Antibiotics

[bull1200]

Can you experts rank these (1) being best in terms of efficiency?

Draxxin

Micotil

Baytril

Nuflor + Banamine

Excede

Zactran

Thanks much.

 

[cleland]

Personally I like to use micotil for mass treats.

For pulls we use micotil 1st, baytrill 2nd, Draxxin 3rd.

Not an excede fan, never tried zactran, Nuflor is too big of a dose and dont like the syringability

 

[3waycross]

Personally I like to use micotil for mass treats.

For pulls we use micotil 1st, baytrill 2nd, Draxxin 3rd.

Not an excede fan, never tried zactran, Nuflor is too big of a dose and dont like the syringability

No kiddin. You should try dosing a 1800lb cow with it 3 times in 6 days.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

A miss lick with the micotil and nuflor will look a lot better, but not for long.

 

[piedmontese]

well i'm no expert but i can giv u my opinion from my experiences.used resflor quite a bit and it was ok.switched to draxxin and love it.way better than nuflor and cheaper when u price it per dose,not to mention the re-treats u hav with nuflor.havent used any of the others since i switched to draxxin.i do know that micotil can be deadly 2 humans if u accidentally poke yourself and that can happen easier than u think.

 

[TexasBred]

well i'm no expert but i can giv u my opinion from my experiences.used resflor quite a bit and it was ok.switched to draxxin and love it.way better than nuflor and cheaper when u price it per dose,not to mention the re-treats u hav with nuflor.havent used any of the others since i switched to draxxin.i do know that micotil can be deadly 2 humans if u accidentally poke yourself and that can happen easier than u think.

Do that many people really inject themselves with meds every year?? Amazing :???:

 

[brandonm_13]

It depends on what I'm giving it for. For navel ill (joint ill), I've had better luck with Nuflor than Draxxin. Nuflor is thicker, but I know I've given it with an 18 gauge needle. I don't know if I've tried a 20 gauge with it, but I have on a lot of medicines that were supposed to be too thick for it.


BTW, I've never injected myself, but once stabbed my finger with a 20 gauge needle.

 

[piedmontese]

well i'm no expert but i can giv u my opinion from my experiences.used resflor quite a bit and it was ok.switched to draxxin and love it.way better than nuflor and cheaper when u price it per dose,not to mention the re-treats u hav with nuflor.havent used any of the others since i switched to draxxin.i do know that micotil can be deadly 2 humans if u accidentally poke yourself and that can happen easier than u think.

Do that many people really inject themselves with meds every year?? Amazing :???:

so r u telling me that n all your yrs handling cattle that u have never poked yourself? i thought the guy might be new and that a warning would be a good idea.

 

[TexasBred]

well i'm no expert but i can giv u my opinion from my experiences.used resflor quite a bit and it was ok.switched to draxxin and love it.way better than nuflor and cheaper when u price it per dose,not to mention the re-treats u hav with nuflor.havent used any of the others since i switched to draxxin.i do know that micotil can be deadly 2 humans if u accidentally poke yourself and that can happen easier than u think.

Do that many people really inject themselves with meds every year?? Amazing :???:

so r u telling me that n all your yrs handling cattle that u have never poked yourself? i thought the guy might be new and that a warning would be a good idea.

Pied it has been a lot of years and multiple thousands of shots but danged if I can remember ever sticking myself with a needle, let alone injecting myself.

 

[Howdyjabo]

I stuck myself once in 25 yrs- not with Micotil thankfully.
Still swelled up terrible and I had to squeeze out a pus pocket before it went away.
Just what was on the needle was enough to give problems, I didn't inject any that I know of.
I don't have a squeeze chute(just a head gate) so I won't use Micotil. It only takes once.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

If you do make a miss lick TB, make sure it ain't with micotil. Be no more cold beers for you.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Do that many people really inject themselves with meds every year?? Amazing :???:

No, but I did drive an implant needle all the way through my thumb. Took a while to get the bleeding stopped, and now my privates are effected. :shock:

 

[TexasBred]

If you do make a miss lick TB, make sure it ain't with micotil. Be no more cold beers for you.

I hear you Bull...guess I've been lucky or just careful. Have used it a lot and know the dangers but heck I'm also allergy to penicillin....almost same results. Never worked with too many nervous, jumpy cattle tho so I'm sure that has helped.

 

[highgrit]

Well it can happen fast. Damm brangus missed the auto catch and tried to jump out the squeeze chute, and I took 10cc of covexin 8 with tetanus in the knuckle of my hand. I won't be using any Micotil any time soon. :dunce:

 

[shaz]

Used Nuflor for receiving holstein steers and you guys are right about the syringe. Had numerous retreats with it.
Never used Draxxin but a backgrounder south of here swears by it.

 

[piedmontese]

Used Nuflor for receiving holstein steers and you guys are right about the syringe. Had numerous retreats with it.
Never used Draxxin but a backgrounder south of here swears by it.

i lost a few sick calves when using nuflor and i wonder how many i would have saved if i had switched to draxxin sooner.dont think i hav ever had a retreat with draxxin.

 

[TexasBred]

Used Nuflor for receiving holstein steers and you guys are right about the syringe. Had numerous retreats with it.
Never used Draxxin but a backgrounder south of here swears by it.

i lost a few sick calves when using nuflor and i wonder how many i would have saved if i had switched to draxxin sooner.dont think i hav ever had a retreat with draxxin.

Darn good stuff ain't it. ;-)