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    Heart Failure in chickens

    Could you give an update on Grounder please? Did the Enacard and Vetmedin help? I have a hen with heart failure, the vet drained a huge amount of fluid and put her on Furosemide two weeks ago, which has helped, but she is tired and at times she has a dark comb, so I'm looking for something to...
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, yes, I think it’s viral and I think there are probably multiple things going on, nothing has been ruled out, and in terms of necropsy, I have no idea what is available here in Portugal (only moved here two years ago). As restarting the amoxicillin clavanete has made a big difference...
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you so much for the reply, one has dry pox, no respiratory symptoms, but she has been the most sick, sleeping a lot, one eye permanently closed and not eating, the other doesn’t have pox but has awful respiratory issues. I can’t see any lesions in the mouth or beak. The funny thing is we...
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    Infection or virus?

    Please, if anyone can suggest anything to help them?
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    Infection or virus?

    Hi I am really struggling now and could really do with some help. I have so many sick chickens and absolutely no idea what the problem is. The original two are still about the same, they had a two week course of amoxicillin clavenate and seemed to be improving, the course finished two days ago...
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, she has had the pox for nearly four weeks and it just keeps getting bigger. I won’t use the chloramphenicol any more as it’s not effective against the bacteria the swab culture showed. I am concerned that firstly, isn’t streptococcus a secondary infection? And secondly treatment...
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    Infection or virus?

    Hi all, So the culture has come back and shows streptococcus sp It should respond to penicillin, but we are now on day five and although they seem a tiny bit better today it's not cleared it. Any suggestions what I can nebuliser with please? (it's resistant to chloramphenicol) Also I have...
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    Infection or virus?

    Ok, so an update. I’ve been told they don’t have internal parasites, but the throat swab cultures have not come back yet. The sickest hen, Anna, has had 200mg of the amoxicillin for three days, twice daily nebulisation with the chloramphenicol, no change, she sleeps 90% of the time, is still...
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, no she didn't, and I assumed because it's eye drops that it was innocuous. I have read the contras and the potential benefits of using it and I've decided to continue with it in the hope it helps. I have given Anna (the sickest hen with severe respiratory problems) 2ml of the...
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    Infection or virus?

    Ok, so I haven't updated she has also given me eye drops (Chloramphenicol) to use in the nebuliser (10 drops in 6ml of saline for 15 mins). I'm assuming this doesn't affect the dosing of the amoxicillin?
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, yes I'm going to give the sickest of the three the higher dose (200mg per day) and the other two 100mg per day. The irony is she is an avian specialist in an exotic vet practice. I agree most vets don't get it, I was lucky in the UK to have a brilliant avian vet, but here in Portugal...
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, and that's for amoxicillin trihydrate? I'm cross that my very very sick hens have had ridiculously low doses for two days, and worried now that the bacteria will have started to develop a resistance.
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, so they weigh 1kg (2.2pounds), it's 250mg/5ml so if I give 2mls twice a day they will be getting 200mg a day. That's over 10 times her dose. How can she (and her book, which is American btw) be so far out?
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    Infection or virus?

    Yes, her book says 15mg/ml for amoxicillin trihydrate but Poultrydvm says 55-200mg/ml for amoxicillin trihydrate
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    Infection or virus?

    Thank you, these are just for amoxicillin though, I have amoxicillin trihydrate which I think doses differently? Yes I do have enough to increase the dose.
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