Best pnemonia meds?

[Crowation]

We raise mainly calves & normally don't keep them long as theres a good market for them & their sold at an average of 3 months to 5 months old.
Our normal routine for pnumonia has been :
if its moderate & not very bad ..la 200
if its anything more..penicillan..

I don't wanna get into buying perscription drugs, I know alot would disagree but here We don't fool with vets unless its just a multy case. ( meaning 3 or more with the same symptoms & it has to be bad)
We doctor our own & learning better ways of doing it & better meds to use. We generally loose 2 a year on average .. cept last year we got a bad string of pnumonia & after $800 to the vet & loosing 17 calves made my mind set on doing it all on my own.
I thank you for your time & trouble

 

[Herefordcross]

Nuflor
Micotil
Banamine for inflamation works for us.
These are prescriptions and theres no way around it, that I know of there are a lot of cattle getting "immune" to LA200 around here and other places. I know for a fact that theres a guy in WY that runs about 5000 head and he told me that he my as well give 'em a shot of water compared to LA200.

 

[Crowderfarms]

Baytril. Seen it work miracles, when Nuflor wouldn't.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

using LA200 to treat pneumonia is like taking a knife to a gun fight..

 

[mystery74]

baytril is ok if you catch it really early I really like nuflor so far I have found it works the best,I never have used la200 sorry cant say anything about it

 

[msscamp]

Baytril. Seen it work miracles, when Nuflor wouldn't.

We've traded in the Nuflor for Baytril for that very reason.

 

[Ned Jr.]

I've been using A-180 some and realy like it. Lower dosage and just one shot. Calves get better fast.

 

[TheBullLady]

Neither LA200 or penicillin would be even close to the top of my list for pnuemonia treatments. You're going to have to bite the bullet and talk to a vet if you want to be effective in treating it.

Baytril, Nuflor, Mycotil are my three of choice. We always have them on hand.

 

[holly heifer]

:lol: Ditto to bullladys entry! ;-)