Oxytetracycline dose (tbsp / tsp)

[casportpony]

Thank you so much! I'll try that dose. Is it really preferable to inject it rather than give orally?

Probably, but it can cause injection site necrosis, so do be careful. What's wrong with your chicken?

 

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

I'm trying to treat for salpingitis... I know that once she's passed a "lash egg" she is probably doomed but I do want to do everything I can to try to save her. There are no vets in our area who treat chickens so I'm on my own.

 

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

Also wondering how many times to administer... The package has instructions only for cattle and pigs and it says to give cattle a single dose (for pneumonia or pinkeye). For pigs it doesn't say how many doses.

 

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

Reviving an older thread in the hopes that someone may have the answer to my last question... how many days to treat with oxytetracycline for a suspected reproductive system infection?

We treated our hen Tiny for salpingitis in September after she passed a lash egg and did a 14 day course. The infection seemed to clear up; no more lash eggs and egg-laying getting back to normal. However, about a week ago I noticed that she had an unusually poopy butt, and had stopped laying eggs. She wasn't pasted up but there was a lot of dried poop caked onto the feathers below her vent, and it was streaked with urates. I know this can be a sign of infection so decided to treat again.

Anyone know if 14 days is too long? Or is this a better safe than sorry type of situation? The egg-laying could have stopped due to molting and shorter days but the whitish poop stuck in her butt fluff had me worried.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Reviving an older thread in the hopes that someone may have the answer to my last question... how many days to treat with oxytetracycline for a suspected reproductive system infection?

We treated our hen Tiny for salpingitis in September after she passed a lash egg and did a 14 day course. The infection seemed to clear up; no more lash eggs and egg-laying getting back to normal. However, about a week ago I noticed that she had an unusually poopy butt, and had stopped laying eggs. She wasn't pasted up but there was a lot of dried poop caked onto the feathers below her vent, and it was streaked with urates. I know this can be a sign of infection so decided to treat again.

Anyone know if 14 days is too long? Or is this a better safe than sorry type of situation? The egg-laying could have stopped due to molting and shorter days but the whitish poop stuck in her butt fluff had me worried.

I'm sorry to hear that your hen is not doing well.
Sadly if you are dealing with Salpingitis, antibiotics are usually only effective for a short period of time.
It's good that the Oxytetracycline seemed to help the first time, so hopefully another round will help give her some relief for a little while.
The information I have in my notes for the "cyclines" says up to 14days, but to make sure I looked up some archived information for you and that seems to be correct - or at least what I found.
https://www.drugs.com/vet/oxytetracycline-hcl.html
https://www.drugs.com/vet/duramycin-10.html

Hope that helps

 

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

I'm sorry to hear that your hen is not doing well.
Sadly if you are dealing with Salpingitis, antibiotics are usually only effective for a short period of time.
It's good that the Oxytetracycline seemed to help the first time, so hopefully another round will help give her some relief for a little while.
The information I have in my notes for the "cyclines" says up to 14days, but to make sure I looked up some archived information for you and that seems to be correct - or at least what I found.
https://www.drugs.com/vet/oxytetracycline-hcl.html
https://www.drugs.com/vet/duramycin-10.html

Hope that helps

Thank you so much! We'll probably do another 14 day course then. It's easy to give her the meds orally; I just put the liquid antibiotic on a small piece of bread and Tiny gobbles it up. Thank God chickens don't have a good sense of smell or taste; that medication smells and I'm sure the taste would be similarly stomach-churning to a human but she doesn't seem to mind.

If the infection crops up again after a while, I'm guessing we should switch to another antibiotic at that point?

 

[casportpony]

How much are you giving?

 

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

0.5 cc (following your recommendation in a different thread of 0.1 cc/lb of body weight).

 

[casportpony]

0.5 cc (following your recommendation in a different thread of 0.1 cc/lb of body weight).

Okay, that seems about right.

 

[angelikimarie]

Okay, that seems about right.

Kathy you seem great with dosages for chickens, all I have is bio mycin 200 and I have a chicken who is sneezing and seems like breathing issues, I only want to dose her alone, with an oral syringe, I've seen 1/8 tsp to one cup of water, which I looked up is around .6 cc per cup, so how much should I actually give to my hen tonight? I'm guessing maybe just one oral syringe and then do it again for a few days? Thank you