Lexoflon

Levofloxacin

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Lexoflon

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Broad-spectrum antibacterial drug for cattle that overcomes resistance to enrofloxacin

Next-generation drug
Overcomes resistance to previous generations of fluoroquinolones, including enrofloxacin
Can be rotated with cephalosporins

Composition

Pharmacological properties

Indications

Dosage and method of administration

Restrictions

1 ml Lexoflon

levofloxacin 150 mg

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Pharmacological properties

Lexoflon has a bactericidal effect on a broad-spectrum microorganisms:

Acinetobacter spp.
Bacteroides fragilis
Campylobacter spp.
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydia psittaci
Clostridium perfringens
Enterobacter spp.
Enterococcus spp.
Escherichia coli
Fusobacterium spp.

Haemophilus ducreyi
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Klebsiella spp.
Listeria monocytogenes
Moraxella catarrhalis β+/β-Morganella morganii
Mycobacterium spp.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Pasteurella spp.
Peptostreptococcus spp.

Proteus mirabilis
Proteus vulgaris
Providencia spp.
Pseudomonas spp.
Rickettsia spp.
Salmonella spp.
Serratia spp.
Staphylococcus spp. (incl. Staphylococcus aureus)
Streptococcus spp.

Indications

Lexoflon is used in cattle for the treatment of bacterial diseases of the respiratory system, digestive system, obstetric and gynecological diseases - metritis and mastitis, surgical diseases and soft tissue infections (such as abscesses, phlegmons) caused by levofloxacin–sensitive pathogens, including colibacteriosis, pasteurellosis, salmonellosis, staphylococcosis and mycoplasma infections.

Dosage and method of administration

Specie	Dosage	Method of administration	Treatment course
Cattle	1 ml/30 kg of b.w.	Intramuscularly	Daily for 3-5 days

Restrictions

Contraindications and special instructions:
For females during pregnancy and feeding offspring, the drug is used, if necessary, under the supervision of a veterinarian based on an assessment of the ratio of the expected benefit to the possible risk of its use.

Simultaneous use of the drug with glucocorticoids is prohibited due to an increased risk of tendinitis and / or tendon rupture, with tetracyclines and macrolides due to an increase in the toxic effect of levofloxacin. It is not recommended using levofloxacin simultaneously with ethanol.

Withdrawal period:
meat: 9 days
milk: 4 days