Tet-Sol 324
Generic name: tetracycline hydrochloride
Dosage form: FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY
INDICATIONS — CHICKENS
Control of chronic respiratory disease (CRD air sac disease) caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Escherichia coli; infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae susceptible to tetracycline hydrochloride.
RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL
Administer for 7-14 days.
CRD air sac disease
Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 400-800 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon per day
Infectious synovitis
Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 200-400 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon per day
INDICATIONS — TURKEYS
Control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae; bluecomb (transmissible enteritis, corona viral enteritis) complicated by organisms susceptible to tetracycline hydrochloride.
RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL
Administer for 7-14 days.
Infectious synovitis
Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 400 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon per day
Bluecomb
Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon to provide 25 mg/pound of body weight per day in divided doses.
INDICATIONS — SWINE AND CALVES
Control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli; bacterial pneumonia associated with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Pasteurella spp., Klebsiella spp. susceptible to tetracycline hydrochloride.
RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL
Administer for 3-5 days.
Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon to provide 10 mg/pound of body weight per day in divided doses.
SPECIAL DIRECTIONS FOR BABY CALVES AND BABY PIGS
Administer this product 1 hour before or 2 hours after feeding milk or milk replacers. Provide clean (unmedicated) drinking water at all times.
Warning
Do not slaughter birds or swine for food within 4 days of treatment or calves within 5 days of treatment. A withdrawal period has not been established for this product in pre-ruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal. Not for use in turkeys or chickens producing eggs for human consumption.
Do not use for more than 5 consecutive days in swine and calves, or 14 consecutive days in birds.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Prepare fresh solutions at least once a day. Solutions are not stable for more than 24 hours. Use as a sole source of tetracycline. Deliver the recommended dosage level in divided doses. Medicate at first clinical signs of disease or when experience indicates the disease may be a problem. Diagnosis should be reconsidered if improvement is not noticed within 3 days. The concentration of drug required in medicated water must be adequate to compensate for variations in the age and class of animals, feed consumption, and environmental temperature and humidity, each of which affects water consumption....
