[Jacob-list] Penicillin for sheep

[Robin Lynde]

My vet alway uses the dosage that yours recommended. A small lamb gets 1 ml and an adult ewe gets 10+ mls.
Robin Lynde
On Sep 8, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Todd Heins wrote:


> I had to take a ewe to the vet to get her leg stitched up.  My vet told me to give her 10 ml of Penicillin for 6 days.  I have a bottle of Pen-Aqueous that recommends 1 ml per 100 lbs.  I probably wouldn't have questioned him about the dosage but 1 ml compared to 10 ml is quite a bit of difference.  His response was that the label on the bottles is out of date and from the approval many years ago.

> 

> Is 10 ml too much to give to a 100 lb Jacob ewe?  I have always heard that the first dose should be a double shot as a booster.  At double, 10 ml is a lot of penicillin for one shot.

> 

> Has anyone given that much to a Jacob ewe?  Is my vet out of his mind?  If he had recommended 3-4 ml, I might not question it.

> 

> ~Todd

> Hadley Creek Jacobs

> Rochester, MN

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Robin Lynde
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