Pneumonia

[bazza3034]

Which is best drug to fight pneumonia

 

[ridger]

Draxxin or resflor or nuflor and flunixon. Is it cattle

 

[bazza3034]

Yeah calf about 4 months old

 

[ridger]

Draxxin then and shot of levacide

 

[bazza3034]

Levacide the yellow drug for worms

 

[tr250]

Which is best drug to fight pneumonia

We have been using florkam and clinixin and it's been working well we have used a bit of draxin too

 

[ridger]

Levacide the yellow drug for worms

Yes, seems to calm the coughing! Our vet swears by it. Just get a syringe full if Draxxin as it's £££

 

[ridger]

Yes, seems to calm the coughing! Our vet swears by it. Just get a syringe full if Draxxin as it's £££

My last container of levacide was clear in colour, thought I'd lifted the wrong one!

 

[bazza3034]

Iv 10 ml of reflor in it around 2 pm but it's still blowing pretty bad il not get draxin at this time of night

 

[gone up the hill]

Iv 10 ml of reflor in it around 2 pm but it's still blowing pretty bad il not get draxin at this time of night

You need draxxin and Metacam, given that's its a calve I would call the vet up right now and either make arrangements to go to their house to pick up the drugs or get them to come out, if you leave it overnight it might well be too late!

 

[ridger]

Iv 10 ml of reflor in it around 2 pm but it's still blowing pretty bad il not get draxin at this time of night

Try a bit more and the levacide, why does everything happen at Christmas!? Had one a month ago, tried almost everything on it then stuck 20 ml engimycin and metacam into it and told it that it could live now or die, the choice was it's own, and it has picked up well.

 

[Princess Pooper]

yeah don't forget the metacam, get its temp down and make it feel better so not so likely to go off its grub.

 

[bovine]

Iv 10 ml of reflor in it around 2 pm but it's still blowing pretty bad il not get draxin at this time of night

Resflor is a good choice. The dose rate is 1ml per 7.5kg - so your 4 month old calf only weighs 75kg? I'd guess (if well grown) it could weigh more than twice that. I think the issue is more likely under-dosing rather than product choice.

Resflor is antibiotic and anti-inflammatory.

 

[shepherdess]

find zuprevo works well on ours when we get one, along with a metacam

 

[rc mx110]

Florkem and metacam, and a good shot of both

 

[juke]

We have used hexasol for years n always seems to do the trick with calves, we have been led to belive zactran is the best drug to treat pneumonia but at 200 quid a bottle it's kinda priced its self out.

 

[bovine]

We have used hexasol for years n always seems to do the trick with calves, we have been led to belive zactran is the best drug to treat pneumonia but at 200 quid a bottle it's kinda priced its self out.

Depends how you look at it. Hexasol is 1ml/10kg, Zactran 1ml/25kg - a 100ml bottle treats 2.5X the weight of animals.

Hexasol lasts ~5 days, Zactran ~10 days. So thats double the cover - X2

If 1ml Zactran costs 5X as much as 1ml Hexasol then they are equivalent in value.

Not to mention saving one animal with the more expensive product compared to the cheaper one.

Not to mention the advantage of sub cut low volume versus a large intramuscular injection that will leave scarring and tough muscle forever.

The longer acting Draxxin/Zactran/Zuprevo actually work out very cost effective. We quite commonly see relapses after shorter acting products.

 

[juke]

Not denying that zactran is better, but does it not have a short shelf life, it's expensive when end up having to chuck 3/4 of a bottle away.. I've tried asking the vet for odd shot but they don't keep it in stock special order by the bottle.

 

[bovine]

We have open bottles so not an issue.

They do a 50ml bottle. Once opened you are supposed to use it up in 28 days......

 

[juke]

100 pound a bottle for 50 ml ?