Sunday, February 27, 2011

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Tapeworms -- advice please

 

>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!
 
a gallon is about 3.6 kg so you could pick up a hen and then pick up a gallon jug to get a feel for it, one kg is 2.2 lbs so if a hen weighs 5 1/2 lbs that's 2.5 kg. Don't know how big your chickens are, if they are on the smaler side they are probably on the 3 kg side, if they are the heavier breeds then they are probably closer to 4 kg,
 
 

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