Amoxicillin-NF 80% Water-Soluble

Amoxicillin-NF 80% water-soluble belongs to the pharmacotherapeutic group of antibacterial drugs: penicillins.

Amoxicillin trihydrate is a semi-synthetic broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic (β-lactam group). The drug has a bactericidal effect against gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, including Actinobacillus spp., Actinomyces spp., Arcanobacterium spp., Bacillus spp., Bordetella spp., Campylobacter spp., Clostridium spp., Corynebacterium spp., Escherichia coli, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Fusobacterium spp., Haemophilus spp., Klebsiella spp., Leptospira spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Mannheimia haemolytica, Moraxella spp., Pasteurella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp.

Amoxicillin-NF 80% water-soluble is used in pigs, broiler chickens, and replacement young hens for bacterial diseases of the respiratory organs, genitourinary system, gastrointestinal tract diseases, skin and soft tissue infections, and other diseases caused by microorganisms sensitive to amoxicillin.

Amoxicillin-NF 80% water-soluble is administered orally individually or by the group method with drinking water: to pigs and poultry – at a dose of 250 g of the drug per 1000 L of water (10–20 mg of amoxicillin trihydrate or 12.5-25 mg of the drug per 1 kg of animal body weight, depending on water consumption), daily for 5–10 days.

In order to prevent the spread of diseases, it is allowed to prescribe the drug in a therapeutic dose to a group of animals in contact with a sick animal and showing no clinical signs of the disease.

With the group method of administration, pigs and poultry must receive only water containing the medicinal product. It is necessary to make sure that the drug is completely dissolved in the water. The maximum solubility of the drug is approximately 10 g per liter of drinking water at a water temperature of 15 °C. If the water temperature decreases, the solubility of the drug may decrease.

The shelf life of the drug solution in drinking water is 24 hours at a temperature not exceeding 25°C.

Contraindications and special instructions:

Prohibited for laying hens whose eggs will be used for food purposes, and for replacement young hens less than 14 days before the start of egg laying, due to the accumulation of the active substances of the drug in the eggs.

Can be used in lactating females. During pregnancy, the drug is used if necessary under the supervision of a veterinarian based on an assessment of the expected benefit to the possible risk of its use.

Should not be used simultaneously with tetracycline antibiotics, chloramphenicol, macrolides, and lincosamides, due to a possible decrease in its antibacterial activity.

Withdrawal period:
meat: 7 days (pigs), 3 days (poultry)