Help with Dioxytetracyline

[Eggcessive]

I think that 14 days is good, and what many recommend. Here is an older study that found the drug in the yolk at 13 days, and 10 days in the albumen:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7895869

 

[BDutch]

I found this information on the internet:

Treatment and Prevention:
More often, by the time you see a lash egg, the infection is too far along to respond to treatment. ... Salpingitis and the laying of lash eggs is not itself a contagious condition. However, the original cause of salpingitis might well be contagious.9 mei 2017

Hens that produce lash eggs should be treated by a vet. They can determine what likely caused the lash eggs and direct you towards the best treatment. They may recommend an antibiotic or the inflammation may go away on its own.

I think this means that a treatment with tetracycline is not something you should do. (I am not pro antibiotics for chickens in general)

sorry for the bad news.

 

[aart]

I found this information on the internet:

Please paste a link to where you found that?

 

[BDutch]

Please paste a link to where you found that?

https://www.countryliving.com/life/kids-pets/a44315/chicken-lays-lash-egg-salpingitis/
https://www.countryliving.com/life/kids-pets/a44315/chicken-lays-lash-egg-salpingitis/

https://blog.cacklehatchery.com/what-in-the-world-is-that-weird-thing-called-a-lash-egg/

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I found this information on the internet:

Treatment and Prevention:
More often, by the time you see a lash egg, the infection is too far along to respond to treatment. ... Salpingitis and the laying of lash eggs is not itself a contagious condition. However, the original cause of salpingitis might well be contagious.9 mei 2017

Hens that produce lash eggs should be treated by a vet. They can determine what likely caused the lash eggs and direct you towards the best treatment. They may recommend an antibiotic or the inflammation may go away on its own.

I think this means that a treatment with tetracycline is not something you should do. (I am not pro antibiotics for chickens in general)

sorry for the bad news.

I found that article as well but those who stand by and do nothing will have nothing done. I'm doing what I can so that above all else I can say that I tried. My birds have no other symptoms and from the reading Ive done most birds can recover well if treated

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I think that 14 days is good, and what many recommend. Here is an older study that found the drug in the yolk at 13 days, and 10 days in the albumen:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7895869

Thank you. We will just put those in the compost then. I appreciate your wealth of knowledge.

 

[Eggcessive]

Baytril, which is banned in chickens, is probably the best for reproductive disorders. It treats mycoplasma, e.coli, pasteurella, and other common bacteria that can cause reproductive infections and salpingitis.

Edited to say that any antibiotic may or may not work once symptoms are seen.

 

[BDutch]

I found that article as well but those who stand by and do nothing will have nothing done. I'm doing what I can so that above all else I can say that I tried. My birds have no other symptoms and from the reading Ive done most birds can recover well if treated

Sorry but I can't see why treating with this antibiotics is the right choice. You do not even know if its a virus or a bacteria that caused this. And you have to know a lot about bird-deseases and antibiotics to know what kind are useful as a medicine to adres the problem you're chicken has.

If you use a broad spectrum antibiotics you will kill good and bad bacteria. A scattergun approach, so to say. It kills all kind of bacteria. Bad ones and good ones. And using the wrong antibiotics or dosis even can cause developing a resistant bacteria.

Anyway my choice would be to wait and see what happens after reading this information. Doing nothing else then taking the sick chicken aside and give her healthy food and fresh water might just as wel be the best thing you can do.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Sorry but I can't see why treating with this antibiotics is the right choice. You do not even know if its a virus or a bacteria that caused this. And you have to know a lot about bird-deseases and antibiotics to know what kind are useful as a medicine to adres the problem you're chicken has.

If you use a broad spectrum antibiotics you will kill good and bad bacteria. A scattergun approach, so to say. It kills all kind of bacteria. Bad ones and good ones. And using the wrong antibiotics or dosis even can cause developing a resistant bacteria.

Anyway my choice would be to wait and see what happens after reading this information. Doing nothing else then taking the sick chicken aside and give her healthy food and fresh water might just as wel be the best thing you can do.

We would have prefered Tylan because of ease of dosage. This particular antibiotic works by inhibiting the bacteria's ability to reproduce instead of killing it off. By not being able to reproduce the bacteria dies on its own. I am not a vet but we do not have one in our area.

Edit: oxytetracyclines are also commonly used in animals and humans to treat reproductive disorders such as chlamydia as well as complications from this disease. I've attached a link to some reading that said that tetracyclines were effective in the removal of e-coli in salpingitis cases:
https://books.google.com/books?id=N...onepage&q=oxytetracycline salpingitis&f=false

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Baytril, which is banned in chickens, is probably the best for reproductive disorders. It treats mycoplasma, e.coli, pasteurella, and other common bacteria that can cause reproductive infections and salpingitis.

Edited to say that any antibiotic may or may not work once symptoms are seen.

I am aware of this so this is more of a hope that I've caught it early enough.