Composition:
Contains per ml:
Oxytetracycline (as dihydrate) ……………… 300 mg
Solvents ad ……………………………………... 1 ml
Description:
Oxytetracycline belongs to the group of tetracyclines and acts bacteriostatic against mainly Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria like Bordetella, Campylobacter, Chlamydia, E. coli, Haemophilus, Mycoplasma, Pasteurella, Rickettsia, Salmonella, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. The action of oxytetracycline is based on inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis. Oxytetracycline is mainly excreted in urine, for a small part in bile and in lactating animals in milk. One injection acts for two days.
Indications:
Arthritis, gastrointestinal and respiratory infections caused by Oxytetracycline sensitive micro-organisms, like Bordetella, Campylobacter, Chlamydia, E. coli, Haemophilus, Mycoplasma, Psateurella, Rickettsia, Salmonella, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp., in calves, cattle, goats, sheep and swine.
Contra-indications:
Hypersensitivity to tetracyclines.
Administration to animals with a seriously impaired renal and/or liver function.
Concurrent administration of penicillines, cephalosporines, quinolones and cycloserine.
Side effects:
After intramuscular administration local reactions can occur, which disappear in a few days.
Discoloration of teeth in young animals.
Hypersensitivity reactions.
Dosage:
For intramuscular administration:
-For Beef cattle, non-lactating dairy cattle, calves, including pre-ruminating (veal) calves:
A single intramuscular or subcutaneous dosage of 13.6 mg of oxytetracycline per pound of bodyweight, it is recommended for the control of respiratory disease in cattle at high risk of Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica.
At a single intramuscular or subcutaneous dose range of 9 to 13.6 mg of oxytetracycline per pound of body weight, it is recommended in the treatment of the following conditions:
1. Bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella spp (shipping fever) in calves and yearlings where retreatment is impractical due to husbandry conditions, such as cattle on range, or where their repeated restraint is inadvisable.
2. Infectious bovine kertaconjunctivitis (pink eye) caused by Moraxella bovis.
-For sows:
Administer once intramuscularly 3 mg of oxytetracycline per pound of bodyweight approximately eight (8) hours before farrowing or immediately after completion of farrowing as an aid in the control of infectious enteritis in baby pigs.
-For swine:
Weighing 25 lbs of bodyweight and under, it should be administered undiluted for treatment at 9 mg/lb but should be administered diluted for treatment at 3 or 5 mg/lb.
Withdrawal times:
For meat: 28 days.
Warning:
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use for lactating dairy animals.
Packing:
Vial of 100 ml.
