Complete Up To Date Information about Tetracycline Soluble Powder.
NADA Number: 065-496 | |
| Proprietary Name |
Tetracycline Soluble Powder |
|---|---|
| Sponsor |
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. |
| Sponsor Address |
2621 North Belt Highway St.Joseph, MO 64502 USA |
| Ingredients |
Tetracycline Hydrochloride |
| Species |
Cattle, calves 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 |
Liquid (solution) |
| Dispensing Status |
OTC |
| Withdrawal Time |
Cattle: 5 days before slaughter
Swine: 4 days before slaughter
Chicken and Turkey: 4 days before slaughter. |
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Dosage Amount, Indications & Limitations |
520.2345d Tetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder. Specifications: Each gram of powder contains not less than 15 milligrams of tetracycline as tetracycline hydrochloride. Conditions of use: Cattle (calves) Amount. 10 milligrams per pound body weight daily in drinking water. Indications: For the control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli and bacterial pneumonia (shipping fever complex) associated with Pasteurella species, Hemophilus species, and Klebsiella species, susceptible to tetracycline. Limitations: Administer for 3 to 5 days. Do not slaughter animals for food purposes within 5 days of treatment. Use as sole source of tetracycline. A withdrawal period has not been established for this product in pre-ruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal. Swine Amount: 10 milligrams per pound body weight daily in drinking water. Indications: For the control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli and bacterial pneumonia associated with Pasteurella species, Hemophilus species, and Klebsiella species, susceptible to tetracycline. Limitations: Administer for 3 to 5 days. Do not slaughter animals for food purposes within 4 days of treatment. Use as sole source of tetracycline. Turkeys Amount: 1,000 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of infectious synovitis caused by M. synoviae and bluecomb (transmissible enteritis coronaviral enteritis) caused by complicating bacterial organisms susceptible to tetracycline. Limitations: Administer 25 milligrams per pound of body weight daily for not more than 14 consecutive days. Do not slaughter birds for food within 4 days of treatment. Not for use in turkeys producing eggs for human consumption. Prepare a fresh solution daily. Use as sole source of tetracycline. Chickens Amount: 1,000 milligrams per gallon of drinking water. Indications: Control of chronic respiratory disease and air sac infection caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and E. coli; infectious synovitis caused by M. synoviae susceptible to tetracycline. Limitations: Administer 25 milligrams per pound of body weight daily for not more than 14 consecutive days. Do not slaughter birds for food within 4 days of treatment. Not for use in chickens producing eggs for human consumption. Prepare a fresh solution daily. Use as sole source of tetracycline. NAS/NRC status: The conditions of use specified of this section are NAS/NRC reviewed and found effective. Applications for these uses need not include effectiveness data as specified in 514.111 of this chapter, but may require bioequivalency and safety information. |
| Tolerances |
Tolerances are established for the sum of residues of the tetracyclines including chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, and tetracycline, in tissues of calves, swine, sheep, chickens, and turkeys, as follows: a. 2 parts per million (ppm) in muscle. b. 6 ppm in liver. c. 12 ppm in fat and kidney. |