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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: langdon on March 07, 2010, 07:52:11 pm

Title: resistance
Post by: langdon on March 07, 2010, 07:52:11 pm

can poultry build up resistance to a wormer that is used all the time

Title: Re: resistance
Post by: shetlandpaul on March 07, 2010, 08:58:51 pm

the worms can. thats why its important to give the right amount for the lenght of time stated. try using various anti worm treatments.

Title: Re: resistance
Post by: Rosemary on March 07, 2010, 11:20:22 pm

Remember it's not the worming product that matters, but the active ingredient. Different products may have the same active ingredient. I think this came up recently in a post about worming goats.

I believe there is no known resistance to herbal wormers.

Title: Re: resistance
Post by: littlelisa on March 08, 2010, 12:02:07 pm

but there is only a very limited number of wormers you can use on poultry????