CITRAMOX 500 MG/G POWDER 400G | AMOXICILLIN

CITRAMOX

500 MG/G POWDER FOR ADMINISTRATION IN DRINKING WATER FOR CHICKENS, TURKEYS, DUCKS AND PIGS

2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each gram contains:
Active substance:
Amoxicillin (equivalent to 500 mg of amoxicillin trihydrate) …………….436 mg
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder for administration in drinking water
White powder. Clear, colorless liquid when in solution.
4. CLINICAL DATA
4.1 Target species
Chickens, turkeys, ducks and pigs.
4.2 Indications for use, specifying the target species
Treatment of infections caused by bacteria sensitive to amoxicillin in chickens, turkeys and ducks.
Porcine: For the treatment of pasteurellosis.
4.3 Contraindications
This veterinary medicinal product must not be administered to rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils or any other small herbivores.
Do not use in animals with known hypersensitivity to penicillins or other β-lactam antibiotics or to any of the excipients.
Do not administer to animals with renal disease, including anuria or oliguria.
4.4 Special warnings for each target species
None.

4.8 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
Do not administer with bacteriostatic antibiotics, such as tetracyclines, macrolides and sulfonamides.
4.9 Amounts to be administered and administration route
Administration in drinking water.
Prepare the solution with fresh potable water immediately before use. any water
medication not consumed in the 12 hours following its preparation, it must be discarded and
should be replaced by another solution.
To ensure consumption of medicated water, animals should not have access to other
water sources while in treatment.
For the calculation of the required veterinary drug concentration, the
following formula (milligrams of veterinary medicine per liter of drinking water):

To ensure the correct dose, the body weight of the animals should be determined as soon as possible.
exactly as possible and thus avoid underdosing. The consumption of medicated water depends
the clinical condition of the animals. In order to obtain a correct dosage the
Amoxicillin concentration should be adjusted taking into account water intake.

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Chickens
The recommended dose is 15 mg amoxicillin trihydrate per kg body weight per day.
(equivalent to 30 mg of veterinary medicinal product/kg body weight/day).
The total period of treatment should be 3 days or in severe cases, 5 days.
Pathos
The recommended dose is 20 mg amoxicillin trihydrate per kg body weight per day.
(equivalent to 40 mg veterinary medicinal product/kg body weight/day) for 3 days
in a row.
Turkeys
The recommended dose is 15-20 mg amoxicillin trihydrate per kg body weight per day.
(equivalent to 30-40 mg veterinary medicinal product/kg body weight/day) for 3 days, or in
severe cases, for 5 days.
Porcine
Administer in drinking water supplying 20 mg of amoxicillin trihydrate per kg of weight.
live (equivalent to 40 mg veterinary medicinal product/kg body weight) daily up to a
maximum 5 days.
Once the treatment period is over, the water dispensing system must be cleaned
adequately to avoid the ingestion of sub-therapeutic amounts of the active substance.
4.10 Overdose (symptoms, emergency procedures, antidotes), if necessary
No overdose problems have been described. Treatment should be symptomatic and not
There is no specific antidote available.
4.11 Waiting time(s)
Meat:

Its use is not authorized in laying birds whose eggs are used for consumption.
human. Do not use within 3 weeks from the start of laying.

6.1 List of excipients
anhydrous citric acid
6.2 Incompatibilities
In the absence of compatibility studies, this veterinary medicinal product must not be mixed
with other veterinary drugs.
6.3 Validity period
Shelf-life of the veterinary medicinal product packaged for sale: 21 months
Shelf-life after first opening the immediate packaging: 3 months
Shelf-life after dissolution or reconstitution according to instructions: 12 hours
6.4. Special storage precautions
Do not store at temperatures above 30°C.
Keep bags tightly closed.
6.5 Nature and composition of immediate packaging
Heat-sealed bags formed by a complex of polyester, aluminum and polyethylene.
Formats:
400 bag g
Bag of 1 kg
Not all formats may be marketed.

See technical sheet

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