Alamycin la, alternatives?

[Greythundercloudys]

Had a ewes go down with phenomenon yesterday morning, after l feed them she stood back and was kinda lifting in her breathing opened a new bottle gave there a good jag and this morning lying dead,? What should l try

 

[aangus]

Hexasol

 

[neilo]

@Greythundercloudys can I suggest you edit your OP. I’m sure your neighbour doesn’t really source any antibiotics that may be ‘hard to get’, from Ireland. That would most likely be illegal, and not something that he would want posted on a public forum!

He was just joking about it I expect.

As to treating the ewe, if you don’t know what you are treating, or what you should be treating it with, I would suggest you consult your vet. Or at the very least, give us a decent description to work from!

 

[Nithsdale]

Presume you mean pneumonia?...

Alamycin won't pee on it. Use a Penicillin based product - the stronger the better.



He is just trying to be a big man. He gave you some drug but didn't tell you what it was "ah, it's hard to get".
Your neighbor is a cockwomble

 

[Tarw Coch]

Hexasol

Can you still get that?
I was under the impression it was no longer available but I might have got the wrong end of the stick as there seem to be supply issues with a lot of drugs over recent months, indeed , alamycin la as mentioned in the start of this thread had been unavailable at our vets until recently

 

[aangus]

Can you still get that?
I was under the impression it was no longer available but I might have got the wrong end of the stick as there seem to be supply issues with a lot of drugs over recent months, indeed , alamycin la as mentioned in the start of this thread had been unavailable at our vets until recently

It's a while since I bought some so you could be right. Always found it to be a very useful drug to have in the locked medicine cupboard.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Trisoprim. Having said that, if it died that quickly, it was probably going to die anyway. And being a sheep, isnt that what the feckers do best?

 

[sheepwise]

Had a ewes go down with phenomenon yesterday morning, after l feed them she stood back and was kinda lifting in her breathing opened a new bottle gave there a good jag and this morning lying dead,? What should l try

If it's already dead no point in trying anything else! Sorry couldn't resist, but would think vet, if called out, would use Micotil (maybe your neighbour is an Irish vet) but generally when sheep are that far gone they just die anyway.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

It wasn't that far gone, but jag made no difference, defo pneumonia,, alamycin saves very few.

 

[johnspeehs]

Can you still get that?
I was under the impression it was no longer available but I might have got the wrong end of the stick as there seem to be supply issues with a lot of drugs over recent months, indeed , alamycin la as mentioned in the start of this thread had been unavailable at our vets until recently

No bother getting it here, had 4 bottles from the vets today but drugs in general are in tight supply, they had no betamox or alamycin LA

 

[neilo]

It wasn't that far gone, but jag made no difference, defo pneumonia,, alamycin saves very few.

If it's pneumonia then I use Tylan or Draxxin (as close as we can get to Micotil these days), along with a shot of Metacam. The anti-inflammatory is important imo, alongside the antibiotic, as it reduces inflammation and allows the ai to actually get to the infection.

Nuflor, and I think Hexasol (?), contain an anti-inflammatory already, for that very reason.

 

[johnspeehs]

It wasn't that far gone, but jag made no difference, defo pneumonia,, alamycin saves very few.

If she had bad pneumonia alamycin is a waste of time, you need an anti-inflammatory to ease the pressure on the lungs.

 

[Tarw Coch]

If it's pneumonia then I use Tylan or Draxxin (as close as we can get to Micotil these days), along with a shot of Metacam. The anti-inflammatory is important imo, alongside the antibiotic, as it reduces inflammation and allows the ai to actually get to the infection.

Nuflor, and I think Hexasol (?), contain an anti-inflammatory already, for that very reason.

Think it’s resflor not nuflor that has an anti inflammatory

 

[johnspeehs]

If it's pneumonia then I use Tylan or Draxxin (as close as we can get to Micotil these days), along with a shot of Metacam. The anti-inflammatory is important imo, alongside the antibiotic, as it reduces inflammation and allows the ai to actually get to the infection.

Nuflor, and I think Hexasol (?), contain an anti-inflammatory already, for that very reason.

Hexasol is basically alamycin with an anti-inflammatory as far as I know.

 

[neilo]

Think it’s resflor not nuflor that has an anti inflammatory

I stand corrected. I've never used either personally, but was usually the recc pneumonia treatment for cattle.

 

[Claasact]

Slightly off topic but what do people use now for lame sheep when alamycin la withdrawal gone from I think 9 days to 25?

 

[aangus]

I'm still using alamycin la

 

[johnspeehs]

Slightly off topic but what do people use now for lame sheep when alamycin la withdrawal gone from I think 9 days to 25?

Have you had a bottle with the new withdrawal time on the leaflet?

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Alamycin la is OK for feet. Not much else.

 

[Claasact]

Have you had a bottle with the new withdrawal time on the leaflet?

Yeah just checked 24 days for meat