Macrolvet is a spiramycin injectable solution and a bacteriostatic antibiotic at usual dosage. At higher dosage it is bactericide. Spiramycin interferes the protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the ribosome.
Its antimicrobial spectrum includes:
– Gram (+) bacteria: Staphylococcus spp.; Streptococcus spp.; Clostridium spp.; Diplococcus pneumoniae; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
– Gram (-) bacteria: Brucella spp.; Neisseria spp.; Haemophilus spp.; Rickettsia spp.; Micoplasma spp.
– Protozoa: Toxoplasma spp.; Treponema hyodisenteriae.
COMPOSITION:
Spiramycin (adipate form) 600,000 I.U. Excipient q.s. 1 ml.
INDICATIONS:
Cattle: Bronchopneumonia. Bacterial enteritis. Pyelonephritis.
Swine: Transmissible gastroenteritis. Enzootic pneumonia. Atrophic rhinitis.
* Caused by sensitive micro-organisms.
TARGET SPECIES: Cattle and swine.
ADMIISTRATION ROUTE: Intramuscular route.
POSOLOGY:
Cattle: 1.5 ml/10 kg b.w. every 24 – 48 hours during 2 – 3 days.
Swine: 1.5 ml/10 kg b.w. every 24 hours during 2 – 3 days.
In case of large doses administer in several injection sites.
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:
Meat: 28 days.
Milk: Do not use in animals whose milk is for human consumption.
SHELF-LIFE: 3 years from production date.
COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION: 100 ml
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