For the treatment and control of bacterial enteritis in young pigs caused by Escherichia coli and other apramycin sensitive organisms.

In vitro, the following organisms were susceptible to apramycin at concentrations of 16 µg/ml or less:

i) Gram-positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus.

ii) Gram-negative bacteria

Bordetella bronchiseptica

Escherichia coli

Campylobacter spp

Klebsiella spp

Salmonella spp

Proteus spp

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shigella sonnei

iii) Mycoplasma

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae