Deworming in animals
What is Deworming ?
Deworming is sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization, is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animal to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm. Wel dewormers for use in livestock can be formulated as a feed supplement that is eaten, a paste or gel that is deposited at the back of the animal's mouth, a liquid drench given orally, an injectable, or as a pour-on which can be applied to the animal's topline. In dogs and cats , purge dewormers come in many forms including a granular form to be added to food, pill form, chew tablets, and liquid suspensions.
Why Derworming in needed ?
For animal care and management, Deworming is very necessary practise . Because worms may lead to some minor diseases to major .
Things taking in mind during Deworming.
- Environmental stress.
- Feeding schedules
- Expiry of products
- Quality of feed or food which you are going to use for Deworming
- Animal,s age
- Animal health
- Animal pregnancy status
- Animal,s Deworming history
- you should know dose of dewormer for specific animals
What should I do after Deworming?
- placed abundant water
- monitor animal atleast for 2 hours
- contact immediately veterinarian if you feel any abnormalities in behaviour
- you can find hypersalivation , vomiting dirrhoea .
- monitor stoles during Deworming on regular bases.
Deworming in animals
Reviewed by Dr. Amir Rashid
on
May 02, 2020
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