Unfortunately, we are still struggling with this problem!

Noodle has been on 125mg a day of Cefadroxil for 7 days, and yesterday the vet came and took another swab. There was still discharge and it looked a little bloody too. So we are now waiting for the swab results and then decide if we change the antibiotic. He was suggesting either ceftriaxone or vancomycin (but the latter is only available in capsules, which makes it hard to dose).

But inspite of the discharge still being present, she's definitely more active now, and she sleeps less. So it must be helping her some.

We are now weaning her off prednisolone. She has been on it for 17 days 5mg a day, and he said to half the dosis for 5 days, and then stop.

He has two other ideas he wants to try if the oral antibiotics don't show success.

1. Atropine-sulphate liquid (only liquid is available here), to be given orally 0.3ml a day, to increase thirst and reduce secretion. (He said he is aware that it is used to reduce spasms, and she doesn't have spasm, but it's used for thirst and secretion purposes too, he said.)

2. He explained to me, that in cows mastitis is very common and often it is caused by highly resistent staph and doesn't respond to oral antibiotics. In such a case, an intra-mammary application is given by inserting a tiny tube into the cow's mammary glands. This has often shown better results than the oral antibiotics. He is suggesting to insert a tube into her vagina and apply antibiotics that way.

Do you have any experience with these two methods? I heard that atropine-sulphate can have severe side effects, is that true? And would inserting an antibiotic solution directly into the vagina heighten the danger of a new bacterial infection being inserted as well?

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Hide Replies ]