Turkey with fowl pox?

[Eggcessive]

So 1 ml of Tylan 50 per five pounds works out to be 22mg/kg. For those that are OCD about dosing you can use the formulas below


22mg/kg of Tylan 50 - Weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2, times 22, divide by 50.

2 pound hen: 2 ÷ 2.2 x 22 ÷ 50 = 0.4ml of Tylan 50 25 pound hen: 25 ÷ 2.2 x 22 ÷ 50 = 5 ml of Tylan 50 (too much volume, better choice is Tylan 200)
22 mg/kg of Tylan 200 - Weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2, times 22, divide by 200

2 pound hen: 2 ÷ 2.2 x 22 ÷ 200 = 0.1ml of Tylan 50 25 pound hen: 25 ÷ 2.2 x 22 ÷ 200 = 1.25 ml of Tylan 200 Seems that if one is going to use Tylan on birds that weigh 2 pounds or more that Tylan 200 might be the better choice? -Kathy I think the Tylan 200 is too strong for IM injections in chickens, since it is used mostly in cattle. I would usd it in a bigger turkey, but not in a chicken. I believe your Plumb's book lists the dosage as 10 mg per Kg or 2.2 lb up to twice a day. Many people use it 1/4 ml for bantams, 1/2 ml for under 5 lb and 1 ml for over 5 lb once a day, but twice a day is probably okay too. Edited to add: If I ever decide to buy Tylan again I think I will get Tylan 200.

 

[casportpony]

Here is a picture of Tylan dosing from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook.


-Kathy

Edited to add: The one time I gave 1ml of Tylan 50 to a hen she developed a large, necrotic spot in her breast muscle and it took several weeks for it to heal. That was one shot, not a series of shots.

 

[casportpony]

Food for thought...

Baytril 10% is for cattle and swine, Baytril 2.27% is for cats and dogs, but one can use either in birds, right? So I don't see why it would be any different with Tylan unless there is something about the 200 that would make them more likely to get a more serious injection site reaction than the 50. Both books I have say that the either the 50 or the 200 can be used in birds.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Just found this:
http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/diseases-of-farmyard-poultry/part-1-mycoplasmosis.aspx

Treatment

Antibiotic treatment will not completely cure the disease but will reduce the incidence to a tolerably low level. Tylan Soluble is licensed for the treatment of mycoplasma, as is Baytril injection but this product does not cope with some field strains. Baytril Oral should not be used in laying hens. Tylan oral preparation (soluble) is effective in young stock but seems to be less effective in older stock. Tylan 200 injection (not licensed for poultry) is effective with 0.5ml in the breast muscle of an adult large fowl, 0.3ml for bantams, 0.75-1ml for adult turkeys, repeated 48 hours later if still sneezing. If still noisy after that the bird must be culled as the organism will be too deeply entrenched within the airsacs and hollow bones to be removed, the bird remaining a carrier which will infect others. The reason Tylan 200 is not licensed for poultry is because it harms muscle, which in a meat bird is disastrous but in backyard or fancy poultry which do not enter the food chain, it is not really an issue.
Prevention

• Keep stressors to a minimum or if a known stressor such as a show is imminent, give vitamin supplementation. There are several useful products on the market which contain probiotics and/or vitamins, administered in the water.
• Use a suitable disinfectant for both huts and equipment such as Virkon or F10.
• Keep dust and ammonia levels low. Ammonia paralyses the small hairs which act like an escalator to move normal mucus up the trachea before being swallowed.
• Feed high quality commercial food for the stage of growth and the species of bird.
• Monitor weather changes and take steps to minimise any effects.
• When attending to the stock, begin with the youngest at the start of the day (i.e. with clean clothes).
• Either quarantine new stock for 2-3 weeks or
• inject once with Tylan 200 as soon as the birdsare obtained if there has been mycoplasma in your flock.
• Some very conscientious breeders inject stock they sell and warn buyers of the disease risk.
• Do not buy from auctions.
• If adult stock are kept symptom-free the risk of passing mycoplasma on through the egg is reduced.
• If young stock happen to be exposed to a mild bout of mycoplasma they will acquire a certain amount of immunity as long as there are no other pathogens (such asE.coli) present.
• Biosecurity.

 

[casportpony]

And this:
http://produceyourgreenpower.com/bl...injections-is-the-next-step-for-our-chickens/
Dosing information for Tylan 200:
Tylan 200 dosing:
It has been found that an injection of Tylan 200 – 0.5 ml in the breast muscle, and a follow up injection 48 hrs later gives excellent results
Some people give the dosages below, it will be up to you to make the call as to how much you give you bird, as to how severe the problem is
For a bantam hen give between 0.1-0.2.ml .
For a larger fowl give between 0.2-0.3 just depends on its weight
Dosing by weight of bird: (Turkeys and chickens)
Between 30-35 mg/kg, two to three times per day depending on severity.
The Tylan injectable can be given orally but it isn’t as effective as when you give it by injection.

-Kathy

 

[Turkeygirl2006]

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