Safe Guard AquaSol Wormer Approved for Small Flocks to be sold in small size bottles

[NanaK]

"SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL for home use will be available in a 3 mL presentation at fleet and dealer retail outlets beginning in January 2025."

"Merck Animal Health announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of SAFE-GUARD® AQUASOL (fenbendazole oral suspension) for use in backyard chicken flocks, making it the only FDA-approved chicken dewormer designed for home use. SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL effectively treats common intestinal parasites in the average-sized backyard flock with the added benefit of no meat or egg withdrawal.”


https://www.merck-animal-health-usa...suspension-for-use-in-backyard-chicken-flocks

 

[Kiki]

"SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL for home use will be available in a 3 mL presentation at fleet and dealer retail outlets beginning in January 2025."

"Merck Animal Health announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of SAFE-GUARD® AQUASOL (fenbendazole oral suspension) for use in backyard chicken flocks, making it the only FDA-approved chicken dewormer designed for home use. SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL effectively treats common intestinal parasites in the average-sized backyard flock with the added benefit of no meat or egg withdrawal.”


https://www.merck-animal-health-usa...suspension-for-use-in-backyard-chicken-flocks

This is great news!
I wonder how much it's going to cost.

The dosing label:
https://assets.morganmyers.com/NewsReleasePhotos/Safe-Guard AquaSol Product Insert.pdf

 

[NanaK]

This is great news!
I wonder how much it's going to cost.

I'm sure it still won't be cheap but smaller bottles will make it more do-able for small flocks.

I was thinking it would be good rotating with valbazen.

 

[Squawkers]

Where do you buy it? I briefly looked and didn’t see a place to order it from (I probably wasn’t looking in the right spots though)

 

[NanaK]

Where do you buy it? I briefly looked and didn’t see a place to order it from (I probably wasn’t looking in the right spots though)

I'm not sure.

The article just says this

SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL for home use will be available in a 3 mL presentation at fleet and dealer retail outlets beginning in January 2025. More information will be available soon at DewormMyChickens.com


Edited to add: This link does not seem active for me at this time??

 

[NanaK]

Where do you buy it? I briefly looked and didn’t see a place to order it from (I probably wasn’t looking in the right spots though)

Article also says

For more information, visit www.merck-animal-health.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.


I guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Squawkers]

I'm not sure.

The article just says this

SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL for home use will be available in a 3 mL presentation at fleet and dealer retail outlets beginning in January 2025. More information will be available soon at DewormMyChickens.com


Edited to add: This link does not seem active for me at this time??

Article also says

For more information, visit www.merck-animal-health.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.


I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Oh ok, that makes sense. Thanks for letting us know!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL effectively treats common intestinal parasites in the average-sized backyard flock with the added benefit of no meat or egg withdrawal.”

But according to my current understanding, it may not treat the entire worm load therefore creating a false sense of security. Quote taken from the link provided in the OP..

"SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL is indicated for the treatment and control of adult Ascaridia galli in broiler chickens and replacement chickens and for the treatment and control of adult Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarium in breeding chickens and laying hens."

And out of curiosity, I looked up the life cycle of ascardia gali..

https://poultrydvm.com/pathogens/ascaridia-galli

The following quote was taken from the link that follows it..

"The life cycle of A galli is simple and direct:

• Eggs in the droppings become infective in 10–12 days under optimal conditions.
• The infective eggs are ingested and hatch in the proventriculus, and the larvae live free in the lumen of the duodenum for the first 9 days.
• The larvae penetrate the mucosa, causing hemorrhages; return to the lumen by 17–18 days; and reach maturity at 28–30 days.

The life cycle of H gallinarum is similar to that of A galli"

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/helminthiasis/helminthiasis-in-poultry#Transmission_v3341850

 

[NanaK]

But according to my current understanding, it may not treat the entire worm load therefore creating a false sense of security. Quote taken from the link provided in the OP..

"SAFE-GUARD AQUASOL is indicated for the treatment and control of adult Ascaridia galli in broiler chickens and replacement chickens and for the treatment and control of adult Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarium in breeding chickens and laying hens."

And out of curiosity, I looked up the life cycle of ascardia gali..

https://poultrydvm.com/pathogens/ascaridia-galli

The following quote was taken from the link that follows it..

"The life cycle of A galli is simple and direct:

• Eggs in the droppings become infective in 10–12 days under optimal conditions.
• The infective eggs are ingested and hatch in the proventriculus, and the larvae live free in the lumen of the duodenum for the first 9 days.
• The larvae penetrate the mucosa, causing hemorrhages; return to the lumen by 17–18 days; and reach maturity at 28–30 days.

The life cycle of H gallinarum is similar to that of A galli"

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/helminthiasis/helminthiasis-in-poultry#Transmission_v3341850

I agree with you. This is what I've always read/ been told.

I just quoted the article. If you read further it specifies Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarium.

I wonder why it also states "common intestinal parasites" ? I would think it would be more accuately stated on the bottle.