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Aureomycin Soluble Powder:  Dosage and administration
 
 
Aureomycin Soluble Powder
Dosage and administration
For oral administration as a soluble powder, to be given in drinking water, or as a drench.
Therapeutic doses of chlortetracycline are for:
Calves:
10-20 mg/kg bodyweight daily
Chickens:
20-30 mg/kg bodyweight daily
Treatment should be continued for a period of five to seven days.
To be given as a solution in drinking water by either:-
Adding the contents of a jar (225g) to 90 litres drinking water providing 138 ppm chlortetracycline in the drinking water.
or:-
Adding 3 rounded 5ml teaspoonfuls (600mg chlortetracycline) to 5 litres drinking water providing 120 ppm in the water.
For calves, the product may be given as a drench twice daily at the rate of 12.5g (3 rounded 5 ml teaspoons) per 45kg bodyweight daily, split into two 12-hourly doses in sufficient water to dissolve it. Prepare drench immediately prior to administration.
           
 
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  Date updated: 12 July 2007