HELP! Eye infection after treatment for pasteurella

What was the dosage that you had zithromax at for 30 days, mentioned above? I noticed that you did give her 40mg/kg but that led to GI issues-what dose ended up being ok to give her?

I would tend to think that since the infection initially responded to zithromax, a longer course or greater dose might finish it off completely. However, 30 days is a pretty long time and if you can't increase the dose w/o having GI issues, that may not be the best. If the dose you were giving was a lot less than the recommended 40mg/kg, you might be able to increase it without having GI problems, and that might take care of it for good. If you were already giving something like 30mg/kg, going on it longer-term may not improve things...

Hi, we gave her 30mg/kg... we were never quite able to get her drink all of it. Effectively, maybe only three-quarters of the dose.

Oh, and another question. From your POV, how long should a 'normal' long-term regimen last?

I would say a normal long-term regimen would be one month, with 6 months being a bit excessive. I know angieluv had her Beau (RIP) on long-term maintenance therapy with bicillin (a combination penicillin injectible), that was a constant thing, with no end in sight, just to keep his tooth root abscesses under control. If it took more than 6 months to treat, then I would worry, but you are at the lower end of the dose so longer may be better. One other drug you might look into is chloramphenicol. It's also an antibiotic that has to be handled carefully by people but has some good success in URIs and is available in many areas of the world.

We have looked into chloremphenicol. It seems no vet wants to touch it here, and it's hard for us to get it without prescription. If her sneezing acts up again, we will I give a proper 30mg/kg zithromax another try. Many thanks for your help. All of you! This forum rocks!

Cheers,
Al

I see. sounds good!