[Jacob-list] Penicillin for sheep

[Linda]

Pretty much you should go with what your vet tells you in all cases. 
He/she is the person that spent 8 years training.
Linda

On 9/8/2011 7:18 PM, Zach Oaster wrote:

> I had a ewe that was gored by a highland cow horn earlier this year, 

> and after the vet stitched her up, he also handed me some penicillin 

> and suggested that I give her a heavy dose daily. I actually asked him 

> twice more to repeat the suggested dose so I was sure he wasn't making 

> a mistake. Sure enough, she recovered and it was fine... and she was 

> my smallest, most primitive-frame ewe.

>

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> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Todd Heins <heinsy72 at q.com 

> <mailto:heinsy72 at q.com>> wrote:

>

>     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         response was that the label on the bottles is out of date and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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