Cures for respiratory illness

[casportpony]

VetRx brand

VetRx is not oxytetracycline. What does the label say?

-Kathy

 

[jaybud]

Oops sorry, it's terra vet 10

 

[casportpony]

Oops sorry, it's terra vet 10

Ah, okay

Package weighs 181 grams and has 10 grams tetracycline.
10 ÷ 181 = 0.055, which means it's 5.5% tetracycline, 94.5% filler
One gram = 55mg
One tablespoon weighs about 10 grams which = 550 mg
800 ÷ 550 = 1.45 tablespoons
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = 1.5 tablespoons (825mg is close enough)

Please check my math!

-Kathy

 

[jaybud]

Math is right if we are guessing on the density of the powder. https://www.reference.com/science/many-milligrams-one-teaspoon-6ab88b64ea4034b6

 

[jaybud]

Without getting into a anal mathematical debate I agree with ur stats. I'm gonna go with ur suggestion.

 

[casportpony]

Math is right if we are guessing on the density of the powder. https://www.reference.com/science/many-milligrams-one-teaspoon-6ab88b64ea4034b6

I have weighed the powder and it's ~3.3 grams per teaspoon, not 5 grams.

Almost all poultry powdered meds weigh ~3 grams per teaspoon.

This is Corid powder



-Kathy

 

[jaybud]

So now what to do with all my eggs, sucks not being able to sell them for awhile. I have like 24 laying hens.

 

[casportpony]

So now what to do with all my eggs, sucks not being able to sell them for awhile. I have like 24 laying hens.

http://www.farad.org/publications/miscellaneous/LayingHensEggResidues.pdf

From http://www.usfarad.org/drug-wdi-faqs.html

Chlortetracycline
Chlortetracycline is approved for laying hens in both Australia and Ireland. In Australia,
chlortetracycline is labeled for use in thedrinking water of chickens up to 60 mg/kg/bw
for up to 5 days with a zero day egg discard period. In Ireland, there is a medicated
feed containing chlortetracycline to be fed to layers at a dose of 20 to 25 mg/kg
bodyweight for 5-7 days with a 4 day egg discard.Since there is not a tolerance for
chlortetracycline in eggs in the US, the withdrawal interval for any eggs undergoing
regulatoryinspection would need to be extended to allow residues to deplete to a level
below detection.

Oxytetracycline
There are many papers looking at egg residues from oxytetracycline treated hens.
Oxytetracycline is approved for laying hens in Canada. Soluble powders labelled for use
in the drinking water at doses of 190mg/gallon to 424 mg/gallon have a 60 hour to 5 day
egg withdrawal respectively. Since there is no tolerance for oxytetracycline in eggs in the
US, a longer withdrawal interval than Canada’s recommendation would need to be observed
for extra label drug use of oxytetracycline in laying hens.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So now what to do with all my eggs, sucks not being able to sell them for awhile. I have like 24 laying hens.

That's the pits for sure. You will have to throw them away. Can't feed them back to the chickens, dog, humans, etc.

I generally recommend throw away for 10-14days. Though there is other info out there that list shorter periods of time. Since you sell them, you may want to err on the safe side, so if it were me, I would take a longer period of time. But do some research and reading and decide for yourself.

Here's some info to get you started:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24853528

 

[jaybud]

Thanks for the article