Thank you for the clarification and information, and my apologies for the incorrect implied inference. I maintain that Manuka honey will control/relieve symptoms.
I do want to impress the many uses for Manuka honey, viral, bacterial, inflammatory, GI healing and stabilization, etc., ... I rarely find any posts on this site that promote using natural approaches. Mother Nature has several extremely beneficial and healing gifts, Manuka Honey, hardwood activated charcoal, Terramin Clay, cold-pressed coconut oil, and several supplements that are effective as antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, are all mainstays in my animal care and healing regiments. Decades of using these and an encyclopedia volume of success stories, I then wonder why so little attention or practice is given to a more natural approach. I stepped into animal care and rehabilitation only knowing the Western medicine and Big Pharm route. Sometimes, one has to reach for immediate response in acute cases. However, the natural route is so much better for the chicken (any animal...) in the long run.
Additionally, I rarely see emphasis on supportive care, such as ensuring the chicken is eating, drinking, staying warm and clean, and how to ensure these, such as using electrolytes/vitamins like Grogel. If folks are going to pump their peeps full of chemicals, what about using probiotics? For sure, the body suffers from the imbalance and killing off of all that is good from using chemical antibiotics. And what about addressing nauseau and stomach upset? The chicken is already not feeling well, then pumping them full of chemicals, there is then nauseau/stomach/GI upset to address as secondary considerations.
