Bayoxy® 20%

Water soluble powder

Therapeutically classification: Antibiotic

Composition: Each g contains:

Oxytetracycline HCl

200

Target species: Suckling calves, Suckling lambs, Bees, Poultry and Turkeys

Indications:

Poultry:

CRD and CRD complex

Sinusitis, infections of upper respiratory tract

Gastrointestinal infections, bacterial diarrhea (e.g., white diarrhea in chickens caused by Salmonella pullorum, paratyphoid and idiopathic diarrhea).

Fowl cholera, Blue comb and Hexamitiasis

It is also used for prevention of weight loss and decreased egg production in cases of stress and infectious diseases.

Calves and Lambs: Prevention and treatment of intestinal infections, acute and chronic bacterial diarrhea, white diarrhea caused by Salmonella spp., and E. coli; and idiopathic diarrhea

Bees: prevention and treatment American foulbrood and European foulbrood

Turkeys: Erysipelas

Mechanism of action:

Tetracyclines generally act as bacteriostatic antibiotics and inhibit protein synthesis by binding to 30S ribosomal subunits of susceptible microorganisms; thereby it prevents aminoacyl transfer-RNA from binding to the ribosome. Tetracyclines also are believed to reversibly bind to 50S ribosomal subunits and additionally alter cytoplasmic membrane permeability in susceptible organisms. In high concentrations, tetracyclines can also inhibit protein synthesis by mammalian cells.

Dosage & Administration:

Suckling Calves: 5-10 g per 100 kg B.W. 2 times a day for 3-5 days

Suckling Lambs: 0.5-1 g per 10 kg B.W. 4 times a day for 3-5 days

Poultry and Turkeys: 1250-2500 g per 1000 liters of drinking water for 3-5 days

Bees: 0.5-1 g active substance per each hive (0.5-1 g of product per each hive )

Withdrawal times:

Meat: 5-7 days after the last treatment

Drug interactions:

It should not be used concurrently with Beta lactams, Macrolides, Aminoglycosides and polyvalent cations such as Al, Ca, Mg and Fe.

Contra-interactions:

Do not use in poultry that produce eggs for human consumption.

Caution: