Zeromec Ivermectin

To buy it by the millilitre you'll need to purchase a glass dropper bottle or a syringe too. 

"Being an advocate of the use of Ivermectin on chickens to treat mites, I have learnt that the application time is key.

This is based on the veterinary advice to not consume eggs from treated birds for up to 14 days (2 weeks). EGG WITHHOLD

So you can imagine the idea of horror that fills a chicken owner's mind when we are told to "bin the eggs". 

Since mites are the most active in the warmer months there is a sweet spot in the calendar that makes it a bit more bearable, in particular for those of us who own heritage hens rather than hybrids. Heritage hens have a laying cycle that has a rest period, unlike the hybrids who usually lay all year round.

So this is more good news for HERITAGE chicken owners (sorry Hybrid owners).

Around March, most hens slow down or stop laying due to the moulting season.
You know the one, where you come home to find feathers are everywhere in the yard and you fear a fox attack has occurred, or at least someone had an awesome pillow fight.

When moulting begins, egg laying ceases and usually mites are at their worst at this time.

Its chicken coop cleaning time. I mean a BIG ONE!
If you apply Ivermectin, you need to take the whole process seriously so that mites can be fully eradicated.


HOW IS IVERMECTIN APPLIED?
By a single drop on the back of the neck of each hen.
Part the feathers to drop onto the skin.
Just as you would do for a dog or cat.

HOW MUCH IS GIVEN?
It is based on the formulation of the Pour On.
You will need to weigh your hens, find an average and your vet will calculate the amount of what makes "a drop".
Some formulations are more watered down, so a drawback syringe is recommended for measurement application.

HOW DO I CATCH MY CHICKENS TO PUT IT ON?
Wait until evening when they all jump up onto their roosting rails for the night.
Grab a friend if you need an extra hand, but you might find it easy enough to do on your own.
They do not need to be lifted off of the perch (if they have mites they will then get onto you), just part their neck feathers, place the drop and you are done.

IS IVERMECTIN ALSO USED FOR WORMING?
For many years I was led to believe it was not, but on researching into further studies, it shows it is also a wormer."
-https://www.adelaidechickensittingservice.com/blog/category/ivermectin

INDICATIONS

ZEROMECTM Injection contains Ivermectin, a member of the macrocyclic lactone family of chemicals. It is effective against sensitive strains of the following internal and external parasites:

Gastrointestinal roundworms

Adult and immature

Ostertagia ostertagi-Small Brown Stomach Worm-Adults and L4 and L3 immature stages (including inhibited fourth stage larvae) O. lyrata- Brown Stomach Worm - Adults and L4 immature stage H chus placei-Barber's Pole Worm - Adults and L4 and L3 immature stages Trichostrongylus axei - Stomach Hair Worm - Adults and L4 immature stages T. colubriformis- Intestinal Hair Worm - Adults and L4 immature stages Cooperia spp.- Small Intestinal Worm - Adults and L4 and L3 immature stages Bunostomum phlebotomum - Hookworm- Adults and L4 and L3 immature stages Oesophagostomum radiatum - Nodule Worm - Adults and L4 and L3 immature stages

Adults of

Nematodirus spathiger - Thin Necked Intestinal Worm Nematodirus helvetianus - Thin Necked Intestinal Worm Strongyloides papillosus - Intestinal Thread Worm Toxocara vitulorum - Large Roundworm Trichuris spp. - Whipworm

Lungworm

Adult and immature Dictyocaulus viviparus (including inhibited stages)

Eyeworms

Adult Thelazia spp.

Sucking Lice

Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus eurysternus and Solenopotes capillatus Does not provide full control of the cattle biting louse, Bovicola (Damalinia) bovis.

Screw Worm Fly

Parasitic larval stages Chrysomya bezziana (Not reported in Australia - but in Papua New Guinea)

Mites

Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis

Cattle Tick

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus including organophosphate synthetic pyrethroid and amidine resistant strains. Maximum efficacy is reached 4-5 days after treatment. Engorged female ticks that drop from cattle in the initial days after treatment may lay viable eggs. This should be taken into account when planning a strategic tick control program. ZEROMECTM Injection should be alternated with conventional dips or pour-ons when the program requires repeat treatments. ZEROMECTM Injection can be used at 28-day intervals in strategic tick control programs.

PERSISTENT ACTIVITY

At the recommended dose rate, ZEROMEC™ Injection effectively controls infection with Ostertagia spp. and Cooperia spp. acquired up to at least 7 days after treatment, and Dictyocaulus viviparus and Chrysomya bezziana acquired up to at least 14 days after treatment. When used as directed for control of internal parasites of cattle, ZEROMECTM Injection concurrently aids in control of:

Mites

Chorioptes bovis Resistance may develop to any chemical.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE

Restraint

Re-treatment interval: Do not re-treat animals for 28 days after last treatment.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

ZEROMEC injection is to be given subcutaneously only.

The recommended dose is 1mL / 50 kg body weight (equivalent to 0.2mg ivermectin per kg body weight).

Inject under loose skin high on the neck, behind the ear in an area away from the more valuable carcass muscle. Loose skin on the neck in front of the shoulder is also a suitable site. This product is not to be used intravenously or intramuscularly.

Cattle heavier than 650 kg should be dosed at 1 mL per 50 kg. A representative sample of animals should be weighed before treatment either with scales or a weighband. Dose rate to be based on the heaviest animal in each group (bulls, cows, steers, calves, etc.). Do not underdose. Where there is a large variation in size within the group, draft into two or more lines based on body weight, to avoid excessive overdosing.