Why would you just randomly treat a dog with ANY antibiotic without having a reason? This is why our "people" society is becoming immune to antibiotics. Five days of any antibiotic is just enough to begin building resistance to the drug itself. Why not just run a culture on the bitch including the test for mycoplasma rather than random dosage of antibiotics when you don't even know what or why you are treating her. Baytril is not effective against strep infections.........if it is a raging infection five days won't do anything with ANY antibiotic..... The vaginal tract has all kinds of bacterial growths that are normal......we are only concerned about the abnormal growths....... Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx www.marhaven.com From: "Sherry Nolan" <willowlakegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Doctrcorgi@xxxxxxx>; <JoKareGS@xxxxxxx> > >There are several drugs available to treat Mycoplasma...I use Baytrill as >>it>>is the "bottom" line drug for this problem because it concentrates in the >>reproductive tract. Doxy and Tetra can also be used, however I have had to >>repeat>>treatment on some dogs treated with these drugs. > > Chuck Kruger dvm>> www.dockruger.com>> Schaferhaus Kennels **************************************** > > So why not just give 5 days Baytrill to any bitch you want to breed instead > of the test? This way if you are too late in test you are stil fairly sure > they are clean.....just a thought> > > Sherry Nolan> Willowlake > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================