Cephalexin Power
Product code: PV-060 · Injection · Livestock
Indication section: Antibiotics · Cephalosporins
Various bacterial infections (respiratory, udder, skin)
This page is an English translation. The Arabic text on the product leaflet and pack is the authoritative reference. Read the Arabic original
Indications
Broad-spectrum antibiotic, bactericidal against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, the most important of which are: streptococci, staphylococci, Corynebacterium, Pasteurella, E. coli, Proteus, Micrococcus, Moraxella and Actinobacillus in cattle, blood bacteria, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, segmented bacteria, Salmonella, Fusobacterium and Peptostreptococcus. Used in cattle in the treatment of metritis, wounds and abscesses, and in suppurative mastitis as a complementary treatment to intramammary therapy; used in pigs in the treatment of arthritis, dermatitis and meningitis, and of mastitis and metritis that cause agalactia; used in sheep in the treatment of mastitis, metritis and arthritis; and used in dogs and cats for the treatment of respiratory, urogenital, gastric and enteric infections and dermatitis
Dose and administration
Route of administration: By intramuscular injection
Cattle, sheep and goats: 1 ml per 20 kg body weight once daily for 3–5 days (approximately 7 mg per kg body weight). Dogs and cats: 0.5 ml per 10 kg body weight once daily.
Withdrawal period
Meat: 19 days. The milk is not to be used in animals producing milk intended for human consumption
- Active ingredient
- Cefalexin
- Form
- Injection
- For
- Livestock
- Available packs
- Glass bottle 100 ml
Composition
| Cefalexin (monohydrate) | 150 mg |
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Important: This information comes from the Powervet catalogue, the product leaflets and the official licensing decisions, and is for guidance only. Please consult a veterinarian before use, and keep to the withdrawal period and the pack instructions. Images are illustrative; the original pack is the final reference.
