I will use the powdered Tylosin 50 orally as suggested as I suspect it's no longer sterile. I have now purchased a glass bottle of liquid injectable Tylosin 50. Can someone tell me the correct injectable dose per weight of my chicken and how often and for how long this should be administered.
According to all of the veterinary literature, all types of Tylan should be given several times a day, and the doses are much higher than the cattle doses.
If you look at the directions for Tylan powder, it says the chicken dose is 50 mg per pound per day and the turkey dose is 60 mg per pound per day.
There is a vet on a facebook page that says the Tylan 50 dose is 0.2 ml per *pound* every 6-8 hours, and this more or less matches what all of my vet books say.
If *I* were going to use it again, I would go by the powder directions and give 50 mg per pound, per day, and divide that up into as many doses as possible.
If I could not do 3 or 4 times a day I might consider twice a day.
- 4 times a day - 0.25 ml per pound four times a day
- 3 times a day - 0.33 ml per pound three times a day
- 2 times a day - 0.5 ml per pound twice a day.
The minimum I suggest using is the amount the vet on that facebook page recommends, which is 0.2 ml per pound every 6-8 hours.
Since the injectable can cause severe injection site necrosis, which I have seen personally, I would give it orally, or *maybe* subcutaneously, but never in the muscle.
Does that help at all?