What Kind of Clean Up is Need when Dealing with Tapeworms?

[BrittAnne]

Hello,

I am still new to posting here and this may have already been addressed, so please bear with me. I have been dealing with a tapeworm problem for a little over two months and I need some help.

Just to give you a rundown of everything I have done so far...

I have administered 4 dosing of Valbazen each 10 days apart. After each dosing I clean and wash the coop. I also clean the pen of all droppings daily. After 4 dosing of Valbazen I still had tapeworms, so I gave the girls Zimectrine Gold yesterday. Fingers crossed this will work.

Ok, now to my question,and it may sound silly...

Do I need to worry about them ingesting tapeworm eggs from the ground and getting infested again? I have read so much about tapeworms that I feel like I'm running in circles. I know the information says that they get tapeworms by ingesting an intermediate host, but if they ingest an egg directly won't they become the intermediate host?

If I do need to worry about them ingesting tapeworm eggs from the ground is there anything I can do to treat the ground? From what I read the eggs can survive for years waiting for a host.


Thank you for the help.

 

[seminolewind]

Gosh, I'm not sure. Zimectrin Gold? You must have horses.

Dawg53, one of our resident worm people, is not online because of a personal tragedy. Maybe someone will see this post and know more.

 

[BrittAnne]

Oh, I don't have horses. I read about it here on a post talking about worms, and it said after two dosings of Valbazen if I still had worms to use Zimectrin Gold. Since I had dosed 4 times with the Valbazen I figured I needed something stronger, and something that contained Praziquantel. Do you think I did a bad thing? I am just in my first year of having my girls and I'm worried that I keep doing the wrong thing. I don't want them to keep dealing with this they are so skinny.

 

[seminolewind]

Why do you think she has tape worms?

 

[seminolewind]

Valbazen should have gotten rid of them all.

 

[BrittAnne]

I see white rice like segments in fresh droppings, and sometimes I can even see them moving. From everything I have researched it leads me to think they are tapeworms. I have seen several pictures of droppings with tapeworm segments on this site as well as others, and my chickens droppings look just like that.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Then I'd go ahead with Zimectrin Gold; and Dawg53 (the parasite king) also recommends to follow up with buttermilk. It helps to heal their damaged organs.

 

[seminolewind]

I see white rice like segments in fresh droppings, and sometimes I can even see them moving. From everything I have researched it leads me to think they are tapeworms. I have seen several pictures of droppings with tapeworm segments on this site as well as others, and my chickens droppings look just like that.

Sounds like tape worms! I've only had round worms so far (like angel hair pasta!)