Floram-30% Inj , 100ml

Properties

• Florfenicol is highly active and broad spectrum antibiotic against many gm +ve and gm-ve bacteria .
• It acts by binding the ribosomal subunit and inhibiting the bacterial protein synthesis.

Indications

For the treatment of the bacterial infections in cattle and pigs.

Cattle :

• the respiratory diseases caused by the
• bacteria : pasteurella multocida , mannheima haemolytica , histophilus somni.
• foot rot caused by the bacteria : fusobacterium necroforum , bacteroides melaninogenicus .

Pigs :

• the respiratory diseases caused by the bacteria : actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, pasteurella multocida, salmonella cholera suis , streptococcus suis .

Dosage

Cattle : ( in the neck muscle )

• 10 ml / 150 kg b.wt.
• (20 mg activity / kg b.wt)

Repeat the dose after 2 days in another site of the neck muscle .
OR
by a single subcutaneous injection in the neck region :

• 20 ml / 150 kg b.wt.
• (40 mg activity / kg b.wt.)

Pigs : by intramuscular injection .

• 1 ml / 20 kg b.wt.
• (15 mg activity / kg b.wt.)

repeat the dose after 2 days .

Remarks

• The dose should be subdivided .
• Do not inject , in each site , more than 10 ml for cattle , and not more than 3 ml for pigs.
• Not given to milking cattle .
• Not used for animals of breeding age.