Erythromycin

[jacksonkathleen]

Is it okay to give my chicken erythromycin for an eye infection? If so, how much? Her eye is swollen and has a bit of pus.

 

[Eggcessive]

Erythromycin has been used in the past for treatment of MG in chickens. Gallimycin was the name of once used before they took antibiotics out of feed stores. I will try to look up dosage. It may work, but I would use Tylosin powder in the water. There are others used, such as oxytetracycline, doxycycline, and enrofloxacin.

Can you post a picture of the eye? Does she have other symptoms? I would work on pressing any pus from around the eye, flush the eye with saline or eye wash twice a day, and follow that with either Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin into the eye.

 

[Eggcessive]

I found some info that says dosage of Emycin is 20 mg per kg or about 10 mg per pound of weight. I would give that twice a day for 5 days.