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Oxytetracycline-343

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Manufacturer: Durvet

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder

Antibiotic For Control Of Specific Diseases In Poultry And Swine

Each packet contains 102.4 grams of oxytetracycline HCl and will make:

512 gallons (1938 L) containing 200 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

256 gallons (986 L) containing 400 mg oxytetracycline HCl per gallon

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

Each packet will treat 10,240 pounds of swine.

ANADA 200-066, Approved by FDA

Mixing Instructions For Water Medication

Chickens-turkeys-swine

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

disease

treatment Level

packs/gal.
stock Sol.

chickens

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

200-400 mg

1/4-1/2 (34-68 g)

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 (68-135.5 g)

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

400-800 mg

1/2-1 (68-135.5 g)

Turkeys

Control of hexamitiasis caused by Hexamita meleagridis susceptible to oxytetracycline.

200-400 mg

1/4-1/2 (34-68 g)

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

400 mg

1/2 (68 g)

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 sole source of drinking water - Do not mix this product directly with milk or milk replacers. Administer one hour or two hours after feeding milk or milk replacers. If improvement is not noted within 24 to 48 hours consult a poultry veterinarian or poultry diagnostic laboratory. As a generalization, 200 chickens will drink one 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 animals, feed consumption rate, and the environmental temperature and humidity, each of which affects water consumption.

Oxytetracycline-343 Caution

USE AS SOLE SOURCE OF OXYTETRACYCLINE-NOT TO BE USED FOR MORE THAN 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN SWINE AND 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN CHICKENS AND TURKEYS.

Warning

DO NOT FEED TO BIRDS PRODUCING EGGS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. DISCONTINUE TREATMENT OF CHICKENS, TURKEYS AND SWINE 0 DAYS PRIOR TO SLAUGHTER.

Recommended Storage

STORE BELOW 77°F (25°C)

For Use In Drinking Water Only-not For Use In Liquid Feed Supplements

For Use In Animals Only

Keep Out Of Reach Of Children

Manufactured for: DURVET, INC., Blue Springs, MO 64014

NET CONTENTS:

NDC

 

 

50 PACKETS
Each containing 4.78 oz (135.5 g)

30798-646-75

001-1440

Rev. 0403

Nac No.

10841252
DURVET, INC.
P.O. BOX 279, 100 S.E. MAGELLAN DRIVE, BLUE SPRINGS, MO, 64014
Telephone:   816-229-9101
Order Desk:   800-821-5570
Fax:   816-224-3080
Website:   www.durvet.com
Email:   info@durvet.com
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