Antibiotics

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Originally Posted by paisjpq

it's funny how often horses are prescribed Baytril when Bayer specifically says it should not be given to horses, especially young horses. It can help enormously but there has been some information (without formal, objective studies) indicating it damages cartilage and can contribute to other joint abnormalities. It should really only be used in mature animals when other antibiotics won't work.

Interesting horses aren't supposed to use Baytril, I didn't know that. But not uncommon to use some meds especially wormers for animals not prescribed for use...ie panacur, Ivomec. I think people have taken to using Baytril regularly as it is injectible.

But like you said, I am under the impression Baytril is a last resort anitbiotic, that it is classified so to say as a super antibiotic, so regular use of Baytril could render it ineffective when really needed. I rarely use Baytril and have tried to caution others that use it regularly that when they need it might not work. Also doesn't sound good to use antibiotics for a few days, just to me would render use of antibiotics when needed fairly ineffective.
Clavamox is an excellent broad spectrum fairly powerful antibiotic, don't know if that can be used on horses.

As far as I know antibiotics START to clear the system around 48 hours but it takes up to 5 to 7 days to completely be out of the system. Don't know anything about how it would compromise a test, but I'm sure it could.