Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

[casportpony]

The dose for Tylan is 10 - 40 mg/kg, which is huge range.
If you have a 4 pound hen, that would be 1.8 kg.
1.8 pounds x 40 mg = 72 mg per day.
72 mg / 50 mg = 1.4 cc or .7 cc twice a day

I dosed my 5 pound rooster at 15 mg per pound (approximately 30 mg/kg). He got .8 cc twice a day, which is 1.6 ml total for the day. If you are injecting it, .8cc is a lot to give IM at one time to a chicken. I have since switched over to Tylan 200 since it is more concentrated.

The Tylan website says chickens should get 110mg per kg, and the source you're quoting says 10-40mg/kg, but it also say to give it several times a day, right?





-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Dosing:
Quote:

CRD indications:

• Administer medicated drinking water for three days; however, medicated water may be administered for one to five days depending upon severity of infection. Treated chickens must consume enough medicated water to provide 50 mg per pound of body weight per day. Only medicated water should be available to the birds.

Turkeys:

• Administer medicated drinking water for three days; however, medicated water may be administered for two to five days depending upon severity of infection. Treated turkeys must consume enough medicated water to provide 60 mg per pound of body weight per day. Only medicated water should be available to the birds.

For those that don't have a gram scale, you can use this info to calculate your dose:


And this for the injectable:



-Kathy

 

[saltandpepper2]

Well, I've decided to order baytril instead. I guess in the long run it will be cheaper... And just as effective? Any links for those dosages? You seem to be a lot better at this kind of research than me!

 

[alibabba]

Well, I've decided to order baytril instead. I guess in the long run it will be cheaper... And just as effective? Any links for those dosages? You seem to be a lot better at this kind of research than me!

Kathy knows, and she keeps all this stuff in her head!!

 

[alibabba]

I would think a breeder would either be knowledgeable on stuff like that.

Yep, but I give people the benefit of the doubt....they probably know about it. And maybe they truly haven't had any issues. But with shows, and people coming and going, I'll bet dollars to donuts that a couple blood tests would show positive.

Another small hatchery told me, "no it's not really around this area" (re: Marek's). Interesting. My first flock, of 6 chickens. Marek's. Never a chicken on this property. Am I really, truly that unlucky? Probability says, not. And the breeders where the chickens came from are certainly still breeding.

Makes me sad and a little mad that people like me, just starting are ignorant of this disease going into Backyard Chickeneering.

And if I had asked, I would have been misinformed by breeders and hatcheries.

Just had to vent a little.

 

[casportpony]

Well, I've decided to order baytril instead. I guess in the long run it will be cheaper... And just as effective? Any links for those dosages? You seem to be a lot better at this kind of research than me!

Keep in mind that Baytril is banned for use in poultry, so do research that first. Treating with it will be cheaper, and it's said to be quite effective in treating mycoplasma.

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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2005/07/fda-ban-enrofloxacin-use-poultry​

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

The Bayer website says the Baytril dose is 4.54 mg per pound per day. My vets have had me use the following:

• 4.54 mg per pound (10mg/kg) *twice* a day for five days
• 6.8 mg per pound (15mg/kg) once a day for five days
• 9.1 mg per pound (20mg/kg) once a day for five days

And someone else had their vet prescribe 6.8 mg per pound (15mg/kg) twice a day.

This is what my book says:
Baytril pictures

Table I found:


Note about chicken meat withdrawal:


-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@saltandpepper2 , read over the info about the Baytril ban, and if you still want to use it I wll help you come up with a dose. I will also PM you an affordable source for it.

-Kathy

 

[saltandpepper2]

Would the bacteria is causes a resistance to be an issue if you don't plan on eating the meat? Or is it a danger with eggs too?

 

[saltandpepper2]

So basically, it leads to resistant pathogens in humans that COULD kill them. Heh. How real is this threat? Or is it just the FDA being hokey?