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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1746375" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>And did this vet determine it was viral? And then gave <em>antibiotics?</em> You need a better vet.</p><p></p><p>Antibiotics kill bacteria. They don't touch viruses. In fact, since antibiotics kill ALL bacteria, they kill the good stuff, too, so the animal has less immune system defense against the virus. I can't believe a vet wouldn't know this. A vaccine for the particular virus involved will help the animal's own immune system to fight it off, but giving an antibiotic for a virus is worse than doing nothing. I don't understand what your vet was thinking. Maybe there was something else going on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1746375, member: 8202"] And did this vet determine it was viral? And then gave [I]antibiotics?[/I] You need a better vet. Antibiotics kill bacteria. They don't touch viruses. In fact, since antibiotics kill ALL bacteria, they kill the good stuff, too, so the animal has less immune system defense against the virus. I can't believe a vet wouldn't know this. A vaccine for the particular virus involved will help the animal's own immune system to fight it off, but giving an antibiotic for a virus is worse than doing nothing. I don't understand what your vet was thinking. Maybe there was something else going on? [/QUOTE]
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