Each ml contains:

Opaque suspension, white to off-white.

Please refer to the "Qualitative and quantitative composition" section.

Pigs and cattle.

In pigs:

For the treatment of bacterial respiratory disease associated with Pasteurella multocida, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Streptococcus suis.

In cattle:

For the treatment of bacterial respiratory disease associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni.

For the treatment of acute interdigital necrobacillosis (panaritium, foot rot), associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum and Prevotella melaninogenica.

For treatment of the bacterial component of acute post-partum (puerperal) metritis within 10 days after calving associated with Escherichia coli, Trueperella pyogenes and Fusobacterium necrophorum, sensitive to ceftiofur, where treatment with another antimicrobial has failed.

Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substance and other β-lactam antibiotics or to any of the excipients.

Do not inject intravenously.

Do not use in cases where resistance to other cephalosporins or beta-lactam antibiotics has occurred.

Do not use in poultry (including eggs) due to risk of spread of antimicrobial resistance to humans.

None.

In case of the occurrence of allergic reaction the treatment should be withdrawn.

The veterinary medicinal product selects for resistant strains such as bacteria carrying extended spectrum betalactamases (ESBL) which may constitute a risk to human health if these strains disseminate to humans e.g. via food. For this reason, the veterinary medicinal product should be reserved for the treatment of clinical conditions which have responded poorly, or are expected to respond poorly (refers to very acute cases when treatment must be initiated without bacteriological diagnosis), to more narrow spectrum antimicrobials first line treatment. Official, national and regional antimicrobial policies should be taken into account when the veterinary medicinal product is used. Increased use, including use of the veterinary medicinal product deviating from the instructions given in the SPC, may increase the prevalence of such resistance bacteria resistant to the veterinary medicinal product. Whenever possible, the veterinary medicinal product should only be used based on susceptibility testing.

Do not use as prophylaxis in case of retained placenta.

The veterinary medicinal product is intended for treatment of individual animals. Do not use for disease prevention or as a part of herd health programmes. Treatment of groups of animals should be strictly limited to ongoing disease outbreaks according to the approved conditions of use.

Penicillins and cephalosporins may cause hypersensitivity (allergy) following injection, inhalation, ingestion or skin contact. Hypersensitivity to penicillins may lead to cross-reactions to cephalosporins and vice versa. Allergic reactions to these substances may occasionally be serious.

People with known hypersensitivity to cephalosporins and penicillins should avoid contact with the veterinary medicinal product.

If you develop symptoms following exposure such as a skin rash, 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.

Wash hands after use.

Not applicable.

Pigs:

1Mild, observed for up to 20 days.

Cattle:

1Mild to moderate, observed until 42 days post injection.

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 the national competent authority via the national reporting system. See the package leaflet for respective contact details.

Even though studies in laboratory animals show no evidence of teratogenesis, abortion or influence on reproduction, the safety of the veterinary medicinal product has not been established during pregnancy.

Use only according to the benefit-risk assessment by the responsible veterinarian.

The bactericidal properties of β-lactams are neutralised by simultaneous use of bacteriostatic antibiotics (macrolides, sulfonamides and tetracyclines).

Aminoglycosides may have a potentiating effect on cephalosporins.

Before use, shake the bottle vigorously for a maximum of 60 seconds or until the veterinary medicinal product appears adequately resuspended.

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

Pigs:

3 mg ceftiofur/kg bw/day for 3 days via intramuscular route, i.e. 1 ml/16 kg bw/day.

Not more than 4 ml should be administered per injection site.

Cattle:

Respiratory disease: 1 mg ceftiofur/kg bw/day for 3 to 5 days by subcutaneous injection, i.e. 1 ml/50 kg bw/day.

Acute interdigital necrobacillosis: 1 mg ceftiofur/kg bw/day for 3 days by subcutaneous injection, i.e. 1 ml/50 kg bw/day.

Acute post-partum metritis within 10 days after calving: 1 mg ceftiofur/kg bw/day for 5 consecutive days by subcutaneous injection, i.e. 1 ml/50 kg bw/day.

Not more than 13 ml should be administered per injection site.

In case of acute post-partum metritis, additional supportive therapy might be required in some cases.

Subsequent injections must be given at different sites.

50 ml and 100 ml vials can be broached a maximum of 50 times. 250 ml vials can be broached a maximum of 33 times. Otherwise, the use of a multiple-dose syringe is recommended.

The low toxicity of ceftiofur has been demonstrated in pigs using ceftiofur sodium at doses in excess of 8 times the recommended daily dose of ceftiofur intramuscularly administered for 15 consecutive days.

In cattle, no signs of systemic toxicity have been observed following substantial parenteral overdosages.

Not applicable.

Pigs:

Meat and offal: 2 days.

Cattle:

Meat and offal: 6 days; milk: zero hours.

ATCvet code: QJ01DD90

Ceftiofur is a late generation cephalosporin, which is active against many Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Ceftiofur inhibits the bacterial cell wall synthesis, thereby exerting bactericidal properties.

β-lactams act by interfering with synthesis of the bacterial cell wall. Cell wall synthesis is dependent on enzymes that are called penicillin-binding proteins (PBP's). Bacteria develop resistance to cephalosporins by four basic mechanisms: 1) altering or acquiring penicillin binding proteins insensitive to an otherwise effective β-lactam; 2) altering the permeability of the cell to β-lactams; 3) producing β-lactamases that cleave the β-lactam ring of the molecule, or 4) active efflux.

Some β-lactamases, documented in Gram-negative enteric organisms, may confer elevated MICs to varying degrees to third and fourth generation cephalosporins, as well as penicillins, ampicillins, β-lactam inhibitor combinations, and first and second generation cephalosporins.

Ceftiofur is active against the following microorganisms which are involved in respiratory diseases in pigs: Pasteurella multocida, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Streptococcus suis. Bordetella bronchiseptica is intrinsically non-susceptible to ceftiofur.

It is also active against bacteria involved in respiratory disease in cattle: Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica (former Pasteurella haemolytica), Histophilus somni (former Haemophilus somnus); bacteria involved in acute bovine foot rot (interdigital necrobacillosis) in cattle: Fusobacterium necrophorum, Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Porphyromonas asaccharolytica); and bacteria associated with acute post-partum (puerperal) metritis in cattle: Escherichia coli, Arcanobacterium pyogenes and Fusobacterium necrophorum.

The following Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) have been determined for ceftiofur in European isolates of target bacteria, isolated from diseased animals:

ND: not determined.

The following breakpoints are recommended by CLSI for bovine and porcine respiratory pathogens currently on the label for the veterinary medicinal product:

No breakpoints have been determined to date for the pathogens associated with foot rot or acute post-partum metritis in cows.

After administration, ceftiofur is quickly metabolised to desfuroylceftiofur, the principal active metabolite.

Desfuroylceftiofur has an equivalent anti-microbial activity to ceftiofur against the bacteria involved in respiratory disease in animals. The active metabolite is reversibly bound to plasma proteins. Due to transportation with these proteins, the metabolite concentrates at a site of infection, is active and remains active in the presence of necrotic tissue and debris.

In pigs given a single intramuscular dose of 3 mg/kg body weight (bw), maximum plasma concentrations of 11.8 ± 1.67 mcg/ml were reached after 1 hour; the terminal elimination half-life (t½) of desfuroylceftiofur was 16.7 ± 2.3 hours. No accumulation of desfuroylceftiofur has been observed after a dose of 3 mg ceftiofur/kg bw/day administered daily over 3 days.

The elimination occurred mainly via the urine (more than 70 %). Average recoveries in faeces accounted for approximately 12-15 % of the drug.

Ceftiofur is completely bioavailable following intramuscular administration.

After a single 1 mg/kg dose given subcutaneously to cattle, maximum plasma levels of 2.85 ± 1.11 mcg/ml are reached within 2 hours after administration. In healthy cows, a Cmax of 2.25 ± 0.79 mcg/ml was reached in the endometrium 5 ± 2 hours after a single administration. Maximum concentrations reached in caruncles and lochiae of healthy cows were 1.11 ± 0.24 mcg/ml and 0.98 ± 0.25 mcg/ml, respectively.

The terminal elimination half-life (t½) of desfuroylceftiofur in cattle is 11.5 ± 2.57 hours. No accumulation was observed after a daily treatment over 5 days. The elimination occurred mainly via the urine (more than 55 %); 31 % of the dose was recovered in the faeces.

Ceftiofur is completely bioavailable following subcutaneous administration.

In the absence of compatibility studies, this veterinary medicinal product must not be mixed with other veterinary medicinal products.

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

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

Do not store above 25 °C.

Type I glass vial with either a chlorobutyl stopper and an aluminium overseal with plastic flip-off cap (50 and 100 ml vials) or a bromobutyl stopper and an aluminium overseal with a pull-off cap (250 ml vial).

Pack sizes:

Cardboard box containing 1 vial of 50 ml.

Cardboard box containing 1 vial of 100 ml.

Cardboard box containing 1 vial of 250 ml.

Cardboard box containing 10 vials of 50 ml.

Cardboard box containing 10 vials of 100 ml.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater.

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.

Zoetis UK Limited

Vm 42058/5151

21 July 1997

October 2024

Veterinary medicinal product subject to prescription.

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