PENSTREPCHEM 400

COMPOSITION: EACH ML CONTAINS
Procaine penicillin G…………………..200 000.IU.
Dihydrostreptomycin sulphate ………….200 mg.
Excipients ad …………………………………….1 ml.
DESCRIPTION:
The combination of procaine penicillin G and dihydrostreptomycin acts additive and in some cases synergistic. Procaine penicillin G is a narrow-spectrum penicillin with a bactericidal action against mainly Gram-positive bacteria like Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Erysipelothrix, Listeria, penicillinase-negative Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. Dihydrostreptomycin is an aminoglycoside with a bactericidal action against mainly Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli, Campylobacter, Klebsiella, Haemophilus, Pasteurella and Salmonella spp.
INDICATIONS:
Arthritis, mastitis, gastrointestinal, respiratory and urinary tract infections caused by penicillin and dihydrostreptomycin sensitive micro-organisms, like Campylobacter, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, E. coli, Erysipelothrix, Haemophilus, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pasteurella, Salmonella, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. in calves, cattle, goats, sheep and swine.
CONTRA-INDICATIONS:
Hypersensitivity to penicillins, procaine and/or a minoglycosides. Administration to animals with a seriously impaired renal function. Concurrent administration of tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, macrolides and lincosamides.
SIDE EFFECTS:
Administration of therapeutic dosages of procaine penicillin G can result in abortion in sows. Ototoxicity, neurotoxicity or nephrotoxicity. Hypersensitivity reactions.
DOSAGE ANA DMINISTRATION:
intramuscular administration:
Cattle : 1 ml per 20 kg bodyweight for 3 days.
Calves, goats, sheep and swine : 1 ml per 10 kg bodyweight for 3 days.
Note: Shake well before use and do not administer more than 20 ml in cattle, more than
10 ml in swine and more than 5 ml in calves, sheep and goats per injection site.
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD: For kidney : 45 days.– For meat : 21 days.– For milk : 3 days.
STORAGE:
Store at a temperature not exceeding 25°C.
NOT FOR HUMAN USE
FOR VETERINARY TREATMENT ONLY
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDRE