Sarafloxacin hydrochloride broad-spectrum antibiotics

1 g of the drug contains:

sarafloxacin hydrochloride – 100 mg

Description

White or light yellow powder, soluble in water.

Pharmacological properties

A broad-spectrum antibacterial drug.

Sarafloxacin is a third-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic whose mechanism of action is due to inhibition of DNA gyrase activity (type II topoisomerase in gram-negative bacteria and type IV topoisomerase in individual gram-positive bacteria), which ensure DNA replication in nuclei of cells and microbial nuclei. microorganisms do not multiply. 

It acts against gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, in particular resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, tetracyclines, macrolides and aminoglycosides: E. coli, Salmonella spp., Pasteurella spp., Haemophilus spp., Staphylococcus aurecospus, Strepus. ., Klebsiella spp., Bordetella spp., Clostridium spp., Yersinia spp., Pseudomonas spp., Enterobacter spp., Ornithobacterium spp. etc.

Sarafloxacin is one of the main treatment programs for poultry in colibacillosis and salmonellosis. It is twice as active against gram-positive microorganisms and four times more active against gram-negative microorganisms than norfloxacin and more active against anaerobes than ciprofloxacin.

It is quickly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract into the blood and penetrates into all organs and tissues of the body. Bioavailability in broilers when administered orally is 59.6 ± 13.8%. The maximum concentration in blood is reached in 1,5-3 hours after application. The half-life in broilers is 3.89 ± 1.19 hours. In poultry liver, sarafloxacin is metabolized in small amounts to sulfamine and glucuronide compounds. The biological half-life is 30.13 hours. Excreted mainly in the feces and kidneys, mostly unchanged.

Method of application and dosage 

Before use, the powder is dissolved in drinking water and given orally at a dose of 0.5 g of the drug per 10 kg of body weight, the course is 3 days. With salmonellosis, the course can be extended to 4-5 days.

Depending on the daily rate of water consumption, the dose is 25-50 g per 100 liters. 

During treatment, the bird should receive only drinking water that contains the drug.

Reservation

When used in the recommended doses, side effects and complications are not observed.

Drinking bowls with the drug for poultry are placed in places protected from the sun.

After the last application of the drug, slaughter of poultry for meat is allowed in 4 days. Meat obtained before this date is disposed of or fed to unproductive animals, depending on the conclusion of the veterinarian. 

Indication

Treatment of poultry (chickens, broilers, young stock, young chickens, turkeys) for colibacillosis, salmonellosis, necrotic enteritis, septicemia, staphylococcus, streptococcus, mycoplasmosis, hemophilia, pasteurellosis, secondary bacterial diseases and respiratory diseases Gastrointestinal tract, urogenital system caused by microorganisms sensitive to sarafloxacin.

Contraindication 

Do not use in animals with hypersensitivity to sarafloxacin. Do not use birds whose eggs are eaten by humans. Do not use simultaneously with theophylline, caffeine, chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol, florfenicol.

Storage conditions

In a dry, dark place at a temperature of +8 to +15 ° C.

After opening the container, store the drug in the refrigerator and use it for 30 days, aqueous solution of the drug – for 24 hours.

Expiration date

2 years.