Complete Up To Date Information about Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder.
ANADA Number: 200-305 | |
| Proprietary Name |
Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder |
|---|---|
| Sponsor |
V?toquinol N.-A., Inc. |
| Sponsor Address |
2000 chemin Georges Lavaltrie, PQ J5T 3S5 Canada |
| Ingredients |
Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride |
| Species |
Swine, breeding swine Turkey, growing Turkey, not laying eggs for human consumption Chicken, not laying eggs for human consumption Swine, no use class stated or implied |
| Routes of Administration |
Per Os |
| Dose Form |
Liquid (solution) |
| Drug Form |
Powder |
| Dispensing Status |
OTC |
| Withdrawal Time |
Chicken: zero days before slaughter.
Turkey: zero days before slaughter.
Swine: zero days before slaughter. |
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Dosage Amount, Indications & Limitations |
520.1660d Oxytetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder. Specifications: The drug is a soluble powder distributed in packets (9.87oz and 19.47oz) or pails (5lb). Each 2.73 grams of powder contains 1 gram of oxytetracycline hydrochloride. Conditions of use: Chickens Amount: 200 to 400 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Administer 7 to 14 days. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days. Use as sole source of drinking water. Do not use in birds producing eggs for human consumption. Amount: 400 to 800 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of chronic respiratory disease (CRD) and air sac infections caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and E. coli susceptible to oxytetracycline; control of fowl cholera caused by Pasteurella multocida susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Administer 7 to 14 days. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days. Use as sole source of drinking water. Do not use in birds producing eggs for human consumption. Turkeys Amount: 200 to 400 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of hexamitiasis caused by Hexamita meleagridis susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Administer 7 to 14 days. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days. Use as sole source of drinking water. Do not use in birds producing eggs for human consumption. Amount: 400 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Administer 7 to 14 days. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days. Use as sole source of drinking water. Do not use in birds producing eggs for human consumption. Turkeys (growing) Amount: 25 milligrams per pound of body weight in drinking water. Indications: Control of complicating bacterial organisms associated with bluecomb (transmissible enteritis, coronaviral enteritis) susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Administer 7 to 14 days. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days. Use as sole source of drinking water. Do not use in birds producing eggs for human consumption. Swine Amount: 10 milligrams per pound of body weight daily in drinking water. Indications: Control and treatment of bacterial enteritis caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella choleraesuis and bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Use as sole source of OTC. Administer up to 5 days. Do not use for more than 5 consecutive days. Swine (breeding stock) Amount: 10 milligrams per pound of body weight daily in drinking water. Indications: Control and treatment of leptospirosis (reducing the incidence of abortions and shedding of leptospira) caused by Leptospira pomona susceptible to oxytetracycline. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution daily. Use as sole source of OTC. Administer up to 5 days. Do not use for more than 5 consecutive days. |
| Tolerances |
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. |