When it comes to keeping your dog healthy, preventative care is one of the most important things you can do. This includes medications that safeguard against parasites, and fenbendazole powder is a highly trusted medication employed by veterinarians for many years to both treat and prevent intestinal worms in dogs. This article explores the basics of this anthelmintic, including its mechanisms of action, advantages, side effects, and optimal circumstances for considering its use in your dog’s regimen.
Panacur (fenbendazole) is a veterinary medication used in cattle, sheep, goats and horses to control infestation with gastrointestinal nematodes, lungworms and tapeworms. Each 1.5 g bolus, 3 g tablet and 10 ml syringe contains 3.5 g of active fenbendazole. Panacur is labeled for removal of stomach worms (Hyostrongylus rubidus, Teladorsagia circumcincta), liver flukes (Oesophagostomum radiatum and Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum) and nodular worms (Esophagus granulosum, Eustachys turbella). It is also labeled to remove the lungworms Metastrongylus apri and Metastrongylus pudendotectus) in nonlactating cattle and to control tapeworms Taenia pisiformis and Dicrococephalidae in sheep and goats.
RALGRO (zeranol implants) is a veterinary medication that contains 36 mg of zeranol per implant. RALGRO is used in suckling beef calves, weaned beef calves and growing feedlot steers to control gastrointestinal nematodes, lungworms, stomach worms and other parasites. It is also approved for the control of ascarids in big cats (e.g., lions, leopards and tigers) and in bears.
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