Pharmacotherapeutic group: Oxytetracycline
ATC Vet Code: QJ01AA06
Pharmacodynamic properties
Antibiotic of the tetracycline group, with a broad spectrum of activity against Mycoplasma, Chlamydia and Rickettsia and a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. (Little activity against E. coli, Salmonella, Proteus and Pseudomonads.) Tetracyclines are bacteriostatic; bacterial sensitivity testing is advisable to preclude resistance in the target infecting bacteria.