When breeding chickens, parasites can become a serious obstacle on the path to success, in particular - worms, which poison the birds and literally suck out useful substances. One of the effective methods of combating worms is the “Alben” tool, but in order to achieve a positive result, it is important to know how to use it correctly. We will talk about this today.
Composition, release form, packaging
The drug "Alben" (Albendazole, Tabulettae Albenum) - these are granules or tablets weighing 1.8 g for oral administration through the oral cavity. 
One tablet (granule) of the drug consists of:
- albendazole (0.36 g);
- lactose filler (0.93 g);
- starch (0.4 g);
- calcium stearate (0.08 g);
- polyvinylpyrrolidone (0.03 g).
Diseases of chickens - treatment and prevention.
Pharmacological properties
"Alben" is an anthelmintic agent that has a universal range of effects, covering cestodes, nematodes and trematodes living in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, liver, bile ducts of chickens.
Did you know? On our planet, people are 3 times less than chickens.Albendazole is characterized by rapid absorption; it leads to deterioration of carbohydrate metabolism and cytoplasmic microtubular system of intestinal canal cells in worms, which inhibits glucose transport, suppresses cell division, disrupts egg-laying and the development of worms larvae, and paralysis.
Dead parasites are eliminated from the body of chickens with feces. Due to the fact that the tool is effective in combating the larvae of parasites, at the same time the place of walking birds is disinfected. Means belongs to the 4th class of danger of substances according to state standard specification 12.1.007-76, that is it is not dangerous to animals within the established dosage.Indications for use
"Alben" is effective against cestodes, nematodes and trematodes, it is used in the treatment of:
- amidostomy;
- capillariasis;
- syngamosis;
- ascariasis;
- cestodosis;
- coccidiosis;
- histomoniasis (enterohepatitis);
- heterosis;
- just anonymity.
To make the hens healthy, treat them with such drugs as Tromexin, Tetramisole, Gammatonic, Lozeval, Solikox and E-selenium.
How to give chickens: method of use and dosage
The dosage of "Albena" for chickens is 1 tablet per 35 kg or ½ granules per 10 kg of bird weight. The tool is ground to powder, mixed with food, laid in the feeders and allow the bird to eat freely. The procedure is best done in the morning. The next day, it must be repeated.
Important! Drug treatment does not lead to the need to limit to chickens access to food and use laxatives.
It is best to mix "Alben" with food, since when laying the medicine dissolved in water in the drinker it will not be possible to control how much water each bird drank and drank at all. The preparation dissolved in water can be given to each hen individually, taking into account its weight - using a syringe, from which the needle was previously removed, pour a little into the open beak. However, this is quite a laborious process.Read also about what vitamins are needed to laying hens, than to feed laying hens and prepare compound feed.
special instructions
Before using the product, it is recommended to conduct a test: feed the preparation with a population of 50-100 chickens and observe their condition for 3 days. If no health problems are found, the rest of the livestock can be dewormed. Albendazole gets into the meat of chickens and eggs, so after the procedure for removing worms you can not slaughter birds for meat for 1 week, and eat eggs for 4 days. If for any reason the chicken was slaughtered, its meat can be boiled and fed to animals.
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Eggs laid during this period can also be used as food for animals, having previously boiled them. Since albendazole is characterized by a small degree of toxicity, while working with it, people should not eat, drink or smoke. Gloves should be worn, and after completion of the procedure - wash hands thoroughly with soap. 
Contraindications and side effects
In the case of compliance with the recommendations on the number and method of drug use side effects were not found.
Important! "Alben" does not lead to intoxication of the body of chickens only if the dosage of the product is observed.
Contraindications for the use of "Albena" are:
- depletion of the bird;
- diseases of any nature;
- production of meat and marketable eggs according to the above terms.
Shelf life and storage conditions
"Alben" is valid for 3 years from the date of manufacture, provided that it is stored as recommended in the manufacturer's packaging. The room where the drug is stored should be dry and dark, and the air temperature should not exceed 25 ° C. At temperatures below 0 ° C means loses its healing properties. It is necessary to restrict children's access to the drug. 
Manufacturer
The preparation "Alben" is produced by LLC "Research and Development Center Agrovetzashchita S.-P", which is located in the city of Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region.
Did you know? There are people who are afraid of chickens and everything connected with them, even their eggs - this disease is called electrophobia.Thus, "Alben" is an effective drug, if given according to the instructions for use. Feeding it to sick chickens is not at all difficult - any poultry farmer can handle it. If you use this medicine to combat helminths and prevent their appearance, you are guaranteed to get a good result.
