Ceftifort 5%

Pharmacological properties: ceftiofur is semi-synthetic substances from type of cephalosporin III generation. It is active against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., Actinomyces spp., Arcanobacterium spp., Erysipelothrix spp., Clostridium spp., Corynebacterium spp., etc.), Gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella spp., Moraxella spp., Pasteurella and Mannheimia spp., Haemophilus spp., Actinobacillus spp., Bordetella spp., Escherichia spp., Proteus spp.). Ceftiofur is active against beta-lactamase producing strains of microorganism. The mechanism of action of ceftiofur is associated with the inhibition of cell-wall protein biosynthesis.

Administration: Ceftifort 5% administer for cattle, sheep and goats, camels, swine for treatment of diseases of respirator, digestive, genitourinary systems, locomotor apparatus and skin tissue which caused sensitive to ceftiofur microorganisms (i.e. metritis, mastitis, necrobacteriosis, bronchopneumonia, etc.).

Dosage: Ceftifort 5% should be administered by the intramuscular or subcutaneous route. Shake well before use.

The recommended dose rate is:

Cattles, camels, sheep and goats - 1 ml per 50 kg bodyweight, once per day during 3-5 days (note: mastitis therapy provides during 5 days);

Swine - 1 ml per 16 kg bodyweight, once per day during 3 days.

Contraindications: individual hypersensitivity to drugs ingredients. Do not mix in one syringe with other drugs. Do not use simultaneously with bacteriostatic antibiotics (tetracyclines, etc.).

Withdraw periods: meat – 7 days, milk production – 0 days.

Packing: 100 ml amber glass vials.

Storage: protect from light, 10-25⁰С.

Guaranteed term: 3 years.