LuciferRoo
Songster
I do not know the answer to why those dosages were specified for chickens.I have been Using aqua-mox ( 500mg capsules of fish amoxicillin) to treat 2 of my chickens for 4 days now. Talking with the Georgia state poultry lab vet, he says that 125mg/kg 2x a day is too high which is what I was doing based on the info above. He says that it’s 5mg-10mg per lb of body weight every 12 hours is the correct dosage. I’m not sure what to do. Can anyone advise why these amounts are so different?
I know that I was given amoxicillin in the past and the dosage worked out to be 2.5 mg per pound or 1.14mg per kg, twice per day.
The dosage for chicken is about 100 times that of human?
That seems not reasonable, but on the other hand, if others had used that dosage and it caused no known negative side effects than It is likely safe.