Evaluation of a long-acting oxytetracycline for treatment of Pasteurella pneumonia in calves

Authors

  • R. G. Breeze Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
  • L. H. Lauerman Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521
  • J. A. Schmitz Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97330
  • R. A. Magonigle Animal Health Research Department, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p96-98

Keywords:

Antibiotics, Bacterial diseases, calf diseases, Drug therapy, oxytetracycline, Pharmacology, pneumonia, respiratory diseases, tetracyclines, calves

Abstract

Calves with experimental P. multocida pneumonia were successfully treated with a conventional intramuscular oxytetracycline preparation (50 mg/ml) at 3 mg/0.45 kg body weight daily for three days or 5 mg/0.45 kg for two days, and with a long-acting intramuscular oxytetracycline formulation (200 mg/ml) in a single dose of 9 mg/0.45 kg body weight. The long-acting preparation was considered more suitable as it required less labour to administer and caused less stress due to handling.

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Published

1980-11-01

Issue

No. 15 (1980 November)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Evaluation of a long-acting oxytetracycline for treatment of Pasteurella pneumonia in calves. (1980). The Bovine Practitioner, 1980(15), 96-98. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1980no15p96-98