I've got blackhead

I'll post what I know about metronidazole dosing here (cut and paste from the above link for those like me that are lazy!
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The AAAP Avian Disease Manual says this:
Treatment - There is currently no approved medication for treatment of histomoniasis in food animals. Small groups of birds not being raised for consumption can be effectively treated individually with metronidazole at a dose of 30 mg/kg orally SID for 5 days. Antihelmentic treatment may help suppress the population of cecal worms.


Plumbs Veterinary Drug Handbook says this:
For susceptible infections (anaerobes):a) 50 mg/kg PO once daily for 5 days (Bauck and Hoefer 1993


From Clinical Avian Medicine
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf


I've also heard of vets prescribing metronidazole at 60mg/kg (60mg per 2.2 pounds) twice a day for five days. FWIW, I recently gave my mature BBW 1000mg (5 200mg Flagyl) and it looks like she may recover.

-Kathy
 
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casportpony wrote: I've also heard of vets prescribing metronidazole at 60mg/kg (60mg per 2.2 pounds) twice a day for five days. FWIW, I recently gave my mature BBW 1000mg (5 200mg Flagyl) and it looks like she may recover.
For a 36-8 lb. hen that seems about right. Sure hope it is effective. Owing to our regular visitors (potential disease vectors) we are regularly adding more sand to runs (are well drained), they are raked out daily and we add garden lime - plain old crushed limestone in late winter/early Spring when the ground has gone `goopy' with the thaw. Regular worming schedule for chooks/turks. Our guys `range' but would rather hang out on covered front deck or near firepit than making the rounds around the pond or wandering out into the woods (excepting the hen's attempts at unauthorized nesting). I also keep up on the DNR's hunters' surveys that are compiled after each turkey hunting window (divided seasons) for all reports on diseased turks taken. Still nothing but Fowl Pox and foxes over the past 8 yrs., here. Early detection and immediate quarantine of any suspect turk is esssential owing to the speed and `efficacy' of lateral transmission. Most comprehensive (free) bibliography (and other info) on Histomoniasis, that I've found, in turks: http://athenaeum.libs.uga.edu/bitstream/handle/10724/6287/hu_jinghui_200212_phd.pdf?sequence=1
 
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My infected turkey died last night while I attempted to locate metronidzale. Couldn't find it anywhere and was thinking I'd have to order it online, but too late. No other turkey is showing signs and neither are the peacocks.

So will laying lime down help prevent future infections? What about diamateous earth? As of right now I'm thinking I'll never get turkeys again if this will be a continuous battle with them.
 
Here are some necropsy pictures that I took the other day, they're from a peacock that belonged to someone else.


Here is a poop picture, but it looked much more yellow than it does here.


LL


Here are the necropsy pictures from one of the peacocks.



Liver and cecal pouches


Contents of cecal pouch - black liquid poop, NOT normal!


Inside of cecal pouch




Liver with the blackhead spots and I think the black edges are necrotic

LL


-Kathy
 
My infected turkey died last night while I attempted to locate metronidzale. Couldn't find it anywhere and was thinking I'd have to order it online, but too late. No other turkey is showing signs and neither are the peacocks.

So will laying lime down help prevent future infections? What about diamateous earth? As of right now I'm thinking I'll never get turkeys again if this will be a continuous battle with them.

Someone in the peafowl group found this one and it's on the Petsmart website, so one might find it there. This product had 10 packs that contain 250mg metronidazole and 75mg praziquantil (tapeworm medicine). Each pack contains the same amount of metronidazole as one Fish-Zole tablet. Before you buy it verify that metronidazole is listed on the box.

Fish-Zole is cheaper, but this will help those that need to medicate their birds right away.
http://www.petsmart.com/product/ind...ferralID=be9d6d47-449f-11e3-a8bc-001b2166c62d





-Kathy
 
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