TYLOSIN 20%

COMPOSITION

Each ml contains:

Tylosin Tartrate 200mg, Excipients q.s 1ml.

DESCRIPTION

Tylosin, a macrolide antibiotic, is active against particularly Gram-positive bacteria, some Spirochetes (including Leptospira); Actinomyces, Mycoplasmas, Haemophilus pertussis, Moraxella bovis and some Gram-negative cocci. After parenteral administration, therapeutically active blood concentrations of tylosin are reached within 2 hours.

INDICATIONS

Tylan 20 is effective against infections caused by micro-organisms susceptible to tylosin, like respiratory infections in cattle, sheep, goats, dogs and cats; dysentery and arthritis caused by Mycoplasmas, mastitis and endometritis in cattle, sheep and goats.

CONTRA-INDICATIONS

Do not administer to animals hypersensitive to tylosin, cross-hypersensitivity to macrolides.

SIDE EFFECTS

Local irritation at the injection site may occur.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

For intramuscular or injection.

• Cattle : 0.5 – 1 ml per 10 kg bodyweight daily, during 3 – 5 days.

• Calves, sheep, goats : 0.3 – 0.4 ml per 10 kg bodyweight daily, during 3 – 5 days.

• Dogs, cats : subcutaneous injection 0.5 – 2 ml per 10 kg bodyweight daily, during 3 – 5 days.

WITHDRAWAL PERIOD

Meat : 8 days
Milk : 4 days

STORAGE

Store in a dry, dark place between 8°C and 25°C.
Keep medicine away from children.