How much is 800 mg?

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New to this blog but I'm using oxytetracycline. It instructs me to mix 400-800mg per gal of water. Is that 1/2-1 teaspoon of the powder to 1 gal.? Thanks for any help!
 
MillsHenHouse said:
New to this blog but I'm using oxytetracycline. It instructs me to mix 400-800mg per gal of water. Is that 1/2-1 teaspoon of the powder to 1 gal.? Thanks for any help!
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Welcome to BYC!

What product do you have? Is it this one?


If you have that one, 5-6 teaspoons = ~800 mg

-Kathy
 
Beekissed said:
That one is real tough to dose, as 1 gram equals 1000 milligrams. If each packet contains 10 grams of medicine, 1/10 of a packet would contain 1 gram of medicine. As you need a 400-800 mg dose, you can only deal in approximates with a powdered medicine. I'm afraid the closest you may get is using 1/10 of a packet to a gal. of water to equal 1000 mg. Yes, a little more than recommended but I don't think this will be a problem as you have such a range of effective dosages. You can also use 1/20 of a packet to achieve a more middle of the range dose at 500 mg. Good luck trying to separate 1/20th of a packet! This appears to be packaged for large groups of animals and not for a small flock.

You could also call your local vet and see what they recommend as a safe dosage.
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One pack makes 12.5 gallons at 800 mg, and there are ~20-22 tablespoons per pack if it's oxytetracycline. If it's tetracycline, there are ~18 tablespoons per pack.


I'M On Island Time said:
Ack! I just noticed it said the pack contains 10 g of the actual drug. Duh!
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Dang it... I was totally way underdosing. I new something was wrong.

Thank you!
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ivan3 said:
I think you could mix the 10gm. (12.5 800mg. doses) pack into 12.5 oz. water to make 10, 1.25 oz. 800 mg doses. So, ~2.25 tablespoons per gallon?
Double the amount of water for 400mg/gal.
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800 mg of the oxytetracycline powder is ~5-6 teaspoons per gallon
800 mg of the tetracycline powder is ~1.5 tablespoons per gallon.

Why the difference? It's because the tetracycline powder is denser than the oxytetracycline, so one teaspoon of tetracycline weighs more than one teaspoon of oxytetracycline.

-Kathy
 
One teaspoon of most medications will weigh 2.7 to 3.3 grams. This one is Corid.



-Kathy
 
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silkiechicken said:
You need to figure out the concentration of the drug you are trying to administer. No drugs come in pure form and all have some sort of filler.


If you could post verbatim the instructions on the package, maybe we can help. The volume of different drugs is different because they can have different densities.



Generally, your drug packet will have x amount in a total weight of y amount. Thus to make a working solution, you make a stock and dilute from there.


What are you trying to treat? By those numbers my guess is a type of terramycin? Make sure you are treating something bacterial in nature and that there is a risk else you may render the drug ineffective when you need it.
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@silkiechicken, did you know that both Tylan and Sulmet powder both say they are pure?

-Kathy
 

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