HCl Oxytetracycline Injection 5% 100ml

Oxytetracycline injection 5%
                           Veterinary

COMPOSITION:
Each ml contains: Oxytetracycline 50mg
CHARACTER:
The product is yellow to light brown-yellow clear liquid.
INDICATIONS:
Oxytetracycline is indicated in infections caused by the following micro-organisms. Rickettsiae (rocky mountain spottedfever, typhus fever and the typhus group. Q fever. rickettsial pox and tick fevers). Mycoplasma pneumoniae agents of psittacosis and ornithosis agents of lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale; the spirochaetal agent of relapsing fever(Borrelia recurrentis).
Infection caused by the following gram-negative micro organisms: Hemophilus
ducreyl (chancroid). Pasteurella pestis and P. tularensis, Bartonella  bacilliformis, Bacteroides species, Vibrio Comma and Vfetus, Brucella species (In conjunction with streptomycin).
Oxytetracycline is indicated for treatment of infections caused by the following
gram-negative and gram-positive micro-organisms, when bacteriologic testing
indicates appropriate susceptibility to the drug.
Gram-negative: Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella species, Mima species and Herellea species, Haemophilus influenzae (respiratory infections), klebsiella species (respiratory and urinary infections).
Gram-Positive: Streptococcus Species-up t0 44% of strains of S. pyogenes and 74 of S. Faecalines have been found to be resistant to tetracycline drugs. Therefore, Oxytetracyclines should not be used unless the organism has been demonstrated to be sensitive. Tetracycline are not the drugs of choice in the treatment of any type of staphylococal infections. When penicillin is contraindicated tetracyclines are alternative drugs in the treatment of infections due to Neisseria gonorhoeae. Treponema pallidum and T.pertenue (syphilis and yaws) Listeria monocytogenes, clostridium species, Bacillus anthracis, Fusobacterium fusiform(vincent's infection),Actinomyces species N.meningitidis (IV only).
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
The drug is contraindicated inanimals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of the tetracyclines.
WARNINGS:
Animal studies indicate that oxytetracycline crosses the placenta and found in fetal tissues and can have toxic effects on the developing foetus (often related to retardation of skeletal development)
Evidence of embryotoxicity has also been noted in animals treated early in pregnancy The usage of Oxytetracycline during tooth development (last half of pregnancy, infancy) may cause permanent discolouration of teeth (Yellow-Grey-Brown). Therefore should not be used in this age group unless other drugs are not likely to be effective or are contraindicated. Oxytetracycline are present in the milk of lactating animal who are taking this drug.
ADVERSE REACTIONS:
Local imitation may be present after intramuscular injection of oxytetracycline.
Gastro intestinal; anorexia, nausea vomiting diarrhoea, glossitis duphagia,
enterocolitis, inflammatory lesions and hypersensitivity reactions haemolytic anemia thrombocytopenia, neutropenia and eosinophillia have been reported.
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:
Deep Intramuscular Injections:
Cattle, Horse, Camel, Sheep, Goat, Pig:
10mg-20mg per kg body weight
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:
Meat: 7 days
Milk: 28 days
SHELF TIME:
3 years.
STORAGE:
Keep in cool and dark place. Keep out of the children.
PACKING:
100ml per bottle