in an effort to "keep up" i looked for some treatments being used by scientist/veterinarians for various chelonian diseases ......... i came across this 2016 article , which i think is worthwhile ....... it was a group of eastern box turtles at the maryland zoo , kept in a 29,000 square foot outdoor enclosure .... there was an outbreak of ranavirus ..... ranavirus is near 100% lethal if untreated , the treated outcome has not been much better ........ the ranavirus was accompanied by herpesvirus and mycoplasmosis infections ..... the drug treatment used for these turtles was pyrantel pamoate , ceftazidime , baytril , and famciclovir .... baytril injectable 2.27% was given at 10 mg/kg i.m. q. 48 hr , was only given to the seriously ill turtles , baytril was not given for more than 30 days due to concerns that accumulative tissue necrosis could develop with longer administration ........ ceftazidime was given to all symptomatic turtles as a prophylactic treatment ..... ceftazidime was given at 20 mg/kg i.m. q. 72 hr for the entire length of treatment ......... famciclovir was given at 10, 20, or 30 mg/kg p.o. s.i.d. , the dosage was based off that used in cats ........ fluid therapy was done for 14 days 0.9% sodium chloride 30 ml/kg s.c. s.i.d. ,after 14 days the fluid was changed to 1 part lactate ringers 2 part 2.5%dextrose 0.45% saline at 30ml/kg s.c. q. 48 hr ........all turtles treated a minimum 34 days , treatment stopped after 3 consecutive days without symptoms .... all surviving turtle brumated normally , and emerged without incidence .....
my takeaway , the turtles were all given a prophylaxis antibiotic .......severely ill turtle were given baytril injections ....... the antiviral dosage was based off cats ...... 4 asymptomatic turtles died , all these asymptomatic turtles tested positive for ranavirus at necropsy ...... 4 severe turtle survived , 4 died ........all mild turtles survived .... one asymptomatic turtle that died had ranavirus , herpevirus and mycoplasmosis ,he had no symptoms to folks who were actively looking for symptoms .....another asymtomatic turtle that died had ranavirus and mycoplasmosis ....... the remaining two asymptomatic turtles that died both tested positive for ranavirus ...
might be worth reading to some.........
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...LASMA-INFECTION-MANAGEMENT-AND-MONITORING.pdf
my takeaway , the turtles were all given a prophylaxis antibiotic .......severely ill turtle were given baytril injections ....... the antiviral dosage was based off cats ...... 4 asymptomatic turtles died , all these asymptomatic turtles tested positive for ranavirus at necropsy ...... 4 severe turtle survived , 4 died ........all mild turtles survived .... one asymptomatic turtle that died had ranavirus , herpevirus and mycoplasmosis ,he had no symptoms to folks who were actively looking for symptoms .....another asymtomatic turtle that died had ranavirus and mycoplasmosis ....... the remaining two asymptomatic turtles that died both tested positive for ranavirus ...
might be worth reading to some.........
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...LASMA-INFECTION-MANAGEMENT-AND-MONITORING.pdf