Description
Furazolidonе (active ingredient: 3-(5-nitro-2-furanil)methylene amino-2-oxazolidinone) is a medicinal product with a pronounced antimicrobial action.
Composition:
Furazolidonе – nitrofuranic drug containing in 1 gram 98% of the active substance
The drug is virtually untoxic to pigs and birds. Weakened calves may sometimes develop toxicosis in spring. It is used for dysentery, salmonellosis, enterocolitis and other intestinal diseases, as well as for sepsis, infected burns, urological and surgical diseases caused by the pathogens sensitive to furazolidon. Also noted is the good therapeutic effect of furazolidon in isosporosis.
Pharmocolgical properties:
Furazolidonе is effective against most types of Gram-positive, Gram-negative microorganisms. Like any other preparation of nitrofuran group, it is effective against the following types of bacteria that affect poultry:
coccidia;
bartonella;
histomon;
trypanosome;
hexamitis;
salmonella;
trichomonade;
Escherichia;
giambli;
leptospire;
shigell;
fungal infectious agents.
Furazolidone inhibits further development of antibiotic and sulfonamido-resistant microorganisms and bacteria, slows down the emergence of drug resistance in bacteria of various species. It has a damaging effect on strains that show resistance to other groups of antibacterial agents.
Dosage :
Oral in feed mixtures or individually in the following doses:
Calves and piglets 3-5 mg / 2.2lb (1kg) of live weight for 3-7 days;
Birds 2-3 grams / 1000 heads twice a day for 5-8 days;
Carp: Karpam: 1-2 grams / 22lb (10 kg) of feed for 5-7 days.
Dogs and cats at the rate of 10 mg / 2.2lb (1kg) 3-4 times a day for a week;
Cats – for Giardia treatment – 4 mg / 2.2lb (1kg) every 12 hours for 7-10 days.
This antibacterial drug is prescribed to chicken broilers, young poultry, adult hens in treatment:
parasitic infections;
bacterial diseases;
giardiasis;
parathypha;
protozoic enterocolitis;
colpita;
coccidiosis;
anaerobic diarrhea in chickens;
trypanosomiasis;
respiratory mycoplasmosis of chickens;
pullorosis;
inflammation of the ovary;
uric acid diathesis in broilers;
streptococcosis in chickens;
enterocolitis;
gastroenteritis;
staphylococcal septicaemia;
bacillar-type dysentery;
dyspepsia.
It is allowed to slaughter animals for meat not earlier than 4 days after the last application of the drug. The meat of animals forced to be slaughtered before the expiry of the specified period may be used for feeding fur animals or for meat and bone meal production.
Milk obtained from animals treated with furazolidone may not be used for food purposes during the treatment period within 48 hours after cessation of the preparation use. Such milk may be used to feed animals.
Storage :
Dry, dark place at temperatures between 40-77F (5 ° C to 25 ° C).
Shelf life – 3 years from the date of manufacture.
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