• Tylosin is a macrolide antibiotic with a bacteriostatic action against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria like Campylobacter, Mycoplasma, Pasteurella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Treponema spp. and Mycoplasma.
Indications:
• Tylosin tartrate is effective against a large number of causative agents of diseases (Streptococci, Staphylococci,
Corynebacteria, Pasteurella, Antrax and Erysipelas Bacilli, and other).
• It is particularly effective against Mycoplasma
gallisepticum (CRD).
• The drug is well absorbed from the proximal parts of the digestive tract, so that a therapeutic blood level
is rapidly attained. It is also well diffused in body fluids and tissues.
• Tylosin is very effective in the treatment of Chronic Respiratory Disease complex (CRD-complex).
• It is also efficient in the treatment of infectious synovitis and sinusitis, as well
as several other poultry diseases.
Contra Indications:
• Hypersensitivity to tylosin.
• Concurrent administration of penicillins, cephalosporins, quinolones and cycloserine.
• Administration to animals with an active microbial digestion.
Side Effects:
• Diarrhoea, epigastric pain and skin sensitization can occur.
Dosage:
• For oral administration:
Calves, goats and sheep:
• 1 g per 50 kg bodyweight, twice daily, during 7 - 14 days.
Poultry:
• 100 g per 200 litres of drinking water during 3 - 5 days.
Swine:
• 100 g per 400 litres of drinking water during 3 - 10 days.
Note: for pre-ruminant calves, lambs and kids only.
