My pregnant dog has worms. Is Fenbendazole safe before delivery?

Yes, it is safe to deworm a dog during pregnancy. Fenbendazole is a good wormer that is absolutely safe to use to reduce the worm burden. There are other wormers you can use as well. Make sure you read the instructions, they should also tell you whether a particular wormer is safe to use in a pregnant dog.

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! According to Plumb's Veterinary Drug book Fendendazole is considered safe in pregnant dogs. There have been no studies on it's safety in dogs and cats but there were no adverse reactions in women or lab animals. Have a good day!

Praziquantel ( http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=35693 ) is the best medication available to treat tapeworms, which resemble grains of rice. It is considered safe for pregnant and nursing dogs, and is a category B drug during pregnancy according to the FDA (basically that animal studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus). It should be perfectly fine to give Lilu this medication. Since tapeworms are transmitted by eating either tapeworm infected fleas or rodents, be sure that Lilu is receiving a high quality flea preventative regularly. Frontline (while not always my favorite flea preventative) is safe for use in pregnant dogs. I hope that all goes well!

Frontline and Revolution are safe for use in pregnant dogs. If you're already using a heartworm preventative with ivermectin, please continue to do so as it is safe for both the mom and pups and will help prevent her from passing parasites to the pups. And if they is due for vaccinations, getting them while she is pregnant will boost her and the pups immunity to disease. For tapeworms, Drontal is safe to use during all life stages, including pregnancy.

Yes, Safeguard is a safe wormer for pregnant dogs. Since your dog is 9 years old, she is likely not to have a heavy worm burden. An ideal worming regime is: Bitches should be wormed before mating, after the first 45 days of pregnancy and after giving birth. They should then be wormed with their pups at 2, 5 and 8 weeks and after weaning.

Pyrantel (roundworms, hookworms and whipworms) and Drontal plus (also effective against tapeworms) are safe for nursing female dogs. Intestinal parasites are zoonotic/transmissible to humans by fecal/oral contact so be super diligent about hand washing after handling her or her pups. It is likely that all her pups have worms now too but they should be at least 6 weeks of age before deworming with its pyrantel. Good luck and congrats on the puppies!

The stage of pregnancy is mainly important because parasites that may be encysted in the muscle will migrate to the puppies at a certain day of gestation, so in order to completely prevent passing parasites to the puppies you need to deworm starting at 40 days until two weeks post-partum. Many vets recommend treating the bitch with dewormer two doses two weeks apart to take care of her intestinal parasites and then starting routine deworming of the puppies at two weeks.