Injury/Infection ID? Material Removed From Swollen Leg + (Warning, pic of material included)

[casportpony]

Quote: The bottle is labeled for cows and sheep, and they get less, and as I just said in my last message, there are errors on the poultry pedia site.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This is from an avian vet book:

Source: http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf

Picture below is from this site: http://smartools.pharmdev.org/iu.html


-Kathy

 

[IsaacK]

Shoot, I hate to say this, but lots of dosing info on that site is not correct. The amoxicillin dose my vets have me use is 57 mg per pound twice a day. Sigh...

The dose for chickens is high, much higher than people think. How much does he weigh?

Thanks for the updated information. This is why I like to double check things. ;- ) I will weigh him tomorrow. Hes average weight for an adult rooster (Dominique or BR) if not a hair heavy since hes not been walking much.

 

[MrsBachbach]

The bottle is labeled for cows and sheep, and they get less, and as I just said in my last message, there are errors on the poultry pedia site.

-Kathy

Why do birds need so much more?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Metabolism maybe? But it's not like that with all drugs, so who knows?

-Kathy

 

[MrsBachbach]

Metabolism maybe? But it's not like that with all drugs, so who knows?

-Kathy

What is the difference between a KIU and an IU?

 

[casportpony]

Scary... just found more errors on that site, some are really bad.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

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I gotta doucble check, but I think that 1 KIU = 1000 IU.

-Kathy

 

[IsaacK]

The dose for chickens is high, much higher than people think. How much does he weigh?

-Kathy

Just weighed him on a digital scale. Hes right at 4 pounds. Holding a lot of heat in that foot/leg, even though the bandage is snug, but loose. Probably gonna go ahead and dose him with oral amoxicillin tonight. Final word on dosage?

 

[MrsBachbach]

So that little chart up there, under Avian is saying 66,000 IU / KG or about 2.2 lbs? So for a five pound bird would need about 165,000 IU? Well, the poultrymedicine chart would be about right. If one ml contains 300,000 IU, then a half a ml would be 150,000. They said .5 to .75 so that would be about right for an average hen. I guess that vet never read your manual.