Diclazuril 5% dosing? Math help needed 🙏

[chickdiane10]

Toltrazuril shop sells diclazuril and I'd like to give it a try. But I'm uncertain the dosages.

We have recurring coccidia with amprolium resistance, thinking Albon is not helping either. I am doing fecal floats monthly and treating accordingly. We have high levels unless I do the treatment right before the sample. So they'll do ok 3-5 weeks and then 1 or 2 will start puffing up and float says yep high coccidia again.

There is some great scientific studies on diclazuril so I'd love to use it in a preventative nature as well to treat a sick chicken.

I'd like to figure out single dosing and water dosing in a gallon.

 

[DobieLover]

Putting doses in water means that each bird must drink all the water allotted to that bird to get the correct dose.

Individual dosing is more accurate.

You need to know the weight of each bird.
The constant for bird weight in pounds is:

10 mg/Kg x 0.454 Kg/# / 50 mg/ml = 0.0908 ml/#
So you would get the weight of the bird in pounds and multiply by 0.0908 to get the dose in mls of the 5% diclazuril that you would give once daily on the days called out in your reference book.

 

[chickdiane10]

Putting doses in water means that each bird must drink all the water allotted to that bird to get the correct dose.

Individual dosing is more accurate.

You need to know the weight of each bird.
The constant for bird weight in pounds is:

10 mg/Kg x 0.454 Kg/# / 50 mg/ml = 0.0908 ml/#
So you would get the weight of the bird in pounds and multiply by 0.0908 to get the dose in mls of the 5% diclazuril that you would give once daily on the days called out in your reference book.

Yes and I got to thinking for treatment of them sick individual dosing.
For preventative in water.

Did I do this correctly? I weighed one of my 12 week olds, 2.8lb. Pic attached

I keep second guessing bc some of the studies used miniscule amounts with success. Pic attached

 

[DobieLover]

That is the correct dose for a 2.8# bird.

 

[chickdiane10]

Thanks soooo much!! I was second guessing myself and SUPER cautious to not give to much, or even too little. I appreciate the help tremendously

 

[casportpony]

The formula I use is:

• When weighing in pounds
  • Weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2 (converts to kg), time dose (mg/kg), divide by amount of medication in one ml (mg/ml)
• When weighing in kilograms
  • Weight of bird in kilograms, time dose (mg/kg), divide by amount of medication in one ml (mg/ml)

Your medication is 50 mg/ml
Your reference suggests 10 mg/kg

1 pound
1 / 2.2 x 10 / 50 = ~0.09 ml per pound

1 kilogram
1 x 10 / 50 = 0.2 ml per kilogram

Your bird above is 1.3 kg
1 x 10 / 50 = 0.26 ml

 

[chickdiane10]

The formula I use is:

• When weighing in pounds
  • Weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2 (converts to kg), time dose (mg/kg), divide by amount of medication in one ml (mg/ml)
• When weighing in kilograms
  • Weight of bird in kilograms, time dose (mg/kg), divide by amount of medication in one ml (mg/ml)

Your medication is 50 mg/ml
Your reference suggests 10 mg/kg

1 pound
1 / 2.2 x 10 / 50 = ~0.09 ml per pound

1 kilogram
1 x 10 / 50 = 0.2 ml per kilogram

Your bird above is 1.3 kg
1 x 10 / 50 = 0.26 ml

Thank you!!