SAFEGAURD 10% for 3wk Turkey

[KYAS3516]

Hello BYC Friends,
I just got 3 baby turkeys from the TS. They are not about 3 wks old and I notice that they are sneezing and 1 is gasping for air. I assume gapeworms.
I have Safe-Guard for goats 10% suspension. Can somebody PLEASE help me with dosage? I have searched and searched but there are no answers other than for pellets.
I have 9 original BYB and 12 new month old baby chicks with my new turkeys. All free range from about 3 to 8 pm. Otherwise, they are in separate pens for now. The Turkeys seem to be well, except for the one always gasping for air.

Hoping for the best.
K.Arias

 

[casportpony]

Gapeworms are rare, but if you want to treat them for gapes, the dose is 30 mg/kg for five days.

You need to weigh each bird then give 0.14 ml pound of body weight orally for five days.
The math is:
Weight in pounds, divide by 2.2, time 30, divide by 100 = number of ml to give

 

[KYAS3516]

Casportpony - Thank you, thank you! Do you think it would be something else? I have researched and found that this more closely resembles what my chickens went through when I first started raising them 6 years ago. So that's why I'm leaning that way to gapeworms.

 

[casportpony]

It's probably a respiratory infection like mycoplasma. Does your local feed store carry Tylan 50 or Tylan 200?

 

[KYAS3516]

It's probably a respiratory infection like mycoplasma. Does your local feed store carry Tylan 50 or Tylan 200?

I have Tylen 50 injection on hand.

 

[casportpony]

I have Tylen 50 injection on hand.

Can you weigh each turkey?
If mine, I would give it no less than twice a day, but I would give it orally since injecting it can cause severe muscle necrosis.

I would give one of these:

• 0.3 ml per pound four times a day
• 0.4 ml per pound three times a day
• 0.6 ml per pound two times a day

Do you have any Baytril (enrofloxacin)?

 

[KYAS3516]

Can you weigh each turkey?
If mine, I would give it no less than twice a day, but I would give it orally since injecting it can cause severe muscle necrosis.

I would give one of these:

• 0.3 ml per pound four times a day
• 0.4 ml per pound three times a day
• 0.6 ml per pound two times a day

Do you have any Baytril (enrofloxacin)?

Got It!!! I'm on it! Each Turkey is average 3.5 lbs. 3lbs for the smaller 2 and 3.8 for the larger one, I assume it's a Tom. I don't have enrofloxacin. Should I get it and have it on hand?

 

[KYAS3516]

Got It!!! I'm on it! Each Turkey is average 3.5 lbs. 3lbs for the smaller 2 and 3.8 for the larger one, I assume it's a Tom. I don't have enrofloxacin. Should I get it and have it on hand?

Can you weigh each turkey?
If mine, I would give it no less than twice a day, but I would give it orally since injecting it can cause severe muscle necrosis.

I would give one of these:

• 0.3 ml per pound four times a day
• 0.4 ml per pound three times a day
• 0.6 ml per pound two times a day

Do you have any Baytril (enrofloxacin)?

So the math for these three Turkeys is 2.1 ml orally twice a day, correct? How long? How many days?

 

[casportpony]

The math for Tylan is:

Weight in pounds, times 60, divided by 50, divided by how many times per day that you can give it.

3.8 pounds x 60 / 50 = 4.56 ml / 2 = 2.28 ml twice a day
3 pounds x 60 / 50 = 3.6 ml / 2 = 1.8 ml twice a day

 

[KYAS3516]

The math for Tylan is:

Weight in pounds, times 60, divided by 50, divided by how many times per day that you can give it.

3.8 pounds x 60 / 50 = 4.56 ml / 2 = 2.28 ml twice a day
3 pounds x 60 / 50 = 3.6 ml / 2 = 1.8 ml twice a day

Eggsellent! So APPRECIATE your expertise and help! I will keep you posted on the changes over the course of a couple of days.