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All chickens get/have worms... even when the faecal comes back negative (see the quote below)
The DE (internal) will do nothing if your bird has worms ... I suggest you worm with ivomec Eprinex (link below) and give a good poultry supplement such as Avia Charge 2000 (you can order from McMurry or Strmbergs) to address any possible nutritional deficiencies (easier to get than you might think)...
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/bu...html#Parasitic
Authored by Margaret A. Wissman, D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P.,:
"I recommend that birds be periodically dewormed, at least once or twice....... even if fecal parasite examinations are negative. This is because the gastrointestinal tract transit time is so fast in birds that worm eggs do not concentrate in the fecals (as they do in dogs and cats), and it is not only possible, but likely, to miss ascarids on a fecal exam.I have performed countless second opinions on small birds with GI problems that have had negative tests for worms, yet, when I dewormed them, they passed roundworms! A very interesting paper was published a few years ago about this very problem, out of the University of Georgia. If a bird passes roundworms, it should be periodically dewormed for the rest of its life, as pathologists have found that larvae may encyst in the tissues and be released during times of stress, resulting in additional worms infesting the intestines."
worming your birds with ivomec Eprinex:
http://shilala.homestead.com/ivomec.html
The DE (internal) will do nothing if your bird has worms ... I suggest you worm with ivomec Eprinex (link below) and give a good poultry supplement such as Avia Charge 2000 (you can order from McMurry or Strmbergs) to address any possible nutritional deficiencies (easier to get than you might think)...
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/bu...html#Parasitic
Authored by Margaret A. Wissman, D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P.,:
"I recommend that birds be periodically dewormed, at least once or twice....... even if fecal parasite examinations are negative. This is because the gastrointestinal tract transit time is so fast in birds that worm eggs do not concentrate in the fecals (as they do in dogs and cats), and it is not only possible, but likely, to miss ascarids on a fecal exam.I have performed countless second opinions on small birds with GI problems that have had negative tests for worms, yet, when I dewormed them, they passed roundworms! A very interesting paper was published a few years ago about this very problem, out of the University of Georgia. If a bird passes roundworms, it should be periodically dewormed for the rest of its life, as pathologists have found that larvae may encyst in the tissues and be released during times of stress, resulting in additional worms infesting the intestines."
worming your birds with ivomec Eprinex:
http://shilala.homestead.com/ivomec.html
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