Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)

TREATMENT

• Highly digestible, restricted in fat
• Antigen-restricted diets recommended if concurrent dietary intolerance/allergy is suspected.
• Broad-spectrum, orally administered antibiotics effective against both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria are preferred.
• Tetracycline (20 mg/kg PO q12h)—good initial choice;
• Tylosin (40–80 mg/kg/day PO divided q12h)
•  Amoxicillin (20 mg/kg PO q12h) or amoxcillin with clavulanate        (22 mg/kg PO q12h)—
• Metronidazole (10–15 mg/kg PO q12h)
• Drugs that do not kill anaerobic bacteria (e.g., neomycin) may be less effective.