[Jacob-list] Penicillin for sheep

[Todd Heins]

Thanks to all for the feedback.  I'll do as the doctor ordered.  It just 
seemed outrageous to giver her 10 times what is recommended on the 
label.  I didn't want to giver too much and complicate things more.

~Todd

On 9/8/2011 4:17 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 bottles is out of date and from the approval many years ago.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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