Mixing Tylan and Denagard IS THAT OK

[Lnzsmith]

We are bringing our Lav Orp in to treat her for CRD. We've been trying to keep her with the flock and treat but the eye is so swollen and we just need to observe her for a couple days. Weather is crap too so it makes it hard, they don't want to leave coop and getting her out is a pain in the dark. Can I continue to give her Tylan and also Denagard in her waterer?

 

[Myrshine]

You're aware that CRD (Chronic Respiratory Disease) is Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) right? MG is a chronic life time disease and all birds remain carriers for life. It also can spread vertically into the egg of developing embryos, making any chicks that happen to hatch, already sick with this bacteria. I also don't suggest giving antibiotics without proper testing.

 

[Lnzsmith]

Yes, I have posted extensively about this chicken, we have a closed flock (of 3); they are pets. We are letting them live out their natural life. We have successfully managed CRD for 3 years now, but a combination of dry pox this fall and rough weather have stressed her and we are having a hard time keeping it under control.

 

[Eggcessive]

I think that tylan (tylosin) can be given with doxycycline, but I would not mix tylan with Denagard. Denagard is said to be very good against mycoplasma, since it has not developed resistance. I would either use the Tylan or the Denagard. You may have to alternate different antibiotics if your birds develop resistance to one. Oxytetracycline, doxycycline, tylosin, denagard, and enrofloxacin are AB’s that can treat mycoplasma.

 

[Lnzsmith]

OK, thanks very much! Tylan isn't working, so we will give the Denagard a try for a few days. May order a doxycycline also.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a thread about Denagard dosage starting in post 2:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/denagard-confusion-please.1141363/

 

[Lnzsmith]

@Eggcessive I read about rinsing eye with diluted solution of Tylan (in an old, 2008 post). THoughts on that?
She will NOT eat anything with denagard, even heavily sweetened.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have also heard of irrigating the sinus with Tylan, but I have no experience with that. Here is a post about that:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-with-tylan-50-eyes-are-shut-bubbly-w.241875/

It might be safer to irrigate the eye. If you have any pictures it might help. If there is pus in the sinus, it needs to be removed.

 

[Lnzsmith]

We have removed some but it is worse and worse.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sometimes pus can gather in the roof of the beak, and may be pushe upward through the choanal slit. Here is a graphic video of removing pus from around the eye: