Worming chickens with Zimecterin Gold

[casportpony]

Thank you for your help and patience!

You're welcome! And don't feel bad about asking questions. For what it's worth, it took me a really long time to wrap my head around all this stuff.

 

[getaclue]

Why would the chicken dose be 10 - 20 times higher? The only thing I can think of is they have a higher metabolism.

 

[getaclue]

Or is it because she's trying to kill tapeworms, and they require a higher dosage?

 

[casportpony]

Why would the chicken dose be 10 - 20 times higher? The only thing I can think of is they have a higher metabolism.

Or is it because she's trying to kill tapeworms, and they require a higher dosage?

I don't know... Metabolism could be part of it, might also be that poultry tapeworms are more difficult to treat than equine tapes. The cat tapeworm dose is more than the horse dose too.

 

[getaclue]

Thank you.

 

[casportpony]

One thing I forgot to mention is that the medications in Zimectrin Gold are not approved for use in laying hens so most people will advise an egg withdrawal. There is a vet on a Facebook group that recommends an 8 week egg withdrawal for ivermectin.

In the future, you might want to consider something like Wormout Gel instead, it contains praziquantel and oxfendazole. It will still require a withdrawal, but I don't think it would be 8 weeks.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormout-gel-vetafarm/

 

[SCS]

Every time I worm my chickens with Wazine I withdrawal eggs for two weeks to be safe. I will withdrawal 8 weeks this time to be safe.

 

[SCS]

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One thing I forgot to mention is that the medications in Zimectrin Gold are not approved for use in laying hens so most people will advise an egg withdrawal. There is a vet on a Facebook group that recommends an 8 week egg withdrawal for ivermectin.

In the future, you might want to consider something like Wormout Gel instead, it contains praziquantel and oxfendazole. It will still require a withdrawal, but I don't think it would be 8 weeks.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormout-gel-vetafarm/

Is that sold in the US?

 

[casportpony]

Is that sold in the US?

Yes.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/wormout-gel-vetafarm/
Yes, and the dose is 47 ml per gallon for two consecutive days.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

SCS, if you are a crazy chicken lady because you take them to an avian vet, please know that you are in good company here!

This has been a fascinating thread and I'm glad you're asking lots of questions because this is very cinfusing to me, too!