Anyone know how to judge amoxicillin dose for a five pound Brahma hen?

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Notus said:
Vet....? I'll ask a cytologist friend to join and comment. :)
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Okay... They might find some useful info here:
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Eggcessive said:
Quote: Okay, I'm really confused... a) says 125 mg/kg q12h PO and b) says 100 mg/kg q8 , IM, SC PO.

This formulary has similar instructions:
ten chicks said:
Veterinary formula that i have for Amoxicillin/Ampicillin is Birds(passerines & doves)150-200 mg/kg BID(2x daily) other mammals 11-22 mg/kg BID-TID(2-3x daily) and reptiles 6 mg/kg SID-BID(1-2x daily)
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-Kathy
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casportpony said:
Okay, I'm really confused... a) says 125 mg/kg q12h PO and b) says 100 mg/kg q8 , IM, SC PO.

This formulary has similar instructions:

-Kathy
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@casportpony a) is every 12 hrs and b) is every 8 hrs plus it could be IM (Intramuscular), SC (subcutaneous) or PO (per Oral)
 
Junibutt said:
casportpony said:
 
Okay, I'm really confused... a) says 125 mg/kg q12h PO and b) says 100 mg/kg q8 , IM, SC PO.

This formulary has similar instructions:

-Kathy
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@casportpony
 a) is every 12 hrs and b) is every 8 hrs plus it could be IM (Intramuscular), SC (subcutaneous) or PO (per Oral)
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True, but only with an injectable form. :D

-Kathy
 
I absolutely agree. Sorry to say but too many make believe vets sometimes. The dosage for Poultry is def 10mg per kg. Various sites show this, one (sadly) experimental for reasons of determining the effect on poultry is this one: I have cut and pasted the bit relevant to this conversation:

Foot of page 455 says:
Amoxicillin is often the drug of choice in those E. coli infections in which multiple bacterial resistance occurs. Thus, in light of the antibacterial activity and spectrum of amoxicillin and the kinetic data obtained in the present study, it appears that a dosage regimen of 10 mg amoxicillin/kg body weight repeated at intervals of 24 h should be adequate for oral medication against systemic infections in poultry. However, further studies of the tissue penetration of this drug, as well as clinical trials are necessary before therapeutic dosage can be predicted with confidence...
 

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