BMD
Generic name: bacitracin methylene disalicylate
Dosage form: FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY
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Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate
Type A Medicated Article
Antibacterial
For supplementing rations of swine, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail and feedlot beef cattle
Active drug ingredient
Each pound contains feed grade bacitracin methylene disalicylate equivalent to 30 grams bacitracin (Master Standard).
Composition
A dried precipitated fermentation product obtained by culturing B. licheniformis Tracy on media adapted for microbiological production of bacitracin; calcium carbonate.
For manufacturing medicated poultry and livestock feeds only
Mixing directions
Prepare an intermediate premix containing 5 grams per pound by mixing 1.0 lb of BMD 30 Granular A with 5.0 lbs of soybean meal or ground corn. Then add 0.8 to 50 lbs of intermediate premix per ton of finished feed.
| Species | Grams bacitracin per ton of feed | Indications for Use |
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| Growing/ finishing swine | 10 - 30 | For increased rate of weight gain and improved feed efficiency. |
| 250 | For control of swine dysentery (bloody scours) associated with Treponema hyodysenteriae in pigs up to 250 lbs body weight. Feed 250 grams per ton of complete feed on premises with a history of swine dysentery, but where signs of the disease have not yet occurred or following an approved treatment of the disease condition. | |
| The 250 g/ton level will provide 5 to 7 mg/lb in swine weighing 40 to 250 lbs. | ||
| CAUTION: Diagnosis should be confirmed by a veterinarian when results are not satisfactory. Feed containing an approved level of bacitracin methylene disalicylate should be the sole ration. | ||
| Pregnant sows | 250 | For control of clostridial enteritis caused by C. perfringens in suckling piglets when fed to sows from 14 days before through 21 days after farrowing on premises with a history of clostridial scours. |
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