Oxytetracycline 500 mg/gm
500 mg/gm
Powder
Otetra-Vet® 50 Powder is an antibiotic for poultry, cattle, goat, shrimps, fresh water fishes & aquarium fishes used in feed or drinking water for prevention and treatment of bacterial diseases. Poultry diseases have been a major target of Oxytetracycline medication. Poultry: Colibacillosis (E. coli), infectious coryza (Haemophilus gallinarum), mycoplasmosis, chronic respiratory diseases, airsacculitis, infectious synovitis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma meleagridis, Mycoplasma synoviae) clostridial dermatitis (Clostridium septicum), necrotic enteritis (Clostridium perfringens, types A & C), pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum) fowl cholera, coccidiosis etc. Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep and Goat: Anthrax, haemorrhagic septicaemia, black quarter, rinderpest, brucellosis, calf scour, infectious enteritis, dysentery, pneumonia, navel ill, liver infection, abscess, mastitis, pyometra, metritis, peritonitis, infectious pleuropneumonia, calf diphtheria, paratyphoid, foot-rot, salmonellosis, actinomycosis, anaplasmosis and secondary infections in viral diseases.
Oxytetracycline is under group of Tetracycline’s which bind to the 30s ribosomal subunit of bacterial ribosome and interfere with the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA molecule in ribosome complex. Thereby interfere with bacterial protein synthesis in growing or multiplying bacteria leading to bacteriostatic but higher concentration results bacteriocidal action
Dose
0.2
gm/L
Frequency
N/A
Duration
3-5 days
Purpose
prevention
Prevention / Growth Promotion: Otetra-Vet® 50 powder as 50 mg/kg body weight or 1 gm per 5 litre drinking water for 3-5 consecutive days or 35 gm per 100 kg feed for 7-10 consecutive days.
Dose
0.4
gm/L
Frequency
N/A
Duration
3-5 days
Purpose
treatment
Treatment: Otetra-Vet® 50 powder as 100 mg/kg body weight or 1 gm per 2.5 litre drinking water for 3-5 consecutive days or 50 gm per 100 kg feed for 7 consecutive days.
Dose
0.11 – 0.16
gm/kg
Frequency
N/A
Duration
N/A
11 gm - 16 gm Otetra-Vet® 50 powder per 100 kg fishes.
Dose
20
mg/kg
Frequency
q24h
Duration
7-10 days
Purpose
prevention
Prevention/ Growth Promotion: 20 mg Otetra-Vet 50 powder per kg body weight for 7-10 consecutive days.
Dose
40
mg/kg
Frequency
q24h
Duration
3-5 days
Purpose
treatment
Treatment: 40 mg Otetra- Otetra-Vet® 50 per kg body weight for 3-5 consecutive days.
Otetra-Vet® 50 Powder is contra-indicated to use with calcium containing drug or food