Terramycin Tablets For Goats

Terramycin Scour Tabs by Zoetis are a convenient oral formulation to treat livestock individually for scours, pneumonia, shipping fever and navel ill.  Each tablet contains 250 mg. oxytetracycline for broad spectrum protection. Terramycin Scours Tablets is an oral formulation containing oxytetracycline, a versatile, broad-spectrum antibiotic that possesses potent antimicrobial activity, for use in beef and dairy calves.

Indications and Usage

Terramycin Scours Tablets are recommended for oral administration for the control and treatment of the following diseases in beef and dairy calves caused by organisms sensitive to oxytetracycline: bacterial enteritis caused by Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli (colibacillosis) and bacterial pneumonia (shipping fever complex, pasteurellosis) caused by Pasteurella multocida.

Features of Terramycin Tablets For Goats

Terramycin Tablets For Goats is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, frequently used in veterinary medicine for gastrointestinal and respiratory system diseases, for mainly aerobic microorganisms including Gram-positive/negative bacteria, Rickettsia, Mycoplasma, and Chlamydia species. Long-acting (LA) formulation of the drug is available in different solvent. Those formulations are used considering a dose interval of 3 to 5 days

Precautions

Exceeding the recommended dosage level of 2 tablets per 100 lb of body weight every 12 hours (10 mg/lb of body weight daily), or administering at this recommended level for more than 4 consecutive days, may result in antibiotic residues beyond the withdrawal time. Organisms may vary in their degree of susceptibility to any chemotherapy. If no improvement is observed after recommended treatment, diagnosis and susceptibility should be reexamined.

Rarely do side reactions or allergic manifestations occur in calves treated with Terramycin. If any unusual reactions are noted, discontinue use of the drug immediately and call a veterinarian. Since bacteriostatic drugs may interfere with the bacterial action of penicillin, it is advisable to avoid giving Terramycin in conjunction with penicillin.

Dosage and Administration

For control of bacterial enteritis and bacterial pneumonia orally administer 1 tablet per 100 lb of body weight every 12 hours (5 mg/lb of body weight daily in divided doses) for up to 4 consecutive days. For treatment of bacterial enteritis and bacterial pneumonia orally administer 2 tablets per 100 lb of body weight every 12 hours (10 mg/lb of body weight daily in divided doses) for up to 4 consecutive days. Dosage should continue until the animal returns to normal and for 24-48 hours after symptoms have subsided. Treatment should not exceed 4 consecutive days.

Prices of Terramycin Tablets For Goats

$0.29 – $42.99

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