Pet Medications

Norbrook Laboratories Ltd.

Station Works

Newry,    BT35 6JP
Northern Ireland

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride

Cattle, dairy, not lactating

Cattle, beef

Cattle, dairy, calves

Intravenous

Liquid (solution)

Liquid (solution)

OTC

Cattle: 22 days before slaughter.

522.1662a Oxytetracycline hydrochloride injection.

Specifications: Each milliliter of sterile solution contains 100 milligrams of oxytetracycline hydrochloride.

Conditions of use:

Cattle (beef cattle, beef calves, nonlactating dairy, dairy calves)

Amount: 3 to 5 milligrams of oxytetracycline hydrochloride per pound of body weight per day; 5 milligrams per pound of body weight per day for treatment of severe forms of the indicated diseases. Administer 100-milligram-per-milliliter solution intravenously.

Indications: The drug is used for treatment of bacterial pneumonia and shipping fever complex associated with Pasteurella species; foot-rot and calf diphtheria caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum; bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli; wooden tongue caused by Actinobacillus lignieresi; wound infections, acute metritis, and traumatic injury caused by staphylococcal and streptococcal organisms.

Limitations: Continue treatment 24 to 48 hours following remission of disease symptoms, not to exceed a total of 4 consecutive days. If no improvement is noted within 24 to 48 hours, consult a veterinarian for diagnosis and therapy. Discontinue treatment at least 22 days before slaughter. Not for use in lactating dairy animals.

Beef cattle, dairy cattle, calves, swine, sheep, chickens, turkeys, finfish and lobster. Tolerances are established for the sum of residues of the tetracyclines including chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, and tetracycline, in tissues and milk as follows: a. 2 parts per million (ppm) in muscle b. 6 ppm in liver c. 12 ppm in fat and kidney d. 0.3 ppm in milk.