OXIFURAN 100 tablets: antimicrobials and coccidiostats for dogs and cats or in the treatment of coccidiosis and trichomoniasis in poultry or cage animals

OXIFURAN 100 tablets: antimicrobials and coccidiostats for dogs and cats or in the treatment of coccidiosis and trichomoniasis in poultry or cage animals, with the exception of pheasant.

COMPOSITION One 120 mg tablet contains:

Active ingredients: oxytetracycline hydrochloride 14 mg; Furazolidone 4 mg;
Excipients (lactose, starch, PVP K30, CMC, aerosil, talc, avicel, magnesium stearate) and 120 mg.
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION

Oxytetracycline is a broad spectrum antibiotic with bacteriostatic action against pathogenic, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
Furazolidone is a chemotherapy with remarkable antimicrobial action on some Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but also on some pathogenic protozoa (Histomonas sp., Trichomonas sp., Giardia, coccidia, etc.).
The product is effective in the fight against diseases produced by some protozoa (coccidia, Trichomonas, etc.), large viruses and mycoplasmas in ornamental and caged birds.
TARGET SPECIES: Dogs, cats, poultry and cage birds, carrier and ornamental pigeons.

INDICATIONS

In dogs and cats, in pulmonary and secondary infections associated with parvovirus or in infections with some protozoa.
It is recommended in the treatment of coccidiosis and trichomoniasis in poultry or cage birds, with the exception of pheasant.
CONTRAINDICATIONS

It must not be used in puppies.
It will be avoided to treat animals with renal insufficiency or those with old age.
It is not given to poultry intended for human consumption.
Oxifuran is prohibited in the palmiped.
ADVERSE REACTIONS: not known

METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION

In dogs and cats: it is used as such or in a reduced form mixed in a small amount of water and administered at the level of proportion, in the dose of 1/2 tablet / kg of body weight, for 3-5 days;
In cages and poultry, travel and ornamental birds, the dose is 1 crushed and homogenized tablet per 100 g of feed or, for individual treatment, 1/2 tablet / 0.5 kg body weight is administered, for 5- 7 days.
WARNINGS

The indicated therapeutic schemes will follow.
Treatment is associated with the administration of vitamins.
In dogs and cats that refuse to ingest the medicine, it is crushed and mixed with a small amount of water, administered at the level of commensuration using a syringe without a needle or a teaspoon.
In cage and poultry the dose of the drug is homogenized with powdered sugar and mixed with slightly moistened food, especially when using seeds.
Sugar helps correct the taste and adhere the medicine to the seeds.
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD: Not applicable.