Worms?

[Kiki]

For tapeworms I would recommend Praziquantel.
Dosed at .03 ml per pound.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Which one is most effective? Egg withdrawal?

Either the Valbazen or Fenbendazole. Valbazen is more expensive but you would only have to dose the 2times, where the Fenbendazole it's 5days in a row. A lot depends on money and how many birds you have to treat since you need to dose each bird
Suggested egg withdrawal (throw away) for both is 14days after last treatment is administered.

 

[Sharwig]

Not an expert but looks like tapes. Our vet recommended praziquantel. We tried both Panacur and Valbazen and neither worked.

 

[Kiki]

Not an expert but looks like tapes. Our vet recommended praziquantel. We tried both Panacur and Valbazen and neither worked.

I agree here about the med choices.

 

[kyleen]

Either the Valbazen or Fenbendazole. Valbazen is more expensive but you would only have to dose the 2times, where the Fenbendazole it's 5days in a row. A lot depends on money and how many birds you have to treat since you need to dose each bird
Suggested egg withdrawal (throw away) for both is 14days after last treatment is administered.

Just curious- what happens if you eat the eggs before recommended egg withdrawal? Also, I don't see the "tapes" in all of the poo...

 

[coach723]

Egg withdrawal recommendations are there in case a medication was possibly passed into the egg. There is not a lot of info/research available on what does and does not pass into the eggs for different medications, and many of the medications used are not 'approved' or labeled for poultry, thus no info. If that happened then it could cause an allergic reaction in someone who consumed them. There are those that ignore the withdrawal period and continue to consume the eggs. You would need to decide for yourself and family what, if any, risk is acceptable to you. If you sell eggs, I would not sell them from the withdrawal period in the event you decide to consume them yourself.
Most parasites are easily passed from bird to bird as droppings go on the ground and they all scratch and peck on the ground and thus ingest the worm eggs, and if you have a bird infected with them then they have all been exposed. Most people worm the entire flock so that you can make sure that they don't just keep passing them back and forth. And it's easier to treat everybody at once than to treat one, and then another, and then another and so on. Having said that, worm eggs can survive in the environment for a very long time, so you may have to retreat at intervals to keep them under control, it just depends on your environmental worm load. Tapes are one of the few that can show up visibly in droppings, many times parasite evidence is not seen without a microscope.

 

[kyleen]

Thanks!!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey @Sharwig , that's great the Praziquantel worked for the tapeworms! Perhaps it would be best for @kyleen to call her vet for a prescription and have a fecal float while she's at it. Did the vet tell you (@Sharwig ) what the egg withholding time was for the use of Praziquantel? @KikisGirls , do you know?

@coach723 as always - a good post! You explained withholdings very well

 

[Kiki]

Hey @Sharwig , that's great the Praziquantel worked for the tapeworms! Perhaps it would be best for @kyleen to call her vet for a prescription and have a fecal float while she's at it. Did the vet tell you (@Sharwig ) what the egg withholding time was for the use of Praziquantel? @KikisGirls , do you know?

@coach723 as always - a good post! You explained withholdings very well

I would say 2 weeks after the final dose.

 

[Kiki]

fwiw:
http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/122015EggResidue.pdf