Rabbits are not only tasty meat and valuable fur, but also some problems in their cultivation. These animals, being unpretentious in conditions of detention and food, often find themselves defenseless against attacks of various infections. And here they come to the aid of the universal means "Baytril" for the treatment and prevention of the consequences of these infectious attacks. About this drug and will be discussed.
Composition and release form
This antibiotic, focused primarily on the fight against myxomatosis, is multifunctional and has the potential to help the animal's body fight other inflammatory processes provoked by infections. "Baytril" contains the active ingredient enrofloxacin in the following proportions:
- at a dosage of 2.5% - 25 mg;
- 5% - 50 mg;
- 10% - 100 mg.
In addition, the medicine includes several additional components in the form:- potassium hydroxide;
- butanol;
- ethyl alcohol;
- injectable water.
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Regardless of the dosages, the product is always produced in the form of a sterile light yellow transparent solution, poured into 100 milliliter brown containers made of glass, which are packed in cardboard boxes. From the inscriptions on the packaging you can find out not only the name of the manufacturer and the date of manufacture, but also the storage conditions. 
Pharmacological properties
The active ingredient of the drug enrofloxacin, getting into the body of an animal, very quickly spreads through it, providing an antibacterial and antimycoplasma effect on infectious pathogens, represented by:
- Escherichia;
- proteins;
- corynebacteria;
- clostridia;
- pseudomonads;
- salmonella;
- hemophilia;
- pasteurella;
- staphylococcus;
- streptococci;
- campylobacter;
- mycoplasmas;
- bordetella.
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The drug is concentrated in the circulatory system for 40 minutes, then maintaining the therapeutic level throughout the day, after which the kidneys are removed from the body in its original form. 
Streptococcal infection
What diseases can be used
Being a universal-type medicine, Baytril is also used to fight diseases in rabbits caused by infections and to prevent them. The most successful drug fights with:
- myxomatosis;
- colibacteriosis;
- gastric and intestinal diseases;
- diseases of the respiratory organs;
- septicymia;
- salmonellosis;
- disorders of the urinary organs;
- atrophic rhinitis;
- streptococcosis.
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The drug dosage is directly related to the age of the animal.
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Small
Signal to the beginning of the use of "Baytril" are such characteristic symptoms:
- lethargy in the behavior of baby rabbits;
- worsening or complete loss of appetite;
- diarrhea;
- sneezing and coughing rabbits;
- active tearing;
- characteristic eye and nasal discharge;
- high body temperature.
In order to avoid the transition of the disease to a severe form or even death in case of such symptoms, it is necessary to urgently start treatment for the baby rabbits.
However, before this, sick animals should be transplanted from healthy ones into a previously cleaned, washed and disinfected cell.
Important! It should be borne in mind that this method is fraught with serious harm to the microflora in the stomach and intestines of the animal. Therefore, it is recommended to use it only when there is a clear threat of infection of the little rabbits.
The following conditions should be observed when using the product:
- It is necessary that the little rabbit is already one month old from the day of birth.
- Since the drug for treatment is used by injection, you need to have a syringe.
- The injection is done in the back of the thigh.
- With a 5% solution of medication, a single dose for rabbits is from 1 to 2 ml.
- Treatment usually lasts no more than 5 days.
- As a preventive measure, the drug is added to baby rabbits in drinking water, for which 5 ml of 10% of the product is diluted in a bucket of water.
For adults
With symptoms similar to the manifestations of diseased rabbits, adult rabbits also need to immediately begin treatment with the help of Baytril, pre-seeding them into clean and disinfected cells.
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Treatment of adults occurs in almost the same way as rabbits:
- Preparing a medicine and a syringe for injection.
- A shot is given the same way as the rabbit - in the back of the thigh.
- A single dose of five percent for adult rabbits, of course, more and is 5 ml.
- The treatment course is a maximum of five days.
- Preventive mixture of medication with drinking water is similar to the dose for baby rabbits.
Contraindications and side effects
Strict adherence to the dosage and course of treatment, as a rule, allows rabbits to safely carry this therapeutic agent. However, prophylactic additives means in drinking water, as already mentioned, can contribute to the appearance of problems with the activity of the gastrointestinal tract of animals.
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There are also clear contraindications for taking the remedies in cases when:
- females are pregnant or feed rabbits with milk;
- Rabbits were recently born and have not yet reached the minimum age - 1 month;
- rabbits exhibit an individual response to the constituents of the agent;
- the animals are found to have impaired activity of the nervous system;
- rabbits suffer from hepatic and renal pathologies;
- the animals are diagnosed with problems with cartilage tissues.
Also, experts do not advise using "Baytril" in parallel with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the form of:- chloramphenicol;
- theophylline;
- tetracycline;
- macrolides.
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Shelf life and storage conditions
Temperatures between +5 and + 25 ° С are recommended for storage. In this case, the shelf life is 3 years, and at the opening of the bubble - a maximum of 28 days.
Analogs
"Baytril" is not the only medicinal and prophylactic drug for rabbits. On the drug market now there are many of its analogues, for example:
- "Ditrim", representing one of the most popular antibacterial drugs for animals. Its active ingredients, sulfadimezin and trimethoprim, effectively fight pathogenic microorganisms, while having a minimal toxic effect on animals. The advantages of the means include the inability of microorganisms to develop resistance to the active ingredients "Dietrim." Rabbit medicine is given as an aqueous mixture in the ratio of 1 ml of the drug per liter of water orally for 5 days.
- "Tromeksin", consisting of four main ingredients and produced in powder form, helps rabbits to fight with pasteurellosis, enteritis and acute rhinitis. This drug is given to the rabbit inside with drinking water or milk, or added to feed. In this case, 2 g of the drug is diluted in a liter of water and given to the animal on the first day of the onset of symptoms of the disease. Then over the next 2-3 days the dosage is reduced, bringing it to 1 g of the drug per liter of water. Newborn rabbits dose is halved.
- "Amprolium", characterized by the practical absence of toxic properties and the ability to fight against pathogenic microorganisms, primarily bacteria, coccidia. The preparation in the form of powder is added to rabbit drinkers at the rate of 1 g per liter of water. You can also add medicine to the feed in the proportion of 1 g of the product per kilogram of feed.
- Metronidazole, is a multifunctional antimicrobial agent, especially effective in the fight against septicemia, colibacteriosis, salmonellosis and coccidiosis. The product is given to rabbits by injection or orally, diluting it in water in an amount of 0.4-0.5 ml per kilogram of live weight for three days. With injections, the animal is injected with the drug at the rate of 0.1 ml per kilogram of rabbit weight 2 times with an interval of two days.
- Baycox, recommended by experts for keeping in the first-aid kit of each rabbit-keeper for rendering fast and effective help at infectious diseases, especially at coccidiosis. 2.5% diluted in drinking water at the rate of 2 ml per bucket of water. The drug should be in the drinker for 2-3 days.
Even experienced breeders sometimes have a sudden and seemingly inexplicable death of animals. To prevent this from happening, it is time to engage in the prevention of the most dangerous diseases for rabbits. Today there is more than enough means for this, as well as for the treatment of already ill animals.
