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Oxytet Soluble

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Manufacturer: Alpharma

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride

Antibiotic

The 280 g packet contains 102.4 g of oxytetracycline HCl and will make:

512 gallons (1936 liters) containing 200 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

128 gallons (484 liters) containing 800 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

The 280 g packet will treat 10,240 lbs of swine.

The 1400 g packet contains 512 g of oxytetracycline HCl and will make:

2560 gallons (9690 L) containing 200 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

1280 gallons (4845 L) containing 400 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

640 gallons (2422 L) containing 800 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

The 1400 g packet will treat 51,200 lbs of swine.

Mixing Directions For Water Medication

Chickens - Turkeys - Swine

Dosage And Indications For Use In Water Proportioners - Add The Following Amount To 1 Gallon Of Stock Solution When Proportioner Is Set To Meter At The Rate Of 1 Oz Per Gallon.

disease

Treatment Level

Pack/gallon Stock

280 G Packet

1400 G Packet

Chickens

Control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

200 - 400 mg

1/4 - 1/2
(70 - 140 g)

20 - 10

Control of chronic respiratory disease (CRD) and air sac infections caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Escherichia coli, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

400 - 800 mg

1/2 - 1
(140 - 280 g)

10 - 5

Control of fowl cholera caused by Pasteurella multocida, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

400 - 800 mg

1/2 - 1
(140 - 280 g)

10 - 5

Turkeys

Control of hexamitiasis caused by Hexamita meleagridis, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

200 - 400 mg

1/4 - 1/2
(70 - 140 g)

20 - 10

Control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

400 mg

1/2 (140 g)

10

GROWING TURKEYS - Control of complicating bacterial organisms associated with bluecomb (transmissible enteritis, coronaviral enteritis), susceptible to oxytetracycline.

25 mg/lb body weight

Varies with age & water consumption

Swine

FOR THE CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IN SWINE -

Bacterial enteritis caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella choleraesuis, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

Bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

FOR BREEDING SWINE: Leptospirosis (reducing the incidence of abortions and shedding of leptospira) caused by Leptospira pomona, susceptible to oxytetracycline.

10 mg/lb body weight

Varies with age & water consumption

Directions For Use

Mix fresh solutions daily. Use as the sole source of drinking water. Do not mix this product directly with milk or milk replacers. Administer 1 hour before or 2 hours after feeding milk or milk replacers. Consult a poultry diagnostic laboratory or poultry pathologist for diagnosis and advice on dosage for chickens and turkeys. As a generalization, 200 chickens will drink 1 gallon of water per day for each week of age. Turkeys will consume twice that amount. Administer up to 5 days to swine and 7 to 14 days for chickens and turkeys.

Note

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

Precautions

Use as the sole source of oxytetracycline. Not to be used for more than 5 consecutive days in swine or 14 consecutive days in chickens and turkeys.

Warning - Do Not Feed To Birds Producing Eggs For Human Consumption. livestock Remedy. Not For Human Use. Hazardous Remedy.

Recommended Packet Storage Conditions: Store Below 77°f (25°c)

For Use In Drinking Water Only

Not For Use In Liquid Type B Medicated Feeds

Keep Out Of Reach Of Children

Restricted Drug (California) - Use only as directed.

NADA #130-435, Approved by FDA

Trademarks registered by Alpharma Inc.

Alpharma Inc., Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Net Weight:

List #

 

9.87 oz (280 g)

2201

2201BF 0907

3.09 lbs (1400 g)

 

2205BF 0910

Nac No.

10220496
ALPHARMA INC.
Animal Health

400 CROSSING BLVD., BRIDGEWATER, NJ, 08807
Switchboard:   908-429-6000
Toll-Free:   800-834-6470
Website:   www.alpharma.com
Email:   sandy.flick@alpharma.com
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