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Aoife
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Aoife asked in PetsDogs · 9 years ago

Why is panacur not working?

Hi, I recently aquired a beautiful saluki puppy, 6 months old, who's owner had to give her up. They assured me she was wormed up to date, and I believe them, she was jabbed and well cared for and they obviously loved her. I did notice she was small and thin for her age, I have had saluki's all my life so this caught my attention.

Anyway, the first night I had her she vomited, small amount of fluid writhing with worms (no exageration) I immediatly wormed her with max dose Panacur, then a week later, as per instructions wormed her over 3 days - in this time, she vomited only once, vomit contained just a few worms.

Today, three days since her last treatment she vomited again, I swear half her body weight is worms, there were maybe 100 of the little cuddlebugs writhing around in her puke. Sigh.

I'm 99% sure they are roundworms, I've collected up a baggie full of the little darlings to be positively identified. They are all different sizes from tiny to 4-5 inches long.

I called the vet, have to take her tomorrow for 'special medication, heart check etc, my question is, why did the Panacure have no effect, I gave Maximum dose for her weight as per instructions and stuck to the regime?

Has anyone else had this problem? did your dog recover ok ?

many thanks for reading, I know it's long and gross and I much appreciate your time and answers

Update:

LOL Sorry mama bass, but excellent answer, thankyou, I'm mainly worried about her developing lungworm, or if it is a really heavy load, intestinal injury!

Update 2:

LOL Sorry mama bass, but excellent answer, thankyou, I'm mainly worried about her developing lungworm, or if it is a really heavy load, intestinal injury!

Update 3:

LOL Sorry mama bass, but excellent answer, thankyou, I'm mainly worried about her developing lungworm, or if it is a really heavy load, intestinal injury!

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    You are right, it's gross and I'm about to go get lunch ............

    Best I can offer is it probably is working, but because of her load, she's going to need more treatment, than usual. However, I'd not keep dosing her - just give it a week and then take a stool sample in for a fecal to be done. You may be treating more than just the worms you can see too - ask them to test for Giardia, Salmonella, Campylabacter and Coccidia so you can be certain she's cleared out poor girl.

    If she's puking up these worms, she must have a Huge load!

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