To begin with, there are antibiotics that are once a day doses taken for five days with a loading dose on day one. Zithromax comes to mind. I don't know of, and have never administered an antibiotic that routinely required dosing for 14 days. Some of the injectables require only three injections. Additionally, there is a big difference between curing and rendering non-contagious. Generally, an antibiotic is considered to have rendered the patient to be non-contagious after 48-72 hours. When the stud dog owner requires it, the goal is only to render the bitch to be non-contagious to protect the stud dog from harmful organisms that might be living in the vaginal canal. Since Baytril is the drug of choice for sexually transmitted diseases, it would be a natural choice for the stud dog owner. The goal here is not to cure a bitch of a disease. If she is known to have a disease, most of us wouldn't be letting our boys breed to her anyhow. The goal is to render the bitch to be non-contagious for non-specific organisms that she might be harboring. Myra Savant
>From: Claudia Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Responses to stud dog survey >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:19:18 -0500 (EST) > >In a message dated 12/19/01 5:12:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > How long should they be off the Baytril before breeding. Is it safe for >a > > bitch > > or dog to be on Baytril while in season and during conception? > > > > > >hi cathy, >many, many, years ago i bought a stud dog (not a cav) and he had >mycoplasma. >i took him to melissa goodman who is a repro specialist that worked for >icg. >her course of action was baytril in double dose for 3 weeks, it was a long >time ago so i dont recall offhand excactly how long the wait was but i >believe it was something like another 3-4 weeks to reculture him and test >the >sperm, then not breed him for another month. i dont see any reason to keep >them on antibiotics for no reason (dog or bitch) but i know of old time >collie breeders who like to keep the bitch on amoxi from the time she comes >in season until after whelping. it really does not do any good but it >doesnt >do any harm either. >the other thing is that 5 days on an anitbiotic does absolutely nothing >even >if they are harboring something that is sensitive to that antibiotic. just >like with people, you have to take it for 10-14 days for it to be >effective. > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
