Antibiotics are compounds that can inhibit the growth or kill bacteria. Often times, in gamebird practice, this is commonly misused. Breeders are taught to use antibiotics for preventing disease. My personal opinion on this is that to prevent disease we must vaccinate our chickens and have a good management and health program. Antibiotics are needed for therapeutic purposes or for treatment.
Some breeders practice antibiotic flushing, this is the giving of antibiotics to their chickens even with out any apparent signs of disease. This is usually done by giving a lower dose of an antibiotic for a 3 day period.
If you decide to implement this practice my advice is to give the treatment dose for 5 days. My reason is that when we give a short and mild dose, this creates a situation for tolerance build up of bacteria to that antibiotic.
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