Information about common medicines used on poultry.
The backyard poultry market is growing rapidly but many novice poultry owners are unaware of simple preventative health routines that can significantly improve the health and wellbeing of their birds. Worms are not always visible and infection can be asymptomatic but worms can also affect egg quality and yield – …
Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication, effective against most worms (not tapeworm), mites and some lice including scaly leg mite and northern fowl mite. Ivermectin pour-on / drops is applied to the skin. Ivermectin Drops are usually sold under the Small Animal Exemption Scheme for use in rabbits, Guinea Pigs and …
Coccidiosis is a disease caused by internal parasites called Eimeria. These live inside the cells that line the birds intestine. As they reproduce, they cause bleeding and swelling in the intestines. Birds lose a lot of liquid and cannot absorb nutrients from their food and will soon die if left …
The preferred wormer for chickens is Flubenvet. It kills all worms, including tape worm. This is currently the only licensed in-feed wormer on the market. As I write this (August 2015), the 60g packs of Flubenvet have been out of stock for a couple of months and we have been inundated …
I am a lay-man when it comes to veterinary science and have no qualifications in this field so this information should, naturally be taken as a ‘view’ and part of your overall research into what is best for your poultry. Antibiotics are a fairly common treatment given to poultry on …
Baytril is a broad spectrum antimicrobial antibiotic that is effective against primary and secondary bacterial and mycoplasma pathogens associated with chronic respiratory disease in chickens and turkeys. Baytril is not licensed for use in hens producing eggs for human consumption. You can only buy Baytril on prescription from your veterinary surgeon …
Tylan is a broad spectrum antibiotic that treats diseases in the respiratory tract of bacterial or mycoplasmal origin in chickens and turkeys. Tylan is a prescription only antibiotic so it is only a veterinary surgeon that can prescribe Tylan. It comes as a soluble powder but there is also an …
Panacur is not licensed for use in Poultry in the UK. It is a wormer that is commonly used for cats and dogs as well as cattle. If you take your chickens to the vets for worming they may be given Panacur. It is a broad spectrum wormer that many …
Flubenvet 2.5% poultry wormer is a medicated feed supplement commonly used to worm chickens, turkeys and geese. It is not licensed for use with ducks although many people do use it. Our page on worming chickens and other poultry provides lots of information about worms and worming and there is …
