Ceftriaxone injection how to use?

[azygous]

I was given some vials (exp Nov '07) of Ceftriaxone injectable antibiotic.

I have a hen about four pounds with a very stubborn case of bumblefoot and I was wondering if this would be good to use for staph and how to do it, and is it too old and should be tossed.

 

[K3nzi3]

You can still use the antibiotic, it might just not be as potent as it would have been before 2007. For the bumblefoot, try using hydrogen peroxide to get any of the nasty stuff out, you have to get ALL of it out. I wouldn't use the antibiotic though, as topical usually works much better, and faster, than injections.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/drug-expiration-dates-do-they-mean-anything

 

[azygous]

I've always suspected expiration dates are mainly to keep products moving off shelves in the store. I still need to know the dosage for a standard hen and how to administer it. I've never injected a chicken.

 

[Isaac 0]

I would toss and go with standard bumble foot procedure.The only link i found that has the dosage was Avian Medicine.

The dosage is 75-100Mg/Kg TID,QID or every four hours.Given IM or IV.

http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/18.pdf

 

[Eggcessive]

I am an RN, an married to a physician. We use expired drugs a year or two if we are desperate or they look okay, but 10 years expired is pretty old. I wouldn't use it in humans, but for a farm animal it might be okay. If you do use it, look for any sediment or weird color. I always recommend refrigerating injectable drugs. In Plumbs Veterinary Handbook, the dosage for dogs and horses is 25 to 50 mg per Kg (each 2.2 pounds) given every 12 hours intramuscularly. Most cephalosporins are given for 7-10 days. They work against gram positive and gram negative bacteria. I found the following for chicks given subcutaneously below:

!!Birds:
a) Day-Old Turkey Poults: Administer by SC injection in the
neck region of day-old turkey poults at the dosage of 0.17
to 0.5 mg ceftiofur/poult. One mL of the 50 mg/mL reconstituted
solution will treat approximately 100 to 294 day-old
poults.
Day Old Chicks: Administer by SC injection in the neck region
of day-old chicks at the dosage of 0.08 to 0.20 mg ceftiofur/
chick. One mL of the 50 mg/mL reconstituted solution
will treat approximately 250 to 625 day-old chicks. A sterile
26 gauge needle and syringe or properly cleaned automatic
injection machine should be used. (Package Insert; Naxcel®—
Pfizer)
b) Ratites: 10 – 20 mg/kg IM twice daily (Jenson 1998)

 

[azygous]

I wasn't sure about the sediment I saw floating in the vials. Now I know it'd be best to toss it out.

I've been treating this hen (adopted six-year old EE) for the worst bumblefoot I've ever had going on two years now. She's also the most uncooperative patient I've ever dealt with.

I did surgery again on her, maybe the fifth or sixth. I started her on Cephalexin 250mg for the next twenty days. If that doesn't cure her, I'll just have to eat her. Just joking.

 

[Eggcessive]

I hope she gets better with the treatment.

 

[Greatnomso]

I am an RN, an married to a physician. We use expired drugs a year or two if we are desperate or they look okay, but 10 years expired is pretty old. I wouldn't use it in humans, but for a farm animal it might be okay. If you do use it, look for any sediment or weird color. I always recommend refrigerating injectable drugs. In Plumbs Veterinary Handbook, the dosage for dogs and horses is 25 to 50 mg per Kg (each 2.2 pounds) given every 12 hours intramuscularly. Most cephalosporins are given for 7-10 days. They work against gram positive and gram negative bacteria. I found the following for chicks given subcutaneously below:

!!Birds:
a) Day-Old Turkey Poults: Administer by SC injection in the
neck region of day-old turkey poults at the dosage of 0.17
to 0.5 mg ceftiofur/poult. One mL of the 50 mg/mL reconstituted
solution will treat approximately 100 to 294 day-old
poults.
Day Old Chicks: Administer by SC injection in the neck region
of day-old chicks at the dosage of 0.08 to 0.20 mg ceftiofur/
chick. One mL of the 50 mg/mL reconstituted solution
will treat approximately 250 to 625 day-old chicks. A sterile
26 gauge needle and syringe or properly cleaned automatic
injection machine should be used. (Package Insert; Naxcel®—
Pfizer)
b) Ratites: 10 – 20 mg/kg IM twice daily (Jenson 1998)

 

[Greatnomso]

Please in following the prescription below,
''Day Old Chicks: Administer by SC injection in the neck region
of day-old chicks at the dosage of 0.08 to 0.20 mg ceftiofur/
chick.''

1. Should the drug be reconstituted with lidocaine or sterile water?
2. Is the injection to be given once a day and for how many days?
3. What is the dosage in adult chickens?
4. What is the withdrawal period?