10 packets per 100 gallons. (This will treat 10,000 lbs of pigs for one day; that is one hundred 100-lb pigs; providing 10 mg/lb body weight.) Administer at this rate in the total water consumed over a full, 24-hour period; do not administer for more than 5 days.
One standard measuring teaspoonful of powder contains 200 mg. Administer 5 such teaspoonfuls in solution to a 100-lb calf daily in divided doses; do not administer for more than 5 days.
For the control or treatment of the following poultry diseases caused by organisms sensitive to chlortetracycline:
Administer at the indicated rates in the total water consumed over a full, 24-hour period.
Infectious Synovitis (Mycoplasma synoviae)
2-4 packets per 100 gallons
For the control of mortality due to fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida) in growing chickens.
10 packets per 100 gallons
TURKEYS
Dose
Complicated Blue Comb (Transmissible enteritis)
25 mg/lb body weight/day. Administer 1 packet for every 400 lbs of turkeys in the total water consumed over a full, 24-hour period.
Infectious Synovitis (Mycoplasma synoviae)
4 packets per 100 gallons. Administer at this rate in the total water consumed over a full, 24-hour period.
Medicate continuously at the first clinical signs of disease and continue for 7 to 14 consecutive days. The dosage ranges permitted provide for different levels based on the severity of the infection. Consult a poultry diagnostic laboratory or a poultry pathologist to determine the diagnosis and for advice regarding the optimal level of the drug where ranges are permitted.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON DOSAGE
Dosages in terms of packets per 100 gallons are based on stated dosages per unit of body weight and average water consumption of the species. Weather conditions, ambient temperature, humidity, age, class of livestock, and other factors may affect consumption and, except where calves are drenched, the unit dosage should be used as a guide to effective use in drinking water. Animal must actually consume enough medicated water to provide the desired therapeutic dose under the conditions that prevail.
CAUTION
When used in plastic or stainless steel waterers or automatic water medicators, prepare fresh solutions every 24 hours. When used in galvanized waterers, prepare fresh solutions every 12 hours.
WARNING
Use as the sole source of chlortetracycline. Not to be used for more than 14 consecutive days in chickens and turkeys, 5 days in calves, or 5 days in swine. Do not use in laying chickens. For growing turkeys only. Do not administer this product with milk or milk replacers. Administer one hour before or two hours after feeding milk or milk replacers. Do not administer to swine within 24 hours of slaughter. Do not administer to calves within 24 hours of slaughter. A withdrawal period has not been established for this product in pre-ruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal. Do not administer to poultry at 1000 mg/gallon of water (10 packets per 100 gallons) within 24 hours of slaughter.
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