Fenbendazole (SafeGuard) (Panacur) Side Effects

[Folly's place]

The avian vet lectures that I've attended recommend against using this class of drugs in chickens, for all of the above. I use Ivermectin if needed for intestinal parasites, carefully measured per bird, and so far haven't had to treat for tapeworms, a good thing. It's also not approved, but nearly nothing is.... At least now I'm all about the permethrin spray for external parasites, so much better! Mary

 

[casportpony]

The avian vet lectures that I've attended recommend against using this class of drugs in chickens, for all of the above. I use Ivermectin if needed for intestinal parasites, carefully measured per bird, and so far haven't had to treat for tapeworms, a good thing. It's also not approved, but nearly nothing is.... At least now I'm all about the permethrin spray for external parasites, so much better! Mary

I would feel better about using it (ivermectin) if I could be 100% sure that it treated capillary worms and cecal worms. As for the health of my current flock with regards to fenbendazole, I haven't seen any adverse effects when using it, and I'm on my 4th liter of it, but seeing the studies about the possible problems makes me think I should do more research.

-Kathy