Pradofloxacin? Is it ok for chickens?

[Kris5902]

I have a Rooster lame with severe bumblefoot I’ve been treating for several weeks now, the swelling is moving up his leg now. I have been treating him with Baytril (day 7 today with little improvement) that I had on hand while my fingers are crossed for getting some stronger antibiotics. I found some leftover Veraflox from my cat’s treatment and upon looking it up read that it is quite effective against certain strains of Staph infections. Does anyone know if this is safe for use in chickens? He’s basically a pet, so no worries on food stream antibiotic complications...

I did remove the kernel and stringy nasty things as well as a lot of liquid pus and bleeding the first week.

hoping for solutions because I am very close to having him culled, but I really want him to recover as he is the sweetest boy ever.

 

[pibb]

I don't find much info on chickens or if it is safe to use but I see where a parrot was treated for an enterococcus infection with pradofloxacin at 15 mg/kg per day for 20 days. That is similar to the enrofloxacin dose of 15 mg/kg every 12 to 24 hours for chickens. With that information I would say go for it before I chose off with his head.

Veraflox appears to be 25 mg/ml of Pradofloxacin, so in order to give him 15 mg/kg per day, you would give him 0.27 ml of Veraflox per lb of bodyweight per day.

How do you know it isn't a secondary infection (some other bacteria) from the surgery?

 

[Kris5902]

I don't find much info on chickens or if it is safe to use but I see where a parrot was treated for an enterococcus infection with pradofloxacin at 15 mg/kg per day for 20 days. That is similar to the enrofloxacin dose of 15 mg/kg every 12 to 24 hours for chickens. With that information I would say go for it before I chose off with his head.

Veraflox appears to be 25 mg/ml of Pradofloxacin, so in order to give him 15 mg/kg per day, you would give him 0.27 ml of Veraflox per lb of bodyweight per day.

How do you know it isn't a secondary infection (some other bacteria) from the surgery?

I can’t be 100% sure that it’s not a secondary infection, but we did keep his foot very clean, and was treating it with external application of a triple antibiotic ointment, in addition to flushing and changing his bandages. Thanks for the information, I didn’t see anything about use in any birds, just cats and dogs... I’m getting desperate because I can’t stand to see him suffering.