Florfenicol-based drug with a prolonged action against respiratory diseases in calves and piglets
Florfenicol has a bacteriostatic effect and is active against acetyl transferase-producing bacteria resistant to chloramphenicol. Florfenicol has a broad-spectrum activity against:
Florox is prescribed to cattle and pigs to treat bacterial diseases caused by
florflenicol-sensitive etiological agents:
In pigs: respiratory diseases including pleuropneumonia (caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and/or Haemophilus parasuis, Pasteurella multоcida, M. hyopneumoniae, M. hyorhinis) and atrophic rhinitis.
In cattle: respiratory diseases (caused by Pasteurella multicida, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus somnus), necrobacillosis, contagious keratoconjunctivitis (caused by Moraxella bovis).
|
Animal |
Method of administration |
Dosage |
Treatment period |
|
Cattle |
Intramuscularly |
1 ml /15 kg of animal body weight |
twice with a 48-hour interval |
|
Subcutaneously |
2 ml /15 kg of animal body weight |
once |
|
|
Pigs |
Intramuscularly (in the neck area) |
1 ml /20 kg of animal body weight |
twice with a 48-hour interval |
No more than 10 ml of Florox can be injected in one injection site.
Contraindications and special instructions:
Avoid using Florox in pregnant and lactating animals.
Avoid using Florox simultaneously with thiamphenicol and chloramphenicol; avoid
mixing it with other medical drugs in one syringe.
Withdrawal period:
meat - 14 days (pigs)
meat - 34 days (cattle - i/m)
meat - 42 days (cattle - s/c)
