deworming
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thumb|220px|Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW thumb|U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm. Purge 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 wh
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7 sectionsContents
- Animals
- Large animal
- Anthelmintics
- Small animal
- Humans
- See also
- References
thumb|220px|Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW thumb|U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm. Purge 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.
==Animals== thumb|Application of deworming treatment to cattle
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