Description
Each 1 ml contains:
Florfenicol 300 mg
Cattle:
- Diseases caused by florfenicol susceptible bacteria.
- Preventive and therapeutic treatment of respiratory tract infections in cattle due to Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni. The presence of the disease in the herd should be established before preventive treatment.
Sheep:
Treatment of ovine respiratory tract infections due to Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida susceptible to florfenicol.
For treatment
Cattle:
IM route: 1 ml Floricol Inj / 15 kg bodyweight to be administered twice 48 hours apart using a 16 gauge needle.
SC route: 2 ml Floricol Inj / 15 kg bodyweight to be administered once only using a 16 gauge needle.
- The dose volume given at any one injection site should not exceed 10 ml.
- The injection should only be given in the neck.
Sheep:
IM route: 1 ml Floricol Inj /15 kg bodyweight daily for three consecutive days.
- The volume administered per injection site should not exceed 4 ml.
For prevention
Cattle:
SC route: 2 ml Floricol Inj / 15 kg bodyweight to be administered once only using a 16 gauge needle.
- The dose volume given at any one injection site should not exceed 10 ml.
- The injection should only be given in the neck.
- Swab septum before removing each dose. Use a dry sterile needle and syringe.
- To ensure a correct dosage, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible to avoid underdosing.
- As the vial should not be broached more than 20 times, the user should select the most appropriate vial size according to the target species to be treated. When treating groups of animals in one run, use a draw-of needle that has been placed in the vial stopper to avoid excess broaching of the stopper. The draw-of needle should be removed after treatment.
- Do not use in adult bulls and rams intended for breeding purposes.
- Do not use in the case of known hypersensitivity to the active substance
- The product should be used in conjunction with susceptibility testing and take into account official and local antimicrobial policies.
- The safety of the product has not been established in sheep under 7 weeks of age.
- Do not use the product in known cases of sensitivity to propylene glycol and polyethylene glycols.
- Care should be taken to avoid accidental self-injection.
Cattle:
- A decrease in food consumption and transient softening of the faeces may occur during the treatment period. The treated animals recover quickly and completely upon termination of treatment.
– Administration of the product by the intramuscular and subcutaneous routes may cause inflammatory lesions at injection site which persist for 14 days.
– In very rare cases, anaphylactic shocks have been reported in bovines.
Sheep:
- A decrease in food consumption may occur during the treatment period. The treated animals recover quickly and completely upon termination of treatment.
- Administration of the product by the intramuscular route may cause inflammatory lesions at the injection site which may persist up to 28 days. Typically, these are mild and transient.
Meat and offal:
Cattle: IM: 30 days
SC: 44 days
Sheep: IM : 39 days
Milk:
Not permitted for use in lactating animals producing milk for human consumption including pregnant animals intended to produce milk for human consumption.
- Store in a dark and dry place at a temperature below 30o
- Shelf life after first opening of the container: 21 days.
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