Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

RE: Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

TasosX — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:38:59 GMT

In rabbits the recommended dosage is 5 mg/kg twice daily for baytril. there have been studies showing that rabbits are more resistant to changes to synovial joints than dogs yet it does happen.

I also give ciprofloxacin to bunnies, yet my protocol when baytril does not work for a week would be azithromycin for 10 days plus nebulization with bisolvon and genta, which seems to work well. In theory the go-to ab when u begin tx should be depocillin inj, yet it has been showed that pasteurella nowadays is quite resistant to penicillin, plus with resp infections in bunnies u want aggressive tx from the very start as the longer the infection gets established the more diff it gets to go symptomless - as again u never really eradicate the infection-.

https://experts.umich.edu/en/publications/quinolone-arthropathy-in-immature-rabbits-treated-with-the-fluoro

https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.aavpt.org/resource/resmgr/imported/fluoroquinolones.pdf

RE: Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

Charlotte Marshall — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:01:01 GMT

I also do not know when rabbits reach skeletal maturity but Marbocyl is licensed in cats from 16 weeks old and they are not fully grown at that stage.

I have used azithromycin orally for respiratory disease in rabbits if we are talking alternatives.

RE: Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:42:07 GMT

Depending on C&S results consider alternatives. I have treated a chronic URT disease in rabbits with daily client administered injections of penicillin - it is no different than someone treating a diabetic animal and dirt cheap.

RE: Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

Kathryn Burton — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:18:47 GMT

Based on C&S, and Baytril already been tried - but would still have same question mark over cartilage damage as likely to need a long course

RE: Fluoroquinolones in rabbit

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:04:08 GMT

Why not the licensed Baytril?