probiotics and baytril at the same time?

[my beautiful girls]

3 of my hens have a respiratory infection. they are on oral baytril. my vet is not back until friday. one of my hens has been taking baytril for 6 days. she is not completely clear of symptoms yet. vet told me to give it to her for 3 days after she stopped showing symptoms. I'm worried she may develop sour crop. can i give probiotics on her food now while she is still on antibiotics? waiting for UCDavis to send me back results from her blood sample. The other 2 girls have been on baytril for 3 days. thank you for your time.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

3 of my hens have a respiratory infection. they are on oral baytril. my vet is not back until friday. one of my hens has been taking baytril for 6 days. she is not completely clear of symptoms yet. vet told me to give it to her for 3 days after she stopped showing symptoms. I'm worried she may develop sour crop. can i give probiotics on her food now while she is still on antibiotics? waiting for UCDavis to send me back results from her blood sample. The other 2 girls have been on baytril for 3 days. thank you for your time.

Is her crop emptying overnight?

I'd just make sure she's eating/drinking well. Give probiotics after you finish the antibiotics if you feel they are needed.

 

[my beautiful girls]

Is her crop emptying overnight?

I'd just make sure she's eating/drinking well. Give probiotics after you finish the antibiotics if you feel they are needed.

As of now yes their crops are emptying. Is there any contraindications of providing probiotics at the same time? Thank you for responding.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

As of now yes their crops are emptying. Is there any contraindications of providing probiotics at the same time? Thank you for responding.

You'd have to research if there's contraindications.

If the crop is emptying, then it's unlikely to get Sour.

 

[my beautiful girls]

We've had more than our share of problems here recently, one being poor response to a treatment with Baytril 10% oral which was administered under vet guidance at 0.1mL per Kg bodyweight twice a day for 10 days. The problem wasn't entirely resolved and flared up again. Doing some research revealed the following:-

Calcium seriously inhibits the absorption of Baytril. Of course that's what is in abundance in layers pellets and to a much lesser extent in rearers pellets. Now our sick hen is getting a further dose she has gone onto rearers pellets, although it still has some Calcium, because what else can she be fed?

If probiotics are being used to support gut function during antibiotic treatment they must be given at least 2 hours apart. Baytril kills the gut flora so to keep the hen's digestion working to some extent we have been using Avipro Avian. I contacted their vet and this is one reason the product was developed. Unfortunately we were giving both together, so it seems in effect one cancelled out the other and our hen was on a half dose of Baytril. We've now stopped the Avipro until after treatment.

Continuing treating with Baytril over 10 days can lead to the formation of cankers apparently. We will limit treatment to 9 days as a precaution.

Worth mentioning is our vet advised egg withdrawal with Baytril treatment must now be permanent. We haven't a problem with that as I doubt she will lay again being 5 years old in Spring and I think she only laid three eggs last year anyway.

Not sure if this will be of any help to anyone, but these are things our vet didn't mention and which can have a big effect on the effectiveness of Baytril treatment. They may also be applicable to other antibiotics perhaps?


this is what i found from a person on omlet uk web site. some web sites say you can some say you dont. I'll error on the dont. hope this helps someone with the same questions.