Alan":2aggtw02 said:
Nicklausjames":2aggtw02 said:
I have a steer w pinkeye. I'm ready to treat w la200. Does it normally take more than one treatment? If, when do you give 2nd. I was thinking of giving two no matter what bc la200 says it's only good for 28 days after punctured anyways. If I give 2 when should 2nd be?
I just treated my first case of pink eye in a few years with la200. I gave the second dose three days after the first. I also dosed heavy, meaning if the calculated dose was 10 cc's I dosed 12.
I missed this part in the past, but for pink eye la 200 is a IM shot, not sub Q, just saying because I had made that mistake in the past, two doses worked great. I have never worried about punctured bottles, I go by experation date, but may be another mistake by me.
From the label
DOSAGE:
Cattle: Liquamycin LA-200 is to be administered by subcutaneous (SC, under the skin) or intravenous injection according to Beef Quality Assurance Guidelines.
A single dosage of 9 mg of Liquamycin LA-200 per lb of body weight administered subcutaneously is recommended in the treatment of the following conditions: 1) bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella spp. (shipping fever) in calves and yearlings, where retreatment is impractical due to husbandry conditions, such as cattle on range, or where their repeated restraint is inadvisable; 2) infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye) caused by Moraxella bovis.