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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Jackie on September 06, 2010, 11:25:07 am

Title: Pig worming - urgent!
Post by: Jackie on September 06, 2010, 11:25:07 am

I have a 6 month old boar that is losing condition, hangs his head looks fed up and doesn't eat much although he does drink and I have some puppy panacur which was got for piglets from a vet.

The question is; do I dose for consecutive days with panacur in pigs or is it a single dose?

Title: Re: Pig worming - urgent!
Post by: HappyHippy on September 06, 2010, 11:29:38 am

I've only used panacur the once (got some with my pigs when they arrived) but I'm fairly certain it's just a single dose they need.
Is he in with other pigs ? If he's on his own he's maybe a bit bored or deppressed too ?
Good luck, let us know how he gets on.
Karen x

Title: Re: Pig worming - urgent!
Post by: skidley on September 06, 2010, 12:23:05 pm

A single dose for pigs

Title: Re: Pig worming - urgent!
Post by: supplies for smallholders on September 06, 2010, 07:34:09 pm

Hi,

I would suggest that puppy panacur will not be strong enough, besides there are better wormers than panacur for pigs.

It's important to give him the correct dose f wormer - please dont use guesswork with a very weak (for puppys) product.

Speak to the vet again and get his advice.

Are you sure it is worms ?

Thanks

Title: Re: Pig worming - urgent!
Post by: Jackie on September 07, 2010, 12:09:38 am

No Im not sure its worms but the symptoms fit.

Puppy Panacur is 10% dilution, so its 5mg per kilo - 100mg = 1ml and as its extremely hard to over dose Panacure I dosed 3.5ml = 70 kilo pig.

I have worked with Mebendezole before when helping Duncan Griffiths devise a new treatment for koi flukes and its one of the kinder anthelmintics.