[Jacob-list] Penicillin for sheep

[Zach Oaster]

I had a ewe that was gored by a highland cow horn earlier this year, and
after the vet stitched her up, he also handed me some penicillin and
suggested that I give her a heavy dose daily. I actually asked him twice
more to repeat the suggested dose so I was sure he wasn't making a mistake.
Sure enough, she recovered and it was fine... and she was my smallest, most
primitive-frame ewe.

Good luck!

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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Todd Heins <heinsy72 at q.com> wrote:


> Thanks to all for the feedback.  I'll do as the doctor ordered.  It just

> seemed outrageous to giver her 10 times what is recommended on the label.  I

> didn't want to giver too much and complicate things more.

>

> ~Todd

>

>

> On 9/8/2011 4:17 PM, Todd Heins wrote:

>

>> I had to take a ewe to the vet to get her leg stitched up.  My vet told me

>> to give her 10 ml of Penicillin for 6 days.  I have a bottle of Pen-Aqueous

>> that recommends 1 ml per 100 lbs.  I probably wouldn't have questioned him

>> about the dosage but 1 ml compared to 10 ml is quite a bit of difference.

>>  His response was that the label on the bottles is out of date and from the

>> approval many years ago.

>>

>> Is 10 ml too much to give to a 100 lb Jacob ewe?  I have always heard that

>> the first dose should be a double shot as a booster.  At double, 10 ml is a

>> lot of penicillin for one shot.

>>

>> Has anyone given that much to a Jacob ewe?  Is my vet out of his mind?  If

>> he had recommended 3-4 ml, I might not question it.

>>

>> ~Todd

>> Hadley Creek Jacobs

>> Rochester, MN

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