Target species
Lactating cow
Indications for use, specifying the target species
For the treatment of mastitis in lactating cattle. The product is effective against Staphylococcus species (both penicillinase and non-penicillinase producers) including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus species including Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Streptococcus uberis, and coliform bacteria including Escherichia coli.
Contraindications
None
Special warnings for each target species
None
Special precautions for use
i. Special precautions for use in animals
None
ii. Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the veterinary medicinal product to animals
Avoid contact with the solution. Wash hands and any exposed skin immediately after use.
Adverse reactions (frequency and seriousness)
None known
Use during pregnancy, lactation, or lay
No restrictions.
Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
This product should not be used concomitantly with macrolides e.g. erythromycin, because lincomycin and the macrolides antagonise each other at the site of action, the 50S ribosomal sub-unit.
Amounts to be administered and administration route
Dosage: infuse one syringe (10 ml. product) into each affected quarter. Repeat this treatment immediately after each of the next two 12 hourly milkings, to give a total of three infusions per infected quarter.
Administration: by intramammary infusion only, taking aseptic precautions. The syringe must only be used once.
Where necessary, wash teats or whole udder thoroughly with warm water containing a suitable dairy disinfectant and dry them thoroughly. Milk out the udder completely. Disinfect teat end with a pad of alcohol or other suitable disinfectant. Use a separate pad for each teat.
Directions for insertion are as follows:
a. Full insertion: remove the white end cap by pulling straight up. Gently insert full cannula into the teat canal; carefully infuse the product.
b. Partial insertion: remove the white end cap by pulling straight up. Gently insert cannula 1/8” into the teat canal; carefully infuse the product.
Push plunger to dispense entire contents and massage the quarter to distribute the product into the milk cistern. Following infusion, it is advisable to dip all teats in an approved teat dip.
Overdose (symptoms, emergency procedures, antidotes), if necessary
The product is well tolerated. In the event of accidental overdose, it is unlikely that any local or systemic adverse effects will occur in the animal, however, any signs of adverse effect should be immediately reported to the veterinarian concerned.
Withdrawal period(s)
Milk: 84 hours
Meat: 3 days