Injectable Penicillin Dose

[Eggcessive]

Here are some different kinds and brands of Procaine Pen G

 

[Eggcessive]

Procaine penicillin G/Benzathen Penicllin G which is given every 2 days.

 

[christwodog]

Wow, the dosage I was given seems really high after reading what others have used - but maybe it was based on the severity of my situation with Kalani at that time. The treatment we rendered was literally a "Hail Mary" attempt to save her, which we did.
I will post as soon as I get any info from my vet re: the IU's.

 

[casportpony]

Wow, the dosage I was given seems really high after reading what others have used - but maybe it was based on the severity of my situation with Kalani at that time. The treatment we rendered was literally a "Hail Mary" attempt to save her, which we did.
I will post as soon as I get any info from my vet re: the IU's.

Actually, the amount you gave seems closer to what I would give.

The purpose of this thread for me is to find a bunch of sources so I can revise my dosing recommendations.

 

[christwodog]

Actually, the amount you gave seems closer to what I would give.

The purpose of this thread for me is to find a bunch of sources so I can revise my dosing recommendations.

Cool - well, I recently got some different deworming dosages from the vet a couple months ago - very different from what I had been doing, so if you are interested in that too I can post about those too!

 

[casportpony]

Cool - well, I recently got some different deworming dosages from the vet a couple months ago - very different from what I had been doing, so if you are interested in that too I can post about those too!

I would love to hear about the worming doses too!

 

[christwodog]

Ok, this is for a 4.2 lb hen, and the wormer is Valbazen (albendazole) 11.3 % -
she told me to administer orally .17 ml for 3 days consecutively then repeat in 2 weeks for another 3 days consecutively. She said this is the only way to get all the worms, in their different life cycles. I had been dosing much higher (.5 ml) and only dosing for one day then repeating in 2 weeks for 1 day.

I know everyone has their own method for de-worming and there are lots of opinions about that. This is just what my vet recommended, she is a USDA vet who treats chickens and other livestock, so I feel this is probably the most accurate dosing for me to use. If my previous method was working fine, I wouldn't have asked for recommendations, but it wasn't working for me.
I hope this helps in your research and I'm still waiting to hear back about the penicillin.

 

[casportpony]

Ok, this is for a 4.2 lb hen, and the wormer is Valbazen (albendazole) 11.3 % -
she told me to administer orally .17 ml for 3 days consecutively then repeat in 2 weeks for another 3 days consecutively. She said this is the only way to get all the worms, in their different life cycles. I had been dosing much higher (.5 ml) and only dosing for one day then repeating in 2 weeks for 1 day.

I know everyone has their own method for de-worming and there are lots of opinions about that. This is just what my vet recommended, she is a USDA vet who treats chickens and other livestock, so I feel this is probably the most accurate dosing for me to use. If my previous method was working fine, I wouldn't have asked for recommendations, but it wasn't working for me.
I hope this helps in your research and I'm still waiting to hear back about the penicillin.

The amount she suggested is 10 mg/kg and giving it 3 days in a row is probably more effective than giving just the one larger dose. Thanks for your post.

There is an article that mentions why de-wormers in this class of de-wormer work better when given several days in a row... I will try to find that.

 

[Kiki]

Ok, this is for a 4.2 lb hen, and the wormer is Valbazen (albendazole) 11.3 % -
she told me to administer orally .17 ml for 3 days consecutively then repeat in 2 weeks for another 3 days consecutively. She said this is the only way to get all the worms, in their different life cycles. I had been dosing much higher (.5 ml) and only dosing for one day then repeating in 2 weeks for 1 day.

I know everyone has their own method for de-worming and there are lots of opinions about that. This is just what my vet recommended, she is a USDA vet who treats chickens and other livestock, so I feel this is probably the most accurate dosing for me to use. If my previous method was working fine, I wouldn't have asked for recommendations, but it wasn't working for me.
I hope this helps in your research and I'm still waiting to hear back about the penicillin.

I am not a vet but I too agree with always redosing for a second round a week or so after the first treatment.

 

[mary5412]

Very helpful info. Thank you for sharing.
I had inserted the needle with the procaine into the breast for 4 days and it worked. A year later she was sick again. I injected the needle same place and she violently reacted and jumped out of my arms, slammed herself to the floor repeatedly and died. It was horrible to watch. So I asked my vet where else to inject and maybe I injected into the wrong spot??? He said to put needle under the skin between the leg and body, that loose flap of skin. And I did this for another sick chicken and it worked, so it was not a muscular injection.