Respritory illnesses

[Wolvesry]

My birds have been sick with some sort of respritory illness in the past 2 months. I tried treating with tetracycline, but it only helped. Ever since I've researched, ive seen tylan 200. I'm not comfortable with injections because I fear I'll hit something fatal. However, my sickest birds dont eat or drink very much. They used to have bubbles in their eyes, but now only mucous. They have raspy voices and cough and sneeze a lot. My silkie often has coughing fits. Today, I noticed one of my birds has a part of her earlobe swollen. It feels hard.

What is the dosage for tylan 200 injectable?

 

[coach723]

This is from Plumbs Veterinary Drug Handbook:
!!Birds:
For susceptible infections:
a) For initial therapy in caged birds for upper respiratory infections
(especially if mycoplasma suspected).
Using 200 mg/mL injectable: 40 mg/kg IM. Used in combination
with aminoglycosides. (McDonald 1989)
b) For initial therapy of upper respiratory infections and air
sacculitis. Using 50 mg/mL or 200 mg/mL injectable: 10 – 40
mg/kg IM twice daily or three times daily (Clubb 1986)
c) 30 mg/kg IM q12h (Hoeffer 1995)
**Another link with this info and some more sources:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...and-tylan-powder-dosing.954486/#post-14828262
**Here is one more meds list:
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart
**And here is instructions on giving an injection. It is not difficult, when injecting into the breast muscle the keel bone is behind the muscle, very little chance you will hit anything but bone, and you won't be going that deep (unless the bird is really, really thin). Tylan may cause muscle soreness and damage, so make sure that you alternate sides of the breast and move the spot around. Tylan 200 is a bit better since your dose will be smaller in volume than with 50. Some give the dose in several places. Link below scroll down to 'give injection":
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
**Some respiratory infections are chronic and you can treat the symptoms, but they will recur during stress, etc. and the birds are lifetime carriers. If you have the ability to have a culture done then you can ID for sure which one you are dealing with.

 

[Eggcessive]

Tylan injectable is frequently given orally without the needle. You can also buy Tylan Soluble Powder in the generic form to give in the water 1 tsp per galllon of water for 5 days. Here is a link for it:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/
It can ship in 2 days.