Rowdy Girls Ranch
Marana, AZ
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Re: [CHICKENS-101] Tapeworms -- advice please
Marlene, I don't have the bottle handy so I don't know the exact dose of fenbendazole in the Wormazole. It came in capsules, which I couldn't get my chickens to eat whole, so I opened them and sprinkled the powder onto a piece of bread sopped in a little milk. The instructions said 1 capsule for an average/standard size hen, so that's what they each got.
When I did my initial web search, I didn't find anything about praziquantel for chickens. But I just did a search on it and lo and behold, there are studies saying it is effective and tolerated well by chickens. My only hesitation is the dosage is given in mg/kg and I have no idea how many kilograms my chickens weigh!
Maureen and the girls at the
In a message dated 2/25/2011 8:46:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, slatehouse@earthlink.net writes:
>A few weeks ago I discovered tapeworms in chicken droppings. I did some research and the only product I found made specifically for chickens that can kill tapeworms is Wormazole, a fendbendazole in a capsule. I ordered it online and gave the first dose about 13 days ago. Still saw tapeworms in droppings. As per instructions, I wormed them again after 10 days. Three days later, still worms in droppings.
how did you give this? How many mg of fenbendazole is there per capsule?
I don't know about chickens, but in dogs there are two different types of tapeworm they can get, one they get from fleas, the other one from rodents, praziquantel kills both types, fenbendazole may not affect both, does it say on the package what kind of tapeworm this wormer you have kills in chickens?
Marlene, Nevada, USA
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