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Tetramed
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Tetramed

Generic name: tetracycline hydrochloride
Dosage form: FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY

Tetramed® 324 HCA

(tetracycline hydrochloride)

Soluble Powder

FOR ORAL USE IN SWINE, CALVES, CHICKENS, AND TURKEYS

Antibiotic

CAUTION: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

NOT FOR USE IN HUMANS

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Restricted Drug (California) - Use Only as Directed

ANADA 200-374, Approved by FDA

Each pound contains 324 g of tetracycline hydrochloride.

INDICATIONS: For use in the control and treatment of the following conditions is swine, calves and poultry.

FOR SWINE AND CALVES

INDICATIONS: Use for the control and treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli; bacterial pneumonia associated with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Pasteurella spp., and Klebsiella spp. sensitive to tetracycline hydrochloride.

RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon to provide 10 mg/lb of body weight per day in divided doses.

RESIDUE WARNING: SWINE - Do not slaughter animals for food purposes within 4 days of treatment.

CALVES - Do not slaughter animals for food purposes 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.

CAUTION: Do not use for more than 5 consecutive days.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Administer for 3-5 days.

FOR CHICKENS

INDICATIONS: Use for the control of chronic respiratory disease (CRD) and air sac disease caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Escherichia coli; infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae sensitive to tetracycline hydrochloride.

RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL: CRD and air sac disease: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 400-800 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon. Infectious synovitis: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 200-400 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon.


FOR TURKEYS

INDICATIONS: Use for the control of infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae; bluecomb (transmissible enteritis, coronaviral enteritis) complicated by organisms sensitive to tetracycline hydrochloride.

RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL: Infectious synovitis: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 400 mg tet...