-500x500.jpg "OFLOXACINVET 10% (solution for oral use)")
| Ingredients: | Ofloxacin |
| Application: | Oral |
| Type of formulation: | Antibiotic |
DESCRIPTION
Transparent oily liquid from colorless to light – yellow. During storage a slight precipitation may appear.
COMPOSITION
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
The active ingredient of the preparation is an antibiotic ofloxacin, an antibiotic of fluoroquinolone group.
Ofloxacin is active against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, especially against E. coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp., Serratia spp., Camphylobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Yersinia spp., Vibrio spp., Aeromonas spp., Haemophilus spp., to the preparation are also sensitive: Brucella spp., Chlamydia trachomatis, Staphylococcus spp. (including penicillinase-producing and methicillin-resistant strains), Mycoplasma spp., Mycobacterium spp.
Mechanism of its action is the inhibition of bacterial DNA – gyrase (topoisomerase II), thus stopping the process of spiralisation and DNA synthesis.
INDICATIONS
Treatment of pigs, calves and lambs, poultry, dogs and cats suffering from septicemia, arthritis, polyarthritis, meningitis, mastitis, dermatitis, secondary infections in viral diseases and respiratory diseases (tonsillitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchopneumonia), gastrointestinal tract ( gastritis, enteritis, peritonitis), urogenital system (nephritis, pyelitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, metritis, urotsystyt) caused by microorganisms sensitive to ofloxacin.
DOSAGE
Orally with drinking water or feed in a dose:
- pigs – 0.5 ml per 10 kg of body weight;
- calves and lambs – 0.5 ml per 10 kg of body weight;
- poultry - 5 ml per 10 liters of drinking water, depending on the severity of the disease the dose can be increased by 2 times;
- dogs, cats – 0.25 ml per 10 kg of body weight.
Use at intervals of 24 hours, the duration of treatment 3 - 5 days.