Description
Descriptions:
Oxytetracycline
injection is a wide spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotic. It
acts on gram-positive and gram-negative micro-organisms. It is
particularly sensitive to streptococci, clostridia, E.coli,
shigellae, brucellae, salmonellae, leptospirae. Etc. In addition,
it is effective against some mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, chlamydiae,
some protozoa and large viruses. After administration of
therapeutic dose of Oxytetracycline injection 5%, a high level of
Oxytetracycline in blood is achieved within half an hour to 4
hours.
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Indications:
Treatment
of diseases caused by Oxtetracycline-susceptible organisms in
cattle, sheep and goats. Diseases including pneumonia
and shipping fever complex associated with Pasteur ella
spp and Haemophilus spp, infectious
bovine kerato-conjunctivitis ( pinkeye ) caused by
Moraxella bovis, foot rot and diphtheria caused by Fusobacterium
necrophorum, bacterial enteritis ( scours)Â caused by
Escherichia coli, wooden tongue caused by
Actinobacillus lignierisii; leptospirosis caused by
Leptospira pomoma; wound infections and acute metritis
caused by strains of staphylocci and streptococci organisms
sensitive to Oxytetracycline.
For
cattle: Bronchopneumonia and other respiratory infections,
infections of the gastrointestinal tract, metritis, mastitis,
septicaemia, puerperal infections, and secondary bacterial
infections primarily caused by viruses, etc
For
sheep and goats: Infections of respiratory, urogenital,
gastrointestinal tract and hooves, mastitis, infected wounds,
etc.
Pharmacological
action: N/A
Usage
and administration:
Administer
by intramuscular injection. The dose of the active principle
Oxytetracy-cline amounts to *0 mg/kg bodyweight of the animal.
Administer for 3 - 5 days depending on the type and severity of the
infection. The administration is carried out in the following
volume:
Cattle
2ml / *0 kg bodyweight
Calves
2ml / *0 kg bodyweight
Sheep
and goats 2ml / *0 kg bodyweight
Pigs 2ml
/ *0 kg bodyweight
Side
effect and contraindication:
Oxtetracycline
injection 5% is not intended for cats, dogs and horses. It should
not be given to animals in late pregnancy, animals with severe
damages of liver and kidneys and to animals oversensitive to
Oxytetraycline.
Sometimes
a temporary swelling on the injection site occurs.
Precaution:
N/A
Withdrawal
time: From last treatment, within *1 days for meat and edible
tissues and within 7 days for milk.
Storage
and expired time: In a cool dry place under *5 centi-degrees, away
from light.