Complete Up To Date Information about Scour-Pneumonia Antibiotic.
NADA Number: 065-480 | |
| Proprietary Name |
Scour-Pneumonia Antibiotic Chlortetracycline Soluble Powder |
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| Sponsor |
Pennfield Oil Co. |
| Sponsor Address |
14040 Industrial Rd. Omaha, NE 68144 USA |
| Ingredients |
Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride |
| Species |
Cattle, calves, excluding veal calves Swine, no use class stated or implied |
| Routes of Administration |
Per Os |
| Dose Form |
Liquid (solution) |
| Drug Form |
Powder |
| Dispensing Status |
OTC |
| Withdrawal Time |
Swine: zero days before slaughter.
Cattle (calves): 24 hours before slaughter. A withdrawal time for pre-ruminating veal calves has not been established. |
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Dosage Amount, Indications & Limitations |
520.445b Chlortetracycline powder (chlortetracycline hydrochloride powder). Specifications: Chlortetracycline powder contains not less than 15 milligrams per gram of chlortetracycline hydrochloride, or chlortetracycline bisulfate equivalent to 25.6 or 102.4 grams per pound (56.4 or 225.6 milligrams per gram) chlortetracycline hydrochloride. Conditions of use: Swine Amount: Ten milligrams per pound of body weight daily in divided doses. Indications: Control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli and bacterial pneumonia associated with Pasteurella species, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Haemophilus species), and Klebsiella species. Limitations: Prepare a fresh solution twice daily, as sole source of chlortetracycline, administer for not more than 5 days. Cattle (calves) Amount: Ten milligrams per pound of body weight daily in divided doses. Indications: Aid in the control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli and bacterial pneumonia (shipping fever) associated with Pasteurella species, Haemophilus species, and Klebsiella species. Limitations: Use as chlortetracycline hydrochloride in a drench or drinking water. Prepare fresh solution daily; as sole source of chlortetracycline; administer for not more than 5 days; do not slaughter animals for food within 24 hours of treatment; do not administer this product with milk or milk replacers; administer 1 hour before or 2 hours after feeding milk or milk replacers; a withdrawal time has not been established in preruminating calves; do nt sue in calves to be processed for veal. |
| Tolerances |
Tolerances are established for the sum of tetracycline residues in tissues of beef cattle, nonlactating dairy cows, calves, swine, sheep, chickens, turkeys, and duck or 2 parts per million in muscle, 6 parts per million in liver, and 12 parts per million in fat and kidney. A tolerance is established for residues of chlortetracycline in eggs of 0.4 part per million. |