NADA Number: 046-285

Proprietary Name Agribon Soluble Powder
Albon®
Sponsor Pfizer, Inc.
Sponsor Address 235 East 42d St.
New York, NY    10017
USA
Ingredients Sulfadimethoxine
Species Cattle, beef
Cattle, dairy, heifers
Cattle, dairy, calves
Turkey, meat type, up to 24 weeks age
Chicken, replacements
Chicken, under 16 weeks
Chicken, broilers
Routes of Administration Per Os
Dose Form Liquid (solution)
Drug Form Powder
Pfizer, Inc. Has Pioneered:                   Di-Methox Antibacterial Soluble Powder
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                  Sulfadimethoxine Antibacterial Soluble Powder
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    Cross Vetpharm Group Ltd.
                  Sulfasol® Soluble Powder
    Med-Pharmex, Inc.
                  Sulfadimethoxine Soluble Powder
    Teva Animal Health, Inc.
Dispensing Status OTC
Withdrawal Time Cattle: 7 days before slaughter Chicken and Turkey: 5 days before slaughter
Dosage Amount,
Indications
& Limitations

520.2220a Sulfadimethoxine oral solution and soluble powder.

Specifications: Each packet of powder contains the equivalent of 94.6 grams of sulfadimethoxine (as the sodium salt).

Conditions of use:

Chickens (broilers and replacements)

Amount: 1.875 (0.05 percent) grams of powder per gallon to prepare a drench or drinking water.

Indications: Treatment of disease outbreaks of coccidiosis, fowl cholera, and infectious coryza.

Limitations: Administer for 6 consecutive days. Do not administer to chickens over 16 weeks of age. As sole source of drinking water and sulfonamide medication. As sulfadimethoxine solution or sulfadimethoxine soluble sodium salt. Withdraw 5 days prior to slaughter. Chickens and turkeys that have survived fowl cholera outbreaks should not be kept for replacements or breeders.

Turkeys (meat)

Amount: 0.938 (0.025 percent) grams of powder per gallon to prepare a drench or drinking water.

Indications: Treatment of disease outbreaks of coccidiosis and fowl cholera.

Limitations: Administer for 6 consecutive days. Do not administer to turkeys over 24 weeks of age. As sole source of drinking water and sulfonamide medication. As sulfadimethoxine solution or sulfadimethoxine soluble sodium salt. Withdraw 5 days prior to slaughter. Chickens and turkeys that have survived fowl cholera outbreaks should not be kept for replacements or breeders.

Cattle (dairy calves, dairy heifers, and beef cattle)

Amount: 1.18 to 2.36 (0.031 to 0.062 percent) grams of powder per gallon to prepare a drench or drinking water. Administer 2.5 grams per 100 pounds of body weight for first day, then 1.25 grams per 100 pounds of body weight per day for the next 4 consecutive days. In drinking water or drench. Available as a sulfadimethoxine soluble powder or a 12.5 percent sulfadimethoxine sodium solution (3.75 grams sulfadimethoxine per fluid ounce).

Indications: Treatment of shipping fever complex, bacterial pneumonia, calf diphtheria, and foot rot.

Limitations: If no improvement within 2 to 3 days, reevaluate diagnosis. Do not treat beyond 5 days. Withdraw 7 days prior to slaughter.

Tolerances

Tolerances are established for residues of sulfadimethoxine in edible products of animals as follows: a. Chickens, turkeys, cattle, ducks, salmonids, catfish and chukar partridges: 0.1 part per million (negligible residue) in uncooked edible tissues b. Milk: 0.01 part per million (negligible residue).