chicken book

Re: chicken book

Ian Mostyn — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:42:59 GMT

For laying birds, only Tylan and Flubenvet are licensed for zero withdrawal period although you can use Baytril 10% in birds not yet at point-of-lay. If you use Baytril after or close to point-of-lay you should observe a 7 day withdrawal period. We stock Tylan and I have only used Baytril once in the last 12 months.

The Manual of Farm Pets is good as are Victoria Roberts books.

Re: chicken book

Alan Tevendale — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:10:12 GMT

I've always liked Tylan for poultry. We've seen large numbers of poultry (both commercial and pets) for years. I tend to avoid Baytril due to it's cost but now that I think about it I don't seem to remember it being as effective as you might think - good point Michael.

Re: chicken book

Michael Woodhouse — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:33:26 GMT

[quote user="nikki"]if baytril doesn't work then we order in tylan and make the client buy the whole bottle.[/quote]

How useful have you found Baytril in poultry? Not sure I've ever managed to cure anything with it. The Tylan Soluble is good value and specifically licensed for chickens which Baytril Isn't. I have the luxury of the injectable for 24 hours whilst we order a pot of the soluble in. You can medicate the group and keep eating the eggs with the Tylan Soluble making it even better value (have you seen how much eggs cost these days? Glad we have chickens in the garden!).

Re: chicken book

nikki — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:04:58 GMT

Victoria Roberts book on chickens is pretty good. def my main chicken resource text! mainly end up using baytril as dont stock tylan. if baytril doesn't work then we order in tylan and make the client buy the whole bottle.

Re: chicken book

Michael Woodhouse — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:10:55 GMT

That's the one! Just me being lazy not linking. BTW ignore the warning on the Tylan data sheet not to use in birds.

Re: chicken book

Heather Toft — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:55:37 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

There's a BVA poster that's free to members that covers most things.

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http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/resources/posters/BVA_AWF_poultry_poster_Oct_2010.pdf

Re: chicken book

Heather Toft — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:46:58 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

Not found Baytril much use but Tylan seems to be my antibiotic of choice either injected or via drinking water - got that info from the poster!

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Which is great if you work in a mixed practice - But I doubt many small animal surgeries have a stock of Tylan injection or powder. I'm not sure what I would do with chickens if they took away my Tylan and Panomec .

Re: chicken book

Heather Toft — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:39:26 GMT

[quote user="Virginia Campbell"]

[quote user="Mark Hedberg"]any lecture by Victoria Roberts[/quote]

Seconded. I attended her regional BSAVA lecture in Belfast recently and it was excellent.

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Thirded! I went to the BSAVA lectures, very useful. She was plugging her book 'Diseases of Free Range Poultry', but I have no idea what it's like.

We have the BSAVA farm pets manual, which is great as a quick reference, though maybe not in depth enough if you do lots of chicken work. (I try not to!)

Re: chicken book

Virginia Campbell — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:10:49 GMT

[quote user="Mark Hedberg"]any lecture by Victoria Roberts[/quote]

Seconded. I attended her regional BSAVA lecture in Belfast recently and it was excellent.

Re: chicken book

Michael Woodhouse — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:56:11 GMT

There's a BVA poster that's free to members that covers most things.

Not found Baytril much use but Tylan seems to be my antibiotic of choice either injected or via drinking water - got that info from the poster!

Re: chicken book

Claire Edgington — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:53:14 GMT

www.chickenvet.co.uk is very useful!

Re: chicken book

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:58:02 GMT

BSAVA Manual of Farm Pets is very good, give that a look. Good section on frequent chicken diseases and husbandry. Also, any lecture by Victoria Roberts. Did you attend BSAVA congress this year? The lectures of congress are available on mp3, and she did a talk on chicken diseases there.