Principles of antibiotic therapy through drinking water
One of the most common methods of poultry treatment is the administration of antibiotics through drinking water. This treatment method is very effective and efficient when used correctly. In order to avoid taking more or less medicine, important and different things should be taken into consideration.
A simple and general definition of antibiotic treatment is any type of treatment that stops the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria and mycoplasmas or destroys microorganisms by using an antibiotic such as oxytetracycline or neomycin. Poultry breeders and veterinary clinicians around the world use antibiotic therapy to prevent or treat infectious diseases caused by bacteria, mycoplasmas, and some parasites. For antibiotic treatment, the use of drinking water is superior to other methods and it is considered as the most common method of administering antibiotics in commercial poultry flocks.
In order for antibiotics to be effective, birds must receive the correct and sufficient amount of the drug. Prescribing antibiotics less than the required amount does not have the necessary effectiveness and the treatment fails, while using a higher dose of antibiotics on the one hand increases the cost of treatment and on the other hand can cause poisoning. Manufacturers of antibiotic drugs for poultry usually determine the dosage of the drug based on the amount of therapeutic dose (unit) in the volume of water consumed in grams or milliliters per liter of water consumed.
The best and most accurate method of determining the dose of antibiotic drugs is calculated and determined based on milligrams of antibiotics per kilogram of body weight. For this purpose, three important and different factors should be considered, which are:
1- Dose of antibiotics consumed per kilogram of live body weight
2- The amount of water consumed daily for the herd under treatment
3- Amount of antibiotic prescribed for treatment
Antibiotic dose calculation method
Calculation of the daily dose should be done according to the formula
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