The combination of sulfamethazine-trimethoprim has a broad spectrum of action, covering gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The microorganisms that are very sensitive to the drug include the following bacteria: Escherichia coli, Clostridium spp., Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Bacillus anthracis, Pasteurella spp., Haemophilus influenzae, Haemophilus ginar. Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, S. faecalis, S. viridans, S. agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus spp. and Brucella spp.
Tylosin is an antibiotic typically used to treat bacterial infections in farm animals, but veterinarians often use it to treat certain types of chronic diarrhea in cats and dogs. The powder form is not FDA approved for use in companion animals, but it is common practice for veterinarians to prescribe this medication. The drug is also given as an injectable type.
It is prescribed for the prevention and treatment of respiratory mycoplasmosis of birds, infectious sinusitis of turkeys, as well as the treatment of dysentery and gastroenterocolitis of bacterial etiology of pigs, bronchopneumonia of calves caused by pathogens sensitive to tylosin. To combat necrobacteriosis in cattle and small ruminants.