Oxytetracycline HCl Soluble Powder-343

Bimeda, Inc. Division of Cross Vetpharm Group
Bimeda, Inc. Division of Cross Vetpharm Group

Oxytetracycline HCl Soluble Powder-343

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*

• Indications & Directions For Use
• Precautions
• Indications and Directions For Use
• Contraindications
• Indications and Directions For Use
• Side Effects
• Warning
• Residue Warnings
• Storage Statement
• General Precautions Statements
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FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION

Indications & Directions For Use

INDICATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR USE:

For the control of the following poultry disease caused by organisms susceptible to oxytetracycline: Add the following amount to two gallons of stock solution when proportioner is set to meter at the rate of one ounce per gallon.

CHICKENS   DOSAGE PACKETS/2 GALLONS STOCK SOLUTION

Infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae                  200-400mg/mL                                    1/2 - 1

Chronic respiratory disease (CRD) and air sac infection                                                                        

caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Escherichia coli           400-800mg/mL                                     1 - 2

Fowl cholera caused by Pastuerella multocida                            400-800mg/mL                                     1 - 2

TURKEYS

Hexamitiasis caused by Hexamita meleagridis                           200-400mg/mL                                    1/2 - 1

Infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae                 400mg/mL                                            1

Growing Turkeys - Complicating bacterial organisms                  25mg/lb body weight daily                    varies with age & water consumption

associated with bluecomb (transmissible enteritis,                                                                               (1 packet will treat 4,096 pounds of

coronaviral enteritis)                                                                                                                           turkeys.)

Medicate continuously at the first clinical signs of disease and continue for 7 to 14 consecutive days.  if improvement is not noted within 24-28 hours, consult a poultry diagnostic laboratory or poultry pathologist to determine diagnosis and advice on dosage.

For the control and treatment of the following diseases caused by organisms susceptible to oxytetracycline:

SWINE                                                                                                  DOSAGE

Bacterial enteritis caused by Escherchia coli and Salmonella choleraesuis    Administer in the drinking water at a level of 10mg oxytetracycline HCl

Bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida                                per pound of body weight daily.

For Breeding Swine:  Leptospira (reducing the incidence of abortions         Administer up to 14 days.

and shedding of leptospira) caused by Leptospira pomona.

CALVES, BEEF CATTLE AND NON-LACTATING DAIRY CATTLE

Bacterial enteritis caused by Escherichia coli                                            Administer in the drinking water at a level of 10mg oxytetracycline HCl

Bacterial pneumonia (shipping fever complex) caused by                          per pound of body weight daily.

Pasteurella multocida.                                                                            Administer up to 14 days.

SHEEP
Bacterial enteritis caused by Escherichia coli                                            Administer in the drinking water at a level of 10mg oxytetracycline HCl

Bacterial pneumonia (shipping fever complex) caused by                          per pound of body weight daily.

Pasteurella multocida.                                                                            Administer up to 14 days.

This packet will treat 10, 240 pounds of swine, cattle or sheep

Precautions

PRECAUTIONS:  Use as sole source of oxytetracycline.  Prepare fresh solutions every 24 hours.

Special Note:  The concentration of drug required in medicated water must be adapted to compensate for variation in the age of the animal, feed consumption rate and the environmental temperature and humidity, each of which affects water consumption.

Indications and Directions For Use

HONEY BEES

For control of American Foulbrood caused by Paenibacillus larvae, and European Foulbrood           200mg/colony

caused by Streptococcus pluton susceptible to oxytetracycline.                                                   Administer in 3 applications of sugar syrup

                                                                                                                                             or 3 dustings at 4 to 5 day intervals.  Apply

                                                                                                                                             dust  on the outer parts or ends of the frames. 

Contraindications

CONTRAINDICATIONS:  Dusting of uncapped brood cells has been reported to cause death of larval honey bees.  Do not dust uncapped brood cells.

Indications and Directions For Use

FISH

For the marking of skeletal tissues in finfish fry and fingerlings as an aid in identification.     Immerse fry or fingerlings finfish in 200 to 700mg

                                                                                                                                    OTC (buffered)/liter of water for 2-6 Solution

                                                                                                                                    should be tested on a small number of fish before

                                                                                                                                    full-scale use.  Once mixed with water, solutions

                                                                                                                                    should be used immediately.

Side Effects

ADVERSE REACTIONS:  Oxytetracycline HCl will acidify the water.  The pH should be maintained at an acceptable level for fish by the addition of a buffer.  Monitor water quality and temperature.

Warning

DISPOSAL OF TREATED WATER:  Do not discharge marking immersion water containing oxytetracycline into surface waters.

Residue Warnings

RESIDUE WARNING:  Do not administer to turkeys, cattle or sheep within 5 days of slaughter.  Zero-day slaughter withdrawal in swine.  Do not administer to chickens or turkeys producing eggs for human consumption.  Do not administer this product with milk or milk replacers.  Administer 1 hour before or 2 hours after feeding milk or milk replacers.

Storage Statement

RECOMMENDED STORAGE:  STORE BELOW 77°F (25°C)

General Precautions Statements

FOR USE IN DRINKING WATER ONLY

NOT FOR USE IN LIQUID FEED SUPPLEMENTS

FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY.  KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Restricted Drug(s) (California).  Not For Human Use.  Use Only As Directed.

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