 | | There are really only 3 treatment options for this disease although the federal government | | | only recognizes one (feed treatment with chlortetracycline). The first way is with doxycycline injections directly into the breast muscle every several days for 45 days. This is not preferred since the injections will cause a small necrosis, or dead spot, in the breast muscle each time. The second option, although not recognized by the government, is by placing drops directly in to the mouth of EACH BIRD EVERY DAY FOR 45 DAYS. This will work but is labor intensive for a large loft and can cause a lot of stress. The one thing you NEVER want to do is to mix doxycycline or any antibiotic into the drinking water bowl. The dosage will not be enough for a cure and will only suppress the symptoms for a few weeks. This also will increase the chance of antibiotic resistance and make it harder to treat the next time. Also NEVER treat for less than 45 days for the same reasons. The best way is treatment with chlortetracycline antibiotic pellets as the only source of feed for all birds on the property for 45 days. Treatment in the drinking water works for most other bacterial disease, so if you have treated for this disease in the past and it worked, then you birds had some other disease that you only believed was this one.
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