Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

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Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Happy » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:14 am

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So everyone had a round of safeguard about a month ago. This is a roundworm right? I've only ever seen cecal worms in poop. Horsepaste should have got those or am I wrong?
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Jaye » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:29 am

I think that how Ivermectin works is that it binds to a parasite's muscle and nerve cells, causing paralysis (and eventually death). Sometimes they get expelled before they are dead.
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by kenya » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:58 pm

Yuck I don't know but I'm glad you gave a graphic warning. That's just sooo gross, I remember worming puppies one time and they came out like spaghetti, I still can't eat spaghetti!
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by JimW » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:03 pm

fenbendazole works by interfering with the worm’s metabolism weakening and eventually killing the worms. The worms usually come out dead or close to dead, when I have used it on birds and reptiles.

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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Happy » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:11 pm

Thanks everyone. I guess I didnt think it would take a month to expell them. I have some piperazine and considering doing a round of that as a follow-up. This mornings discovery has me freaked out.
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Jaye » Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:22 am

Happy wrote:
Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:11 pm
Thanks everyone. I guess I didnt think it would take a month to expell them. I have some piperazine and considering doing a round of that as a follow-up. This mornings discovery has me freaked out.
Judging by the size of that thing, it probably would take awhile for the anti parasitic to disable it. ;-)
It probably wouldn't hurt to do a follow-up treatment, just to make sure you got all of them.
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Ontario Chick » Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:56 am

Good reminder for a fall clean up before the time inside exceeds the free range time, I am pretty sure they all picked up some cooties during the hot and humid days of summer.
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by windwalkingwolf » Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:56 pm

Yes, that's a roundworm :barf: Fenbendazole needs to be given for three days in a row. Ugh, thanks @kenya for the spaghetti visual! :barf:
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Jaye » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:20 pm

Speaking of Fenbendazole, can anyone tell me where I can buy some? Our vet refuses to prescribe Ivermectin for poultry, and will only prescribe something that I think is called Valbasen, IF I bring in a representative chicken from my flock along with a stool sample. So, $45 for a vet visit, plus the cost of a fecal test, plus the possibly inflated cost of the medication they will prescribe. I love my chickens, but none of my present hens are particularly cooperative when it comes to being handled by strangers, I don't have a money tree growing on the property, so ...
Any suggestions? If this has already been asked and answered, sorry. I have done a cursory search, but haven't found anything yet.
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Re: Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Post by Happy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:17 pm

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Pea size blob on little piece of bread 3 days in a row for standard size chickens. 1/2 pea size for bantams. Mine fight over it lol.
I bought this at my local feed store.
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