Each ml suspension contains: Active substance:

308.8 mg penethamate equivalent to 400 mg penethamate hydriodide

Suspension for injection. A white to yellowish white oily suspension.

Cattle (lactating cows).

Treatment of clinical and subclinical mastitis in lactating cows caused by staphylococci and streptococci, susceptible to penicillin.

Do not use in cases of known hypersensitivity to the active substance, or to any of the excipients.

Do not administer by intravenous injection.

Cross-resistance has been shown between benzylpenicillin and penicillins and beta-lactam antimicrobials in staphylococci and streptococci. Use of benzylpenicillin should be carefully considered when susceptibility testing has shown resistance to penicillins or beta-lactam antimicrobials because its effectiveness may be reduced.

Use of the product should be based on identification and susceptibility testing of the target pathogens. If this is not possible, therapy should be based on epidemiological information and knowledge of susceptibility of the target pathogens at farm level, or at local/regional level.

Use of the product should be in accordance with official, national and regional antimicrobial policies.

The feeding of waste milk containing residues of penicillin to calves should be avoided up to the end of the milk withdrawal period (except during the colostral phase), because it could select antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (e.g. ESBL) within the intestinal microbiota of the calf and increase the faecal shedding of these bacteria.

This veterinary medicinal product can cause sensitisation and contact dermatitis.

Hypersensitivity to penicillins may lead to cross reactions to cephalosporins, and vice versa.

Allergic reactions to these substances may occasionally be serious.

Handle this product with great care to avoid direct skin contact or self-injection.

People with known hypersensitivity to penicillin should avoid contact with the veterinary medicinal product.

Personal protective equipment consisting of gloves should be worn when handling the veterinary medicinal product.

Wash hands after use.

In case of accidental contact with the skin, wash immediately with plenty of water. If symptoms following exposure such as skin develop or in case of accidental self-injection, seek medical advice immediately and show the package leaflet or the label to the physician. Swelling of the face, lips or eyes, or difficulty with breathing are more serious symptoms and require urgent medical attention.

Cattle (lactating cows):

aAnaphylactic shock can be fatal, very rarely.

Reporting adverse events is important. It allows continuous safety monitoring of a veterinary medicinal product. Reports should be sent, preferably via a veterinarian, to either the marketing authorisation holder or its local representative or the national competent authority via the national reporting system. See also the last section of the package leaflet for respective contact details.

Can be used during pregnancy or lactation.

The veterinary medicinal product should not be administered concurrently with bacteriostatic antibiotics.

Shake well before use.

For intramuscular administration only, preferably in the neck.

Administer alternately on the left and the right side.

Administer 10-15 mg penethamate hydriodide per kg body weight per day, once daily for 3 consecutive days, corresponding to 2.5-3.75 ml of the veterinary medicinal product per 100 kg body weight per day, once daily for 3 consecutive days.

Avoid underdosing. To ensure a correct dosage, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible.

In case of overdose, no adverse effects other than those mentioned in Adverse reactions are to be expected.

Milk: 4 days.

Meat and offal: 10 days.

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Beta-lactamase sensitive penicillins.

ATCvet code: QJ01CE90

In aqueous environments, penethamate is hydrolysed to form benzylpenicillin and diethylaminoethanol. The mode of action of benzylpenicillin is by prevention of cell wall synthesis during bacterial cell growth and its activity is primarily bactericidal and time-dependent. The antimicrobial spectrum of the active substance corresponds to that of benzylpenicillin which is active against beta-lactamase negative Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus uberis and Staphylococcus aureus. In 2011 the MIC90 values for penicillin in Sweden were 0.12 μg/ml for S. aureus, 0.12 μg/ml for S. dysgalactiae and 0.12 μg/ml for S. uberis. In 2012 the MIC90 values for penicillin in Germany were 0.031 μg/ml for S. agalactiae, 0.015 μg/ml for S.dysgalactiae and 0.125 μg/ml for S. uberis. In 2013 the MIC90 values for penicillin in Switzerland were 1.0 μg/ml for S. aureus, ≤0.12 μg/ml for S. dysgalactiae and ≤0.12 μg/ml for S. uberis. EUCAST reports an Epidemiological Cut OFF value (ECOFF) of 0.125 μg/ml for S. aureus and an ECOFF of 0.125 μg/ml for S. agalactiae. For S. dysgalactiae and S. uberis no ECOFF values are determined.

The most frequent mechanism of resistance is producing beta-lactamases (more specifically penicillinase especially in S. aureus), which break the beta-lactam ring of penicillins, making them inactive.

Penethamate hydriodide is the diethylaminoethyl ester of penicillin, which contains an acidic carboxylic acid grouping. The ester is non-iodised and has high lipid solubility. The major pharmacokinetic properties of penethamate hydriodide are its rapid absorption with high bioavailability and rapid metabolism in vivo to penicillin, the therapeutically active molecule. In circulation it is rapidly hydrolysed to diethylaminoethanol and penicillin, with approximately 90% existing as penicillin. The parent compound readily penetrates into milk, as a consequence of its high lipid solubility. In milk, it is hydrolysed to penicillin and this maintains the plasma/milk concentration gradient for the parent compound. This is a mechanism of passive diffusion from a fluid of pH 7.4 to a more acid pH in milk. With a pKa value of 2.7, penicillin is highly ionised in both plasma and milk. The pH gradient between plasma (pH 7.4) and milk (pH 6.6-6.8) is reduced in mastitis but nevertheless is not abolished.

Cmax is 682 ng/mL, AUClast is 7770 h*ng/mL and elimination half-life is 6.84 hours. Apart from excretion in the milk, benzylpenicillin is also excreted via the kidneys.

Do not mix with any other veterinary medicinal product.

Shelf life of the veterinary medicinal product as packaged for sale: 2 years.

Shelf life after first opening the immediate packaging: 28 days.

Store below 30°C. Keep upright.

Multidose 50 ml uncoloured glass (type II, Ph. Eur.) vials, closed with a fluoropolymer coated rubber type I (Ph. Eur.) stoppers, secured with aluminium caps.

1 vial in a cardboard box.

Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste.

Use take-back schemes for the disposal of any unused veterinary medicinal product or waste materials derived thereof in accordance with local requirements and with any national collection systems applicable to the veterinary medicinal product concerned.

Eurovet Animal Health BV, Handelsweg 25, 5531 AE Bladel, The Netherlands.

GB: Vm 16849/5000

NI: Vm 16849/3000

10 July 2017

February 2023

NI: Detailed information on this veterinary medicinal product is available in the Union Product Database (https://medicines.health.europa.eu/veterinary).

For animal treatment only. To be supplied only on veterinary prescription. Keep out of the sight and reach of children.