Dosage for Enrofloxacin for a 4lb hen

[Chickadee1982]

 

[casportpony]

Wow, that looks much better!

 

[Chickadee1982]

It does
Penicillin...didn't help. Tylan 50 is all i had and kept it at bay. Enrofloxacin? Saved her life and totally turned her around to awesome!!! I have already made peace with not using her eggs ever again, but thats ok, i have plenty of more hens for that. I find it quite crappy for people to bash the usage of such a wonderful drug. If not overused? This can save lives
Now i just have to make sure that the healing skin won't get reinfected!

 

[Chickadee1982]

Now i just have to see if the fungal infection was a side product of the bacterial infection. If the fungal infection still persists, i need to find something that will get rid of it. I read not much can help with Rhizopus spp. Ampotherecin B is something my vet isn't allowed to presribe. I am out of ideas :/

 

[casportpony]

Now i just have to see if the fungal infection was a side product of the bacterial infection. If the fungal infection still persists, i need to find something that will get rid of it. I read not much can help with Rhizopus spp. Ampotherecin B is something my vet isn't allowed to presribe. I am out of ideas :/

Why can your vet prescribe that?

 

[Chickadee1982]

Because it isn't something for poultry...

 

[Chickadee1982]

He actually recommended dowsing her head with white vinegar. I cannot do that. That will burn like crazy. And if something so simple like vinegar would be able to get rid of it, why does most of the research online recommend the use of Ampotherecin b cream?

 

[casportpony]

Because it isn't something for poultry...

It's time to find a new vet. Your vet is legally allowed to prescribe any human or animal drug for poultry unless it's on the banned list.

 

[Chickadee1982]

It's time to find a new vet. Your vet is legally allowed to prescribe any human or animal drug for poultry unless it's one the banned list.

I don't know. He said that he went to a poultry convention about two months ago. And everything that is not approved for use in poultry, cannot be prescribed anymore. I have spend close to $400 for two vets. Both have not helped Whatsoever. Closest Avian vet is 2 hrs away, and even he, doesn't see chickens...
I have tried everything possible. But i guess no one can understand that this means a lot to me. Even if she was not my pet. I love to help. I want to save her. I must find a way to get her back outside to be with her flock. 11 months of being puny on and off, is just not something i want for her. And if it's something different, something like Marek's or cancer, i would like to know that. Until then, it's just a guessing game and a trial and error with different treatments.

 

[casportpony]

There is a short list of drugs that's not supposed to be used in poultry, that's it.

https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/ResourcesforYou/ucm380135.htm
Conditions for Extra-Label Drug Use in Food-Producing Animals

If you’re a food animal veterinarian, you should be aware of the additional requirements for extra-label drug use in food-producing animals. Before prescribing any approved human or animal drug for an extra-label use in food-producing animals, you must:
Carefully diagnose and evaluate the condition for which you are prescribing the drug;
Make sure procedures are in place so your client maintains the identity of the treated animal or animals;
Establish a substantially extended withdrawal period supported by appropriate scientific information. You may get this information from such sources as scientific literature, academia, or the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) ; and
Take measures to assure that no illegal drug residues occur in the treated animal or animals. Your client must follow your established withdrawal period.
If you want to use a drug approved for people or a drug approved only for companion animals in food-producing animals, you must also have an appropriate medical rationale for using the drug. In addition, if scientific information is unavailable on the safety of food products made from animals treated with the particular drug, you must take appropriate measures to assure that the animal and its food products will not enter the human food supply.
Remember, you may not prescribe an approved human drug for food-producing animals if there’s an animal drug approved for food-producing animals that you can prescribe instead.

The FD&C Act doesn’t allow the extra-label use of any drug in animal feed. However, for some minor species, you may determine that extra-label use of a drug in animal feed is needed to prevent suffering and death in these animals. (Minor species are all animals that aren’t one of the seven major species: cattle, horses, swine, chickens, turkeys, dogs, and cats.) Please refer to FDA’s Compliance Policy Guide on extra-label use of medicated feeds for minor species.