Lexoflon INJ
Levofloxacin
Levofloxacin
Lexoflon INJ
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 INJ
levofloxacin 150 mg
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Pharmacological properties
Levofloxacin is a broad-spectrum fluroquinolone antibiotic with a bactericidal effect agains:
- Enterococcus spp.
- Acinetobacter spp.
- Actinobacillus spp.
- Aeromonas spp.
- Campylobacter spp.
- Enterobacter spp.
- Escherichia coli
- Haemophilus spp.
- Klebsiella spp.
- Leptospira spp.
- Moraxella spp.
- Morganella spp.
- Pasteurella spp.
- Proteus spp.
- Providencia spp.
- Pseudomonas spp.
- Salmonella spp.
- Staphylococcus spp.
- Streptococcus spp.
- Serratia spp.
- Bacteroides spp.
- Clostridium spp.
- Fusobacterium spp.
- Peptostreptococcus spp.
- Chlamydia spp.
- Mycobacterium spp.
- Mycoplasma spp.
- Ricketsia spp.
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Indications
Lexoflon is prescribed to cattle to treat bacterial diseases of respiratory organs, digestive system, obstetric-gynecologic diseases like metritis and mastitis, surgical diseases, including soft tissue infections (abscesses, phlegmons) caused by levofloxacin-sensitive pathogens, including colibacillosis, pasteurellosis, salmonellosis, staphylococcosis, and mycoplasmal infections.
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Dosage and method of administration
|
Animal |
Method of administration |
Dosage |
Treatment period |
|
Cattle |
Intramuscularly |
1 ml / 30 kg of animal body weight |
Once a day for 3-5 days |
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Restrictions
Avoid using the drug simultaneously with glucocorticoids due to the increased risk of tendinitis development and/tendon tear, as well as with non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, tetracyclines and macrolides due to the increased toxic effect of levofloxacin. It is not recommended to use levofloxacin simultaneously with ethanol.
The possibility of using the drug to females during pregnancy and feeding the off spring is determined by the attending veterinarian based on an assessment of the ratio of benefit to the possible risk of using the drug.
Withdrawal period:
meat: 9 days
milk: 4 days
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