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I was wondering what other shelters do while deworming dogs that come in as strays. We are a small shelter in WI.  If we have 12 dogs that is a lot for us. We usually do a fecal test instead of just deworming on intake.  Our shelter is stuck on using Panacur for 5 days on, 5 days off and 5 days on no matter what parasite they find.  We rarely see giardia or coccidiosis in our area.  Does anyone else do this?  And during deworming are dogs allowed outside in the grass pens?

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If our adult dogs have negative fecal test and firm stool, we do not give panacur unless directed by a veterinarian. All of our puppies start panacur as close to 6 weeks as possible. We generally use a 3-day protocol unless our vets recommend longer.
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Susan Chippi
Treasurer
Active Paws Rescue, Inc
TX
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If your veterinarian is an ASV member, make sure they visit the ASV's Protocol Repository...there are intake protocols for deworming and diarrhea protocols there! If they're not a member, encourage them to become members and join the community. You almost never have to "reinvent the wheel"! There are also resources available from programs like UC Davis' Koret Shelter Medicine program, Dr. Scott Weese's Worms and Germs Blog and the ASV's Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters.

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Rachel Powell DVM
ASV Board of Directors
Director of Surgery
Greenhill Humane Society
Eugene, OR
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