosages or will that be too much for laying hens?

What worms do they have?

 

[Northern Flights]

So much useful lernin' in this here tread. Many thanks to all who contributed. I am particularly thankful for the dosing info above. My hens have tapeworm but I will wait a bit and dose them once the snow confines them to the "small" run — very, very likely any day now. Fenbendazole is what the local vet recommended, but I can easily lay my mitts on some Equimax. It looks like there is a decided preference for the Equimax? I should mention one of my hens is producing a fair number of segments in her stool, while the others not so much at all. Need I worry about protein overload after treatment?

 

[Northern Flights]

Lacking any responses here, I decided to escalate things and have their dropping analyzed and treat them accordingly. I reckon the cost can be amortized over the lifetime of the hens as any future infestations will respond to the same treatment. I can expect to repeat this exercise often I am told – elsewhere of course. (Insert sound of crickets chirping here)