Oxytetracycline dose (tbsp / tsp)

[AdrianeF]

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

Wondering if this can be given orally? All my feed store has is the injectable and I'm really nervous about injecting her. I can barely manage to hold her still to apply wash and ointment in her eye let alone poke her correctly !!

 

[Pstwenty7]

This book says the pheasant dose is 43 mg/kg and I think I remember a vet saying to use 40 mg/kg, so that's what I would use.
1 / 2.2 x 40 / 200 = ~0.1 ml per pound of body weight.
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Every 24 hours for how long? How many days?

 

[Lortiz]

I've got 6 baby chickens whitch are a bit sick; they are sneezing, have running noses and are gasping...

Luckely I found on this forum that I should treat them with oxytetracycline (or something else like Tylan) if giving them supplemental vitamines and hard boiled eggs didn't work. So I went to get it !

Now, I see on this forum that a lot of people advise to give baby chickens 1,25 tablespoon per gallon, and 2,5 tablespoon per gallon to bigger chickens (advised on http://www.durvet.com/dl/Durvet-Poultry-Brochure.pdf). That didn't seem right to me, and I started to measure everyting.

So these are my calculations (correct me if I'm wrong):
- There is 181.5 gr in a package, equals to 310 ml (I measured this in a measuring cup).
- You need to give 0,4 gr (=400 mg) per gallon to a baby chicken, equals to 0,683 ml per gallon.
- 1/8 teaspoon equals to 0,675 ml

Conclusion:
- Baby chickens need 1/8 teaspoon of oxytetracyline mixed to 1 gallon of water.
- Bigger chickens need 1/4 teaspoon of oxytratracyline mixed to 1 gallon of water.

(sorry if I made a lot of spelling mistakes, I just moved from Holland to the USA )

These packets are not 100% oxytetracycline. There are only 10 grams of oxytetracycline in each 181.5 gram packet. This equals 0.055 grams or 55 mg of oxytetracycline per gram of powder. Unless the package says how many grams or mg of oxytetracycline there are in a tablespoon, you will need to weigh a tablespoon of powder in grams to convert to tablespoons. You will need an accurate gram scale, or possibly a kitchen scale that reads grams if you measure out multiple tablespoons since they aren't usually accurate at low numbers of grams. I have not used this product so I don't know how much volume one packet is. One cup = 16 tablespoons. Honestly, it would be most accurate to weigh it out in grams rather than tablespoons.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

These packets are not 100% oxytetracycline. There are only 10 grams of oxytetracycline in each 181.5 gram packet. This equals 0.055 grams or 55 mg of oxytetracycline per gram of powder. Unless the package says how many grams or mg of oxytetracycline there are in a tablespoon, you will need to weigh a tablespoon of powder in grams to convert to tablespoons. You will need an accurate gram scale, or possibly a kitchen scale that reads grams if you measure out multiple tablespoons since they aren't usually accurate at low numbers of grams. I have not used this product so I don't know how much volume one packet is. One cup = 16 tablespoons. Honestly, it would be most accurate to weigh it out in grams rather than tablespoons.

Welcome To BYC

The post you are Quoting if from 2015. Packets that the OP has described have been off the market since 2017, but thank you for the information.
Looks like there's a very good break down of the packets/dosing in this thread, you may find it helpful.

 

[Jennifur]

@casportpony

Welcome To BYC

The post you are Quoting if from 2015. Packets that the OP has described have been off the market since 2017, but thank you for the information.
Looks like there's a very good break down of the packets/dosing in this thread, you may find it helpful.

My half jungle fowl and half orpington hen has started dropping poops that are dark green with yellow, and she has been lethargic and not as social with her flock. I think it may be egg peritonitis.

I posted pictures below. The tetracycline HCL was bought from Ebay, I translated the instructions and it says 2 grams per liter of water, and the pack is 50 grams. Can I give the water to the other chickens too? I won't eat their eggs for at least a month. Or is Baytril better? (I don't have any so I'll have to order it)

 

[Eggcessive]

That is tetracycline plus erythromycin and a filler of some sort. That is the minimum dosage it says.

@casportpony

My half jungle fowl and half orpington hen has started dropping poops that are dark green with yellow, and she has been lethargic and not as social with her flock. I think it may be egg peritonitis.

I posted pictures below. The tetracycline HCL was bought from Ebay, I translated the instructions and it says 2 grams per liter of water, and the pack is 50 grams. Can I give the water to the other chickens too? I won't eat their eggs for at least a month. Or is Baytril better? (I don't have any so I'll have to order it)

I would not give other chickens this liquid unless they had symptoms of a respiratory disease, since that is what it would be used for. I could translate fowl cholera, CRD (mycoplasma,) and coryza on the back. Egg yolk peritonitis might respond more to amoxicillin or enrofloxacin, but if there is salpingitis with lash egg material, it may be too late for any antibiotic to have an effect.

 

[Jennifur]

That is tetracycline plus erythromycin and a filler of some sort. That is the minimum dosage it says.


I would not give other chickens this liquid unless they had symptoms of a respiratory disease, since that is what it would be used for. I could translate fowl cholera, CRD (mycoplasma,) and coryza on the back. Egg yolk peritonitis might respond more to amoxicillin or enrofloxacin, but if there is salpingitis with lash egg material, it may be too late for any antibiotic to have an effect.

I see a little yellow in the dark green poop, is it too late or do i have a few days to order the Baytril?

 

[Eggcessive]

Is the yellow in the normally white urates? If so, that can be a sign of liver problems related to EYP. It is hard to know if it is too late, but you can get 10% enrofloxacin liquid here:
https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10
Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound or 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) orally twice a day for 5 days.

 

[Jennifur]

Is the yellow in the normally white urates? If so, that can be a sign of liver problems related to EYP. It is hard to know if it is too late, but you can get 10% enrofloxacin liquid here:
https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10
Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound or 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) orally twice a day for 5 days.

I think it's where the white used to be but I'm not sure. I will take a picture when she poops again and post it. Is it ok if I get the Baytril from this site because they have it in powder?
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/enrofloxacin-10-powder

 

[Jennifur]

Is the yellow in the normally white urates? If so, that can be a sign of liver problems related to EYP. It is hard to know if it is too late, but you can get 10% enrofloxacin liquid here:
https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10
Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound or 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) orally twice a day for 5 days.

I found the powder form of enrofloxacin on Jedds and ordered it. I was able to take some new pictures of some fresh poop stuck to her feathers. I see some white areas and yellow.