Description
Composition:
Each ml Etracin-50 contain Oxytetracycline BP 50 mg.
Indication:
Cattle, Bultalo, Sheep and Goat: Anthrax, hemorrhagic septicemia, black quarter, brucellosis, calf scour, infectious enteritis, malignant edema, dysentery, pneumonia, navel ill, liver infection, abscess, mastitis, pyometra, metritis, peritonitis, infectious plauropneumonia, calf diphtheria, castration, paratyphoid, foot-rot, salmonellosis, actinomycosis, anaplasmosis and secondary infections in FMD.
Dog, Cat: Pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, infectious enteritis and secondary infections in distemper.
Poultry: Infectious Coryza. C.R.D., fowl cholera, coccidiosis, infectious sinovitis and infections caused by organism sensitive to oxytetracycline.
Dosage and administration:
Poultry: 1 ml Etracin-50 injectable solution mixed with 3 ml water for injection and to be administered to chicks of 1-28 days.
| Age | Daily dosage |
| 1st day- 2nd week | 0.5 ml/ bird |
| 2nd week- 4th week | 1 ml/ bird |
| 4th week- 8th week | 0.5 ml/ bird |
| 8th week and above | 1 ml/ bird |
| Mature | 2 ml/ bird |
Injection is to be administered subcutaneously once daily for 4-5 days.
Animal:
1 ml per 5 kg body weight once daily for 3-5 days.
| Animal | Body weight | Daily dosage |
| Cattle, buffalo, horse | 100 kg | 20 ml |
| Sheep, goat | 10 kg | 2 ml |
| Dog, cat | 5 kg | 1 ml |
Etracin-50 injectable solution can be administered intramuscularly or subcutaneous or intravenously. Intravenous injection is to be administered very slowly.
Contraindication:
Do not administer by the intravenous route in the dog.
Do not administer by the subcutaneous route in the horse.
Side effect:
General toxicity is low although collapse has been reported with tetracycline in weak and debilitated animals.
Precaution:
Milk from lactating cows should not be taken for human consumption during treatment for 48 hours thereafter. Once opened, the contents of the vial should be used within a relatively short period. Dilution with solutions of calcium salts will cause precipitation and must be avoided.
Package quantity:
Injection: 10 ml x 10 vials in a box.