Gapes

[dob]

Do any of you guys use panacol for treating gapes?cheers.

[markm]

Don't you mean Panacur?

 

If so, yes many people do. You used to be able to get 2.5% but it's been withdrawn. You now get it 10% which happens to be the same as the dog / cat. You need the version without S&C.

 

There are 2 ways to dose. The first is mixed in water, the problem with this method is it seperates and settles in the bottom of drinkers, regular mixing / stiring can solve this problem. The other method is mixing with vegetable oil and using as a feed (pellet) coating.

 

It is however illegal to use without a vets pescription. It's also important not to under dose, thus building up a resistance.

[MattSoanes]

Go into pretty much any equine shop and say you need some panacur for your horse they should then provide you with what you need, make sure it's the liquid not paste, tablets or granuals.

Shut off any automatic drinkers you have and just use manuals so you can monitor what they've drank, keep them on it for 24-48hrs max, they should then be cured.

[dob]

Cheers guys.

[redleg in kale]

been using panacur for the last couple of years added to the bell drinkers three times a day, water fed of the I B C tanks for 48hrs ,buy it in the gallon containers , dosing upto 2000 birds per pen.

[Jim Neal]

As above, shut off the auto drinkers fed from the tank and put out drinking trays/tubs in their place, filled with Panacur-treated water. I find the best way is to mix it up in 20L containers, taking a couple round the pen daily to refresh the water in each drinking tray. It does indeed settle out so you must keep it refreshed daily. Good idea anyway to refresh on a daily basis due to the crud washed off the birds' beaks.

 

Wikipedia has a fairly useful page to help understand exactly what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapeworm

 

I'm told it is more likely to be a problem where the ground is wet so maybe try to move feeders/drinkers to drier areas of the pen. Looking at the longer term if it is a recurring problem, it might possibly benefit to drop a tree or two to get more sun on the pen floor if it stays too wet throughout the year.

[Paul223]

Not sure about shutting off auto drinkers, in the past I've turned off the header tank stop cock, mixed in 10% panacur at a ratio of 1ml per ltr, and run the tank down.

Never had a problem.

Give it a stir once a day.

Job jobbed.

[Paul223]

As above, shut off the auto drinkers fed from the tank and put out drinking trays/tubs in their place, filled with Panacur-treated water. I find the best way is to mix it up in 20L containers, taking a couple round the pen daily to refresh the water in each drinking tray. It does indeed settle out so you must keep it refreshed daily. Good idea anyway to refresh on a daily basis due to the crud washed off the birds' beaks.

 

Wikipedia has a fairly useful page to help understand exactly what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapeworm

 

I'm told it is more likely to be a problem where the ground is wet so maybe try to move feeders/drinkers to drier areas of the pen. Looking at the longer term if it is a recurring problem, it might possibly benefit to drop a tree or two to get more sun on the pen floor if it stays too wet throughout the year.

Pheasants catch Gapes from earth worms and slugs/snails, slugs and snails prefer wetter weather and earth worms make their way to the surface during rain.

Hope that helps