DESCRIPTION
When your chickens are molting and cannot use Fenbendazole (Safe-Guard), Pyrantel is the go-to deworming medication for backyard flocks. It is used to effectively treat blood worms, roundworms, pinworms, hookworms and cecal worms (but NOT tape-worms or gape-worm).
Pyrantel pamoate liquid is a well-known parasiticide and dewormer. It controls strongyles like blood worms, palisade worms, sclerotomes (red worms), pinworms, hookworms and roundworms. Pyrantel dewormer for dogs exclusively treats parasites in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract because it is not fully absorbed into the bloodstream.
Pyrantel Pamoate Suspension is in a palatable vanilla-flavored vehicle. Each ml contains 50 mg of pyrantel base as pyrantel pamoate and has a 7 day egg and meat withdrawal period after use.
TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR CHICKENS
Pyrantel pamoate is a commonly used non-FDA approved, off label treatment for bloodworms, round worms, roundworms, pinworms, hookworms and cecal worms (but NOT tape-worms or gape-worm). It can ONLY be given orally or mixed in with food (like some bread). It is NOT effective when mixed with water.
Pyrantel Pamoate Dosage
Administer 4.5 mg/kg once orally. This is essentially .5 ml for a typical 5 lb chicken & accounts for spillage. Repeat in 10-14 days.
Source:
Plumb, Donald C. Plumb’s Veterinary Drug
Handbook. 6th ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Active ingredient: 50 mg/ml Pyrantel Pamoate
Inactive ingredients: BHT, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Purified water, Sodium Benzoate, Sucrose, Xanthan gum.
