I haven't found an inexpensive source as of yet Cathy, but if I do, I will happily share. I'm told that it is cheaper in Canada, and we are fairly close. Myra Savant
>From: "Cathy J. Gish" <[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: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 01:33:05 -0600 > >Do you have a way of obtaining Baytril at a resonable price. I find it very >expensive from my vets. > >Thanks >Cathy > >Myra Savant wrote: > > > 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. > >-- >http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.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. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ========================================================= "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.
