Terramycin-Aqua (Canada)

Manufacturer: Phibro

(brand of oxytetracycline)

FOR FEED MANUFACTURING USE ONLY

Fish and Lobster Premix

Active Ingredient

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, 440 G/kg

Terramycin-Aqua Indications

Salmonids

For the treatment of ulcer disease caused by Haemophilus piscium, furunculosis caused by Aeromonas salmonicida, columnaris disease caused by Chrondrococcus (Flexibacter) columnaris, cold-water disease caused by Cytophaga psychrophila and enteric redmouth disease caused by Yersinia ruckeri in salmon and trout.

Lobsters

For the prevention and treatment of gaffkemia (red tail) caused by Aerococcus viridans in lobsters (Homarus spp.) held in lobster cars or pounds.

Mixing Directions

Salmonids

Thoroughly mix Terramycin-Aqua with complete fish feed in quantities that will depend on the fish feeding rate to be used as per the table below, to obtain a medicated feed that will provide 75 mg of oxytetracycline hydrochloride per kg of fish per day. The medicated feeds can be prepared in the form of meal or pellets.

Fish feeding rate (% of body weight)	Add the following kg of premix to make 1000 kg of feed	To provide the following g of oxytetracycline HCl per kg of feed
1.0	17.05	7.50
1.5	11.36	5.00
2.0	8.52	3.75
2.5	6.82	3.00
3.0	5.68	2.50
3.5	4.86	2.14
4.0	4.26	1.87
5.0	3.41	1.50
6.5	2.61	1.15
8.0	2.14	0.94
10.0	1.71	0.75
12.5	1.36	0.60
15.0	1.14	0.50

Lobsters

Thoroughly mix 5 kg of TERRAMYCIN-AQUA* with 995 kg of complete lobster feed to obtain a medicated feed with an oxytetracycline hydrochloride concentration of 0.22% (2200 mg/kg). The medicated feed can be prepared in the form of meal or pellets.

Feeding Directions

Salmonids: The Medicated Feeds Are To Be Fed As The Sole Ration For 10 Consecutive Days. If Mortality Is Not Reduced By The Fifth Day Of Treatment, The Diagnosis Should Be Re-evaluated.

lobsters

Feed as the sole ration for 5 consecutive days following the introduction of each new batch of lobsters into a confinement area. Feed to appetite at approximately 1 kg of medicated ration per 450 kg of lobsters per day.

WARNING

Salmonids

Treated fish must not be liberated or slaughtered for use in food for at least 40 days (when the water temperature is 10°C or higher) or 80 days (when the water temperature is below 10°C) after the latest treatment with this drug.

Lobsters

Treated lobsters must not be marketed for use in food for at least 30 days after the latest treatment with this drug.

Terramycin-Aqua Caution

(1) In fish and lobster feeds having a high ash content, ions of Ca, Fe, Cu, and Zn may bind with oxytetracycline, retarding its absorption from the gut.

(2) Do not use in feeds containing the pellet-binding agent bentonite.

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place.

Net 25 Kg

Phibro Animal Health Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan S4N 5W5

*Terramycin-Aqua is a registered trademark of Pfizer Inc., licensed to Phibro Animal Health Ltd.

7845013

101-9050-01

DIN 00607657

Nac No.

11800141