Oxytetracyline and Tetracycline Powder Doses

[casportpony]

Package weighs 181.5 grams and has 10 grams oxytetracycline.
10 ÷ 181.5 = 0.055, which means it's 5.5% oxytetracycline, 94.5% filler
One gram = 55mg
One teaspoon weighs about 3 grams which = 165mg x 5 teaspoons = 825 mg
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = 5 teaspoons (825mg is close enough)

 

[casportpony]

Package weighs 100 grams and has 10 grams oxytetracycline.
10 ÷ 100 = 0.055, which means it's 10% oxytetracycline, 90% filler
One gram = 100mg
One teaspoon = 300 grams
One teaspoon weighs about 3 grams which = 100mg x 5 teaspoons = 825 mg
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = 2 & 3/4 teaspoons

 

[casportpony]

Oxytetracycline






This package weighs 280 grams
Package contains 102.4 grams oxytetracycline

102.4 / 280 = 0.37 , which means that it's 37% oxytetracycline and 63% filler
370 mg per gram
One teaspoon probably weighs 3 grams, so it's 3 x 370mg = 1110 mg per teaspoon
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = ~3/4 teaspoons

-Kathy

Edited to add:
Please check my math!

 

[casportpony]

Tetracycline Powder 5.5% (55mg per gram)

Product looks like this:



Package weighs 181 grams and has 10 grams tetracycline.
10 ÷ 181 = 0.055, which means it's 5.5% tetracycline, 94.5% filler
One gram = 55mg
One tablespoon weighs about 10 grams which = 550 mg
800 ÷ 550 = 1.45 tablespoons
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = 1.5 tablespoons (825mg is close enough)
Edited to add:
Please check my math!

 

[casportpony]

Oxytetracycline - 343







102.4 / 135.5 = 0.76 , which means that it's 76% oxytetracycline and 24% filler
760 mg per gram
One teaspoon probably weighs 3 grams, so it's 3 x 760mg = 2280 mg per teaspoon
The 800 mg dose for one gallon = ~1/3 slightly rounded teaspoon

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Interesting link - http://www.elephantcare.org/Drugs/oxytetra.htm

-Kathy

 

[scottcaddy]

@casportpony
Have I told you lately how much brain work that you have saved me?
Thank You again!

Scott

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony
Have I told you lately how much brain work that you have saved me?
Thank You again!

Scott

You're welcome!

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

You're welcome!

-Kathy

Yes! Great resource for all of us. Could you add Tylan powder too?

 

[casportpony]

 
You're welcome!

-Kathy

Yes!  Great resource for all of us.  Could you add Tylan powder too?

Tylan powder is a litte trickier... The mfg says the dose is 50 mg per pound per chicken per day, so one would have to have a rough idea of how much water was being consumed. Chicks drink something like 18% of their weight per day, laying hens 13 ish percent, and non laying adults drink about 5%. So without doing a bunch of math, I'm gonna guess that the dose is 1-4 teaspoons per gallon per day.

-Kathy