Mastodawn

Rabbit folks...

George started displaying symptoms of his upper respiratory infection coming back. The vet had previously said that he might live the rest of his life with a low-level infection, but I don't know if this counts as low-level, so I'm taking him back to the vet tomorrow, the soonest I could get him in.

I'm wondering if any of you are particularly knowledgeable about antibiotics in our buns? I've always heard from vets that there were only "a couple" that were appropriate for rabbit use, but the House Rabbit Society - rabbit.org - has this article which lists a bunch more (it also includes a bunch you can't use). Anyone have any opinions on this?
https://rabbit.org/health/appropriate-use-of-antibiotics-in-rabbits/

George has already been through enrofloxacin ("Baytril") with steroids when he was at the Small Animal Clinic in Saskatoon last fall, and then oral ciprofloxacin ("Ciloxan") and injected penicillin from two more rounds from our vet here in town. Obviously getting a culture done to confirm what drug will affect it will be best, and I'll try for that, but I'm wondering whether I should be pushing for any of the other medications from this article if they just want to do more of what he's already had so far.

[argh: hit some key combination which lost long message I'd typed; apologies if this re-write sounds frustrated]

#HouseRabbit #antibiotic

Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in Rabbits

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. When needed for treatment of an infection in a rabbit, these drugs should be prescribed only by a

Rabbit.org Foundation

Glyn Moody 1d ago

UK #farmers lobbied government over controversial #antibiotic use - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-04-01/farmers-lobbied-government-for-loose-rules-on-antibiotic-use stupid farmers being selfish as usual

UK farmers lobbied government over controversial antibiotic use

Union called for a rejection of EU’s stricter rules despite rising concerns over drug-resistant superbugs

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Giuseppe Michieli Mar 26

#Survival #trends in patients with difficult-to-treat, #antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative #infections in the era of next-generation antibiotics in the #USA: a retrospective cohort study, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/survival-trends-in-patients-with.html

#Survival #trends in patients with difficult-to-treat, #antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative #infections in the era of next-generation antibiotics in the #USA: a retrospective cohort study

All Scientifical Mar 22

What type of antibiotic is chloramphenicol?
A. Macrolide
B. Amino glycoside
C. Broad-spectrum
D. Penicillin
#chloramphenicol #antibiotic #pharmacology #pharmaquiz ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1284517343779151

Technische Universität München Mar 18

Researchers increased a standard #antibiotic’s effectiveness 60-fold through chemical modifications, enabling it to successfully combat #HelicobacterPylori, a bacterium linked to #StomachCancer, in lab and animal studies: http://go.tum.de/530525

📷R.Mejías Luque

Hope for Preventing Stomach Cancer

A significant step toward the potential prevention of stomach cancer: Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have increased the…

Scientific Frontline Mar 11

#Antibiotic treatments can alter the composition and diversity of the #bacterial community in the #gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, with measurable disruptions persisting for four to eight years after a single course of treatment.
#Epidemiology #Microbiology #Pharmaceutical #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/mcb03112601.html

Antibiotics can affect the gut microbiome for several years

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PLOS Biology Mar 4

In new research, Yu-Ying Phoebe Hsieh , Ian O’Keefe, Ajai Dandekar, Harmit Malik &co reveal how magnesium sequestration by C. albicans enables P. aeruginosa to evolve much higher levels of resistance to colistin (a last-resort #antibiotic).
#Microbiology
https://plos.io/4u3emSB

Magnesium depletion by Candida albicans unleashes two unusual modes of colistin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different fitness costs

Bacterial resistance to the vital last-resort antibiotic colistin is an increasing challenge. This study shows that magnesium sequestration by C. albicans enables P. aeruginosa to evolve much higher levels of colistin resistance via changes in lipid A biosynthesis-modification pathways and a magnesium transporter.

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Karel 'Clock' K.Feb 19

@fabio Also due to these regulations I cannot buy antibiotic ointment when the Czech regime is depriving me of healthcare when I have an infected eczema and am afraid it will produce sepsis and I die, because antibiotic ointment ran out and when I call a dermatologist and tell I need it urgently she gives me an appointment 4 months (!!!) in the future!

In a corrupt developing 3rd world dictatorship Cambodia it is possible to buy antibiotic ointments without prescription and also dermatologist wait there is only 7-10 days, not 4 months.

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards the Czech regime.

#healthdeprivation #deprivation #czech #czechia #czechregime #czechrepublic #failedstate #contempt #regulations #overregulation #bureaucracy #overbureaucratization #healthcaresystem #healthcare #antibiotic #prescription #otc #overthecounter #ointment #eczema #infection #infected #sepsis #death #lethal #dangerous #danger #hazard #risk #eu #deathbybureaucracy #deathbyregulation #kafkaesque #humanrights #humanrightsviolation #humanrightsviolations #righttohealth #humanrighttohealth #basichumanrighttohealth