Anyone Here Good at Math? - Math and Medications

[casportpony]

This is meant to be a fun exercise

Exercise Number One


First up is 9.6% amprolium.

Brand name Corid is labeled cattle, so let's use the instructions for AmproMed instead. They are the same, both are 9.6% ampolium.


Source: http://www.animalhealthinternationa...Training/Bimeda/AmproMed-P-Poultry-Liquid.pdf

Given the above, how do you make a a gallon at the three different levels?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Exercise Number Two

Second up is how to calculate an oral drench of 9.6% amprolium based on this:

Source: http://www.manorvets.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Manor chickens.pdf

What the above picture says is that the dose should be 20 mg of amprolium per 1kg (kilogram) of bird weight.

Calculate doses for the following:

• 2 ounce chick
• 7 ounce chick
• 1 pound bird
• 10 pound bird

Show your work!

-Kathy

Edited to change 200 ounce to 7 ounce

 

[Free Spirit]

Ugh Math ! LOL
Starting with your first post: in US measurements

If the directions say for a mix at 0.012% = "8 fl oz per 50 gal" then we need to find how many ounces per gallon.
50 gallons divided by 8 ounces = 0.16 oz solution per gallon

1 Teaspoon = 0.166666667 (1/6) Ounce
1 Teaspoon = 4.92892159 Milliliters

The first is a normal dose. The second is 2x dose for severe. The third is 1/2 of normal dose. So the answer is as follows:

0.012%: .16oz solution per gallon = 0.96 tsp = 1 tsp or 4.73 ml - for normal solution.
0.024%: .32oz solution per gallon = 1.92 tsp = 2 tsp or 9.46ml - for stronger solution.
0.006%: .08oz solution per gallon = 0.48 tsp = 1/2 tsp or 2.36 ml - for the remainder of treatment.

Now to work on the second part of your query.

 

[casportpony]

I think it's interesting to see how different people come up with the answers! Thanks for sharing.

-Kathy

 

[Free Spirit]

I think it's interesting to see how different people come up with the answers! Thanks for sharing.

-Kathy

It would be great if UK members can work it out too because the measurements are slightly different in metric. I only used the US system of measurement.

 

[casportpony]

Exercise Number Three


How many milligrams (mg) of amprolium are there in:

• One gallon at the 0.024% level = ??? mg
• One gallon at the 0.012% level = ??? mg
• One gallon at the 0.006% level = ??? mg

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Yes, good idea!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Exercise Number Four


What are the per liter doses for the following:

• 0.024%
• 0.012%
• 0.006%

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Exercise Number Five

How many milligrams (mg) of amprolium are there in:

• One liter at the 0.024% level = ??? mg
• One liter at the 0.012% level = ??? mg
• One liter at the 0.006% level = ??? mg

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I start by converting to metric.

9.6% Corid = 16 ounces = 473.176 ml
@ 0.024%, 473.176 ml makes 50 gallons, so 473.176 ÷ 50 = 9.46352 ml and I round up to 9.5 ml for one gallon.

The 0.012% amount is 1/2 that (4.75ml) and the 0.006% amount is 1/4 the 0.024% amount (2.375 ml)

-Kathy