Meloxicam 5 mg/mL
5 mg/mL
Injection
Cattle: Inflammation, pain, fever, lameness, dehorning & castration. It is also used as supportive therapy in acute respiratory infection, diarrhea, acute mastitis etc. Dog: Osteoarthritis. Pig: Inflammation & locomotor disorders.
Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the oxicam family. It acts by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, thereby exerting anti-inflammatory, anti-exudative, analgesic and antipyretic properties. Meloxicam has anti-endotoxic properties too.
Dose
0.04
mL/kg
Frequency
q24h
Duration
1 day
Purpose
treatment
1 ml/25 kg body weight (0.2 mg/kg) SC as a single dose.
Dose
0.1
mL/kg
Frequency
q24h
Duration
1 day
Purpose
treatment
1 ml/10 kg body weight (0.5 mg/kg) SC/IV/IM as a single dose.
Dose
0.1
mL/kg
Frequency
q24h
Duration
1 day
Purpose
treatment
1 ml/10 kg body weight (0.5 mg/kg) SC as a single dose followed by 0.1 mg/kg orally daily for 2 weeks
Animals less than six weeks old. Animals hypersensitive to meloxicam. Contraindicated in animals with impaired renal, hepatic or cardiac function.