Ceftiosan Forte 100 ml

Ceftiosan Forte is administered to cattle and pigs for treatment of infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory airway diseases, urogenital system, joints, soft tissues and skin, necrobacillosis, postnatal metritis and bacterial infections caused by pathogens sensitive to ceftiofur.

Ceftiofuric acid — 200 mg/ml, excipients up to 1 ml.

Ceftiosan Forte is injected as follows:

• to cattle — as a single dose subcutaneously into the ear base at 1 ml per 30 kg of animal body weight (equivalent to 6.6 mg ceftiofur per 1 kg of animal body weight).

• pigs — as a single dose intramuscularly at 1 ml per 40 kg of animal body weight (equivalent to 5 mg ceftiofur per 1 kg of animal body weight).

The maximum amount of the drug to be injected into one injection site may not exceed 30 ml.

Slaughter of cattle for meat is allowed no earlier than 20 days, pigs – no earlier than 71 days following the most recent drug administration. Meat of animals that had to be slaughtered before the expiry of the aforesaid time periods may be used as feed for furbearing animals or meat and bone meal production. Milk from milking cows may be used for food purposes without any restrictions.

Contraindications to the use of the drug include the animal’s individual hypersensitivity to the drug components and β-lactam antibiotics.

The drug should be stored sealed in the manufacturer packaging, protected from direct sunlight and kept separate from food products and feeds at temperatures between 2 ºС and +25 ºС.

The drug has a shelf life of 3 years from the date of manufacture, provided that the storage conditions are met at all times, and 28 days once the bottle is opened.