Dosage for Enrofloxacin for a 4lb hen

[Chickadee1982]

And just to show you how awesome baytril is? This was her three days ago. I kept debriding the pus, but it came back faster than i could clean it out.

 

[Chickadee1982]

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.

I told him that yesterday. But he said, she is considered a food animal. She may end up on the table as dinner at some point. He said that he understands that she is my pet, but she is still a food animal...ugh
He won't budge. My second vet told me to send her in for necropsy, that nothing will work. I am very disappointed! although the first vet said he left the guy a message that spoke at that poultry convention. So i hope he will get back to me with something that is approved for use in poultry. I will ask him if he has an email adress, i will send him what you just posted. Because in my opinion, she is suffering, and she is a minor animal species. Lol

 

[casportpony]

Call this place and ask how to set up a phone consult between Dr. Speer and your vet:
http://www.medicalcenterforbirds.com/, or have him call UC Davis or another major vet school.

 

[Chickadee1982]

Called the Vet just now, Vet Tech said that the Vet received a call and spoke to that Pharma guy from the Poultry convention this morning. Sadly, the vet has already left the office for the rest of the day. She said he will call me tomorrow. I sent her the info you sent me. We will see

 

[Chickadee1982]

Dr. Speer looks like someone i would like to consult! Lol
It is so hard to get recommendations over the phone. I honestly cannot find anyone that seems to have the knowledge
Even the professor of avian science at the UF cannot help, even our State vet doesn't show interest on getting behind this!
I need someone with the expertise, someone that can look at the scabs and say, hmm...i saw something similar and it turned out to be : xxx
No one cares, no one knows

 

[casportpony]

You wanna see some more pictures that show how effective Baytril is?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-first-sinus-infection.945918/

 

[casportpony]

Dr. Speer looks like someone i would like to consult! Lol
It is so hard to get recommendations over the phone. I honestly cannot find anyone that seems to have the knowledge
Even the professor of avian science at the UF cannot help, even our State vet doesn't show interest on getting behind this!
I need someone with the expertise, someone that can look at the scabs and say, hmm...i saw something similar and it turned out to be : xxx
No one cares, no one knows

I have been told that Dr. Speer will do phone consults with other vets.

 

[Chickadee1982]

I love it! it is something i am lucky to have now in my first aid kit! bottle penicillin is going in the trash!!!

 

[Chickadee1982]

I figured that much. Maybe my vet is willing to talk to him. Will mention it tomorrow when i talk to him

 

[Chickadee1982]

This chicken...the ops chicken has been through a lot. Another countries med isn't going to do much harm in this situation.

Portugal is an awesome country. Zoopan seems reputable. Just because we can't understand the language, doesn't mean the meds are crap. lol