The maintenance of poultry in personal subsidiary farms and on an industrial scale involves the implementation of preventive and therapeutic measures in relation to infectious and non-infectious diseases of birds .
One of the most common dangers that await chicks from birth is infection with coccidia parasites. preparation Baycox will help to cope with the problem .
Description of the medicinal product
Veterinary preparation Baykoks, an odorless and colorless liquid, is available in a plastic bottle of 100 ml or 1 liter.
The main active ingredient is toltrazuril. which is in solution with a concentration of 2.5% (for poultry) or 5%. (for pigs, calves, rabbits). Used only orally.
Baycox can be used against bacterial and parasitic infections for disease prevention and to build the animal's immune potential.
According to the scale of the degree of impact on the animal, the product belongs to the 3rd hazard class. Even if the dosage is exceeded by 9-10 times, this will not cause a side effect and will not become an obstacle in the formation of immunity to coccidiosis.
When Baycox enters the gastrointestinal tract, its active components are almost not absorbed into the bloodstream of the animal. About 70% of the drug is excreted from the body unchanged.
Drug analogues:
- Baytril;
- Biovit-80;
- Coccidiovitis;
- Eriprim;
- Amprolium 30%;
- Chiktonik;
- OKZ vaccine.
The place for storing the drug should prevent its accidental use by people or animals. The healing properties of the solution are destroyed by prolonged exposure to sunlight. It is optimal to store the veterinary preparation at positive temperatures up to 25℃.
If these requirements are met, Bypax can be used for the treatment and prevention of coccidiosis within 3 years from the date of issue.
Instructions for use for avian coccidiosis
It is necessary to start feeding birds with Baycox immediately after the first signs of coccidiosis are noticed.
The disease progresses very quickly, you can miss the moment of infection. To avoid mass mortality, it is recommended to water the chicks with Baycox starting from the 2nd day of life.
General recommendations:
- 1 ml of the drug at a concentration of 2.5% is diluted in 1000 ml of drinking water.
- The resulting solution is intended for drinking birds for 2 days, without changing the drinker.
Features of use for different types of birds:
- For chickens that are less than a week old, the dosage can be halved.
- For broiler chickens, the dosage can be increased by diluting 3 ml in 1 liter of water. The soldering period will be 8 hours.
- For turkeys (young animals) it is enough to dilute 0.5 ml in 1000 ml from the 2nd to the 6th day of life, then repeat after 5-14 days, depending on the condition of the turkeys.
- Baycox for ducks, goslings is given in a small dosage (0.5 ml / 1 l), from the 8th day of life, 2 or 3 days. Their survival rate is much higher, resistance to coccidiosis is developed faster.
- Adult birds are soldered for 2 days, in a standard ratio of 1 ml. per 1000 ml of water. If coccidiosis is at the epidemic stage, the treatment is repeated after 5 days.
- For laying hens, Baycox is not used due to the fact that it penetrates into the egg. The use of such a poultry product is prohibited.
How to give baycox to chickens that refuse to drink water on their own? Experienced farmers give the medicine orally to the bird using a fine-tip pipette.
When treating with Baycox, vitamin and mineral components are added to the diet for birds.
To reduce discomfort in a bird when taking the drug, it can be pre-diluted with rehydron or saline in an equal ratio.
Our chickens picked up parasites somewhere. They were taken out with this drug. great product, it helps a lot.
Hello! Tell me what's wrong. The chick begins to sleep standing up, then its wings and tail drop, and dies after a week. I suffer for the second year. Than just did not try to treat. Only the duration of the disease is prolonged, and the result is one - dies.