yellow diarrhea and lethargy?

[chooks4life]

He is a bit better and started eating and drinking on his own. Two days back my father gave him metronidazole, perhaps that worked.
But he only likes to eat grains and doesnt eating any othet stuff. I am not force feeding him. Hope he recovers soon.
Thanks and will keep u posted.

Good to hear, hope he recovers. Sounds like your father got there in the nick of time. I give them the milk-honey treatment at that time, but waiting any longer is often fatal.

There isn't any one way to treat any given disease. Chemicals and artificial drugs etc are generally easier for most people to access compared to the things I prefer to use, though. The only 'proper' treatment is the one that works, and plenty of people don't find great success using the mainstream treatments for BH. There is no single treatment that works for 100% of cases, though the one I mentioned works for close to that percentage.

If one thing doesn't work, try another.

Use what you can get your hands on, at the end of the day, and good luck with it.

Best wishes.

 

[Michael Apple]

The only 'proper' treatment is the one that works, and plenty of people don't find great success using the mainstream treatments for BH. There is no single treatment that works for 100% of cases, though the one I mentioned works for close to that percentage.

Do you have any university/poultry science studies to support that statement? I have for mine: http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pharmacology/antibacterial_agents/nitroimidazoles.html

Here's more: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401704000998

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou...iasis_in_poultry.html?qt=histomoniasis&alt=sh

"Historically, nitroimidazoles such as ronidazole, ipronidazole, and dimetridazole were used for prevention and treatment and were highly effective. Some of these products can be used by veterinary prescription in non-food-producing birds. Frequent worming of chickens with benzimidazole anthelmintics helps reduce exposure to heterakid worms that carry the infection."

Withdrawal periods of 14 days are often followed much the same as benzamidazole wormers.

If one thing doesn't work, try another.

Use what you can get your hands on, at the end of the day, and good luck with it.

One uses the required treatment based upon symptoms of disease when veterinary services are unavailable, but based upon veterinary information. Improper treatment results in a dead bird.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That is how I treat blackhead if it's in the early stages. If it's more advanced I add Baytril, and of course they get de-wormed. Have not lost any of mine since I figured this out. There was one came to me who had already ruptured his cecal pouch, so there was no saving him.

Why do you ask?

-Kathy

 

[chooks4life]

Originally Posted by chooks4life The only 'proper' treatment is the one that works, and plenty of people don't find great success using the mainstream treatments for BH. There is no single treatment that works for 100% of cases, though the one I mentioned works for close to that percentage.

Do you have any university/poultry science studies to support that statement?

As I said, the only 'proper' treatment is the one that works, and there's generally no single treatment that works for 100% of cases. Are you disagreeing with that?

About my treatment, if you can't figure out the answer to your own question, it's not worth my time.

The rest of your post about chemicals etc appears random and unconnected to the subtopic under discussion so I won't bother addressing it.

That is how I treat blackhead if it's in the early stages. If it's more advanced I add Baytril, and of course they get de-wormed. Have not lost any of mine since I figured this out. There was one came to me who had already ruptured his cecal pouch, so there was no saving him.

Why do you ask?

-Kathy

Just curious, because you mentioned some time back that you'd been struggling unsuccessfully for years with BH. Good for you if you've found what works.

Best wishes to all.