Next-generation antibiotic for poultry that overcomes resistance to enrofloxacin
Lexoflon OR has a bactericidal effect on a broad-spectrum of microorganisms
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Lexoflon OR is used in poultry for colibacteriosis, salmonellosis, pasteurellosis, staphylococcosis, pseudomonosis, campylobacteriosis, necrotic enteritis.
Lexoflon OR is used in pigs to treat bacterial diseases of the respiratory, digestive and urogenital systems, infections of the skin and soft tissues caused by drug-sensitive pathogens, as well as spirochetes and mycoplasma infections.
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Dosage |
Method of administration |
Treatment course |
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Broilers Layers Replacement chickens Pigs |
1 ml/20 kg of b.w. or 0.5 ml/1 l of water (the average dosage. The dosage depends on water consumption and the type of poultry) |
Orally |
Daily for 3-5 days |
Contraindications and special instructions:
Avoid using the drug in pregnant, lactating sows as well as in laying hens and replacement chickens less than 10 days before laying, as levofloxacin accumulates in eggs.
Avoid using the drug simultaneously with glucocorticoids due to an increased risk of tendinitis and/or tendon rupture, as well as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, tetracyclines and macrolides due to an increase in the toxic effect of levofloxacin.
Withdrawal period:
meat: 7 days (poultry), 9 days (pigs)
eggs: 10 days
