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[casportpony]

@casportpony


thank you Kathy.....

I still wont be getting turkeys

deb

Keepig turkeys and peafowl alive on property with blackhead is a full time job during an outbreak. Spent two hours this morning weighing, medicating and tube feeding a bunch of my 2014 peas. What makes it even harder to treat is sometimes they'll also have secondary infections, and those require different medications. Can't run off to the vet when one gets sick, so I often have to guess as to what else they might have.

-Kathy

 

[chickadoodles]

Getaclue very pretty hen and great job at the show!
I got the table runner assembled and started quilting it. Here is the runner "top" before I started quilting. Really like how it came together.

Very pretty!

 

[chickwhispers]

X2! Love all the apllique work!

 

[Cynthia12]

Getaclue very pretty hen and great job at the show!
I got the table runner assembled and started quilting it. Here is the runner "top" before I started quilting. Really like how it came together.

Wow!

 

[tntchix]

Wow!

I know right.

 

[Beer can]

I would like to have a flock of white holland turkeys some day. I would definitely keep them away from the chickens.

 

[Cynthia12]

House smells like pancakes. Yummm...made a big batch to freeze. Easy and fast breakfast for a young man that is always on the go around here now! Plus, lots of eggs. My girls are laying pretty good right now. The weather has been warmer than usual..still..so we are getting rain, not snow.

 

[ozexpat]

Let me see if I can explain this.

Animal medication use is both simple and complex.

The avainability of many drugs and drug types that are prescription only in humans are over the counter OTC in animals.

This puts the responsibility of managing thr use of those drugs with the individual. The reason why most drugs are prescription drugs is that the drug is or has the potential to be abused or mis-used or has potential side effects that require monitoring.

Many drugs are used off label - including ivermectin and valbazen in chickens

Doctors and vets alike will prescribe a drug for off label use but in the realm of live stock the following drugs are deemed so potentially harmful to humanity, use will lead to discipline of the vet and potential loss of license to prescribe

Prohibited Drugs:

1. Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
2. Chloramphenicol
3. Nitroimidazoles - which include dimetridazole, metronidazole, and ipronidazole.
4. Sulfonamide use in dairy cattle (Dimethox has some limited use)
5. Nitrofurans
6. Clenbuterol
7. Dipyrone
8. Fluoroquinolones - (Cipro, Off label use of Baytril on any other livrstock than beef cattle)
9. Glycopeptides -(Vancomycin)
10. Extralabel use of medicated feed .

Companion animals fall into a different class and have different rules - thus availability of metranidazole in pet stores.

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Let me see if I can explain this.

Animal medication ise is both simple and complex.

The avainability of many drugs and drug types that are prescription only in humans are over the counter OTC in animals.

This puts the responsibility of managing thr use of those drugs with thr individual. The reason why most drugs are prescription drugs is that the drug is or has the potential to be abused or mis-used or has potential side effects that require monitoring.

Many drugs are used off label - including ivermectin and valbazen in chickens

Doctors and vets alike will prescribe a drug for off label use but in the realm of live stock the following drugs are deemed so potentially harmful to humanity, use will lead to discipline of the vet and potential loss of license to prescribe

Prohibited Drugs:

1. Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
2. Chloramphenicol
3. Nitroimidazoles - which include dimetridazole, metronidazole, and ipronidazole.
4. Sulfonamide use in dairy cattle (Dimethox has some limited use)
5. Nitrofurans
6. Clenbuterol
7. Dipyrone
8. Fluoroquinolones - (Cipro, Off label use of Baytril on any other livrstock than beef cattle)
9. Glycopeptides -(Vancomycin)
10. Extralabel use of medicated feed .

Companion animals fall into a different class and have different rules - thus availability of metranidazole in pet stores.

Thanks, Oz.