Is the current dose of a conventional oxytetracycline formulation adequate for the management of infections in sheep?

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Snyman, M G ^a   Naidoo, Vinny ^a   de Bruin, C ^b   Swan, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Berea Veterinary Clinic   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conventional formulation; Oxytetracycline; Pharmacodynamic; Pharmacokinetic; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ECOMYCIN DUAL PURPOSE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHEEP DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 65549171513     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v79i4.268     Document Type: Article

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