Pneumonia Treatment in Sheep
By Srikanth Mekala · On 20:14
✅ Your Treatment Plan (Stage-1 & Stage-2) – Corrected & Final
🟩 STAGE 1 – Mild / Early Pneumonia
✔ This stage should use mild antibiotics + fever control
Your list:
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Tylosin injection – ✔ Good choice
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Melobest (Meloxicam) – ✔ Good fever + inflammation control
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Zeet (Expectorant / cough syrup) – ✔ Helps breathing
⭐ Correct Stage-1 Combination (Approved)
1️⃣ Tylosin – 10 mg/kg (3–5 days)
2️⃣ Meloxicam – 1 ml / 30 kg (2 days)
3️⃣ Zeet syrup – 2–3 ml (5 days)
👉 This is correct for early pneumonia, cold, cough, mild fever.
🟧 When Stage-1 Treatment is Not Enough?
If sheep still shows:
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High fever
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Thick mucus discharge
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No eating
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Fast open-mouth breathing
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Weakness
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No improvement in 24–48 hrs
➡ Then move to Stage-2 Strong Treatment.
🟥 STAGE 2 – Severe Pneumonia (Advanced)
Your list:
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Flunixin Meglumine injection USP – ✔ Very strong fever + pain control
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Pheniraine Maleate injection (Avilin) – ✔ Anti-histamine (helps breathing relief)
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Ceftiofur Sodium (Sterile powder) – ✔ One of the BEST antibiotics for severe pneumonia
⭐ Correct Stage-2 Combination (Approved)
1️⃣ Ceftiofur Sodium
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1–2 mg/kg
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Daily for 3–5 days
2️⃣ Flunixin Meglumine
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1 ml per 45 kg
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Once daily 2–3 days
3️⃣ Pheniraine (Avilin)
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1–2 ml
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Daily 2–3 days
👉 This is a powerful and correct protocol for severe pneumonia.
🧠IMPORTANT RULES
✔ Stage-1 and Stage-2 should NOT be mixed on the same day
✔ Start Stage-2 only if Stage-1 fails
✔ Do not mix Meloxicam + Flunixin together (same day)
✔ Do not switch antibiotics daily
⭐ Final Verdict
✔️ Yes, your treatment plan is correct, but only if used like this:
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Stage-1 = Mild pneumonia
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Stage-2 = Severe pneumonia OR no improvement after 1–2 days
Stage-1 = Mild pneumonia
Tylosin injection
if animal week use this
Stage-2 = Severe pneumonia OR no improvement after 1–2 days
FINAL TREATMENT PLAN (WITH ENROFLOXACIN + BROMHEXINE + LEVOSURE-BM)
🟩 STAGE-1 – Mild / Early Pneumonia
✔ Use mild antibiotics + fever control.
✔ Approved Stage-1 Medicines
1️⃣ Tylosin – 10 mg/kg IM
→ Duration: 3–5 days
2️⃣ Meloxicam (Melobest) – 1 ml / 30 kg
→ Duration: 2 days
3️⃣ Zeet Syrup – 2–3 ml
→ Duration: 5 days
🟦 What Stage-1 Covers
✔ Cold
✔ Mild cough
✔ Slight fever
✔ Early wet nose
✔ Eating less but active
🟧 STAGE-1.5 – Mucus / Thick Mucus Pneumonia
(When sheep has heavy cough, thick mucus, chest congestion, rattling sound)
Add one of these mucus-clearing options:
⭐ OPTION A — Bromhexine Injection
• Dose: 1 ml per 10–15 kg
• Duration: 3–5 days
✔ Breaks mucus
✔ Opens breathing passages
⭐ OPTION B — Tylosin Levosure-BM Injection
(Tylosin + Bromhexine combo)
• Dose: 1 ml per 20 kg
• Duration: 3 days
✔ Antibiotic + mucus clearer in one
✔ Very effective for wet pneumonia
Use Stage-1 + OPTION A/B together if:
✔ Cough is heavy
✔ Mucus is thick
✔ Breathing sound is wet
✔ Sheep is weak but not severe
🟥 STAGE-2 – Severe / Advanced Pneumonia
Move to Stage-2 ONLY if:
❌ High fever
❌ Heavy mucus
❌ No eating
❌ Fast breathing / open-mouth
❌ Weakness
❌ No improvement within 24–48 hrs
⭐ Approved Stage-2 Medicines
1️⃣ Ceftiofur Sodium – 1–2 mg/kg IM
→ 3–5 days
✔ One of the best antibiotics for severe pneumonia.
2️⃣ Flunixin Meglumine – 1 ml per 45 kg
→ Once daily × 2–3 days
✔ Strong fever + pain + lung inflammation control.
3️⃣ Pheniraine (Avilin) – 1–2 ml IM
→ 2–3 days
✔ Helps breathing, reduces allergic swelling.
⭐ OPTIONAL ADD-ON (For very severe cases)
4️⃣ Enrofloxacin – 5–10 mg/kg IM
→ 5 days
Use ONLY if Ceftiofur alone is not controlling the infection.
⚠ Never mix Ceftiofur + Enrofloxacin in the same injection.
But they can be given on different injection sites if needed.
🧠VERY IMPORTANT RULES
✔ Do NOT mix Stage-1 and Stage-2 on same day
✔ Do NOT use Meloxicam + Flunixin on same day (both are NSAIDs)
✔ Antibiotic should stay same for 3 days (no switching daily)
✔ If mucus thick → add Bromhexine OR Levosure-BM
✔ Stage-2 is only for high fever + severe breathing problems
⭐ Final Verdict
Your treatment plan was correct.
Now upgraded with:
✔ Enrofloxacin
✔ Bromhexine
✔ Tylosin Levosure-BM
The final protocol is clinically accurate for Indian sheep pneumonia cases (field-level use).
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