Contains lincomycin for the treatment of bloody dysentery in swine and control of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens.
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Benifits-
Safe: No withdrawal time required for poultry or swine
Highly Soluble: Dissolves readily in drinking water or to form stock solution
Effective: Contains the proven antibiotic lincomycin hydrochloride equivalent to 400mg lincomycin per gram.
FDA approved
Swine: Directions for use
Dosage: Administer at a dose rate of 250 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water. In clinical studies, this dose rate provided an average of 3.8 mg of lincomycin per pound of body weight per day.
Treatment Period: The drug should be administered for a minimum of 5 consecutive days beyond disappearance of symptoms (bloody stools) up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. If water treatment is discontinued prior to this time, a lincomycin treatment program may be continued with lincomycin premix at 100 grams lincomycin per ton of complete feed as the sole ration according to label directions.
Administration: Each 40 g of powder will medicate 64 gallons of drinking water providing 250 mg/gallon. A dose of 3.8 mg lincomycin per pound of body weight may be maintained by medicating the drinking water at a concentration of 250 mg per gallon of drinking water when pigs are consuming 1.5 gallons per 100 lbs of body weight per day. Under these circumstances the concentration of lincomycin required in medicated water may be adjusted to compensate for variations in age and weight of animals, the nature and severity of disease symptoms, environmental temperature and humidity, each of which affects water consumption. For use in automatic water proportioners, prepare the stock solution by dissolving two packets in one gallon of water, then adjust the proportioner to deliver 1 ounce of stock solution per gallon of drinking water.
Note: After a treatment program is discontinued, a control program for swine dysentery may be followed by feeding lincomycin premix at 40 grams lincomycin per ton of complete feed as the sole ration.
Broiler Chickens: Directions for Use
Dosage: Administer at a dose rate of 64 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water.
Treatment Period: Start medication as soon as the diagnosis of necrotic enteritis is determined. If improvement is not noted within 24 to 48 hours, consult a licensed veterinarian or veterinary diagnostic laboratory to determine diagnosis. The drug should be administered for 7 consecutive days.
Administration: Each 40 g of powder will medicate 250 gallons of drinking water providing 64 mg/gallon.
Note: After water medication is discontinued, a recommended control program for necrotic enteritis consists of feeding lincomycin premix at 2 grams lincomycin per ton of complete feed.
CAUTIONS
1. Discard medicated drinking water if not used within 2 days.
Fresh stock solution should be prepared daily.
2. If clinical signs of bloody scours (watery, mucoid or bloody
stools) have not improved during the first 6 days of medication,
discontinue treatment and redetermine the diagnosis.
3. Occasionally, swine fed lincomycin may within the first two
days after the onset of treatment develop diarrhea and/or
swelling of the anus. On rare occasions, some pigs may show
reddening of the skin and irritable behavior. These conditions
have been self-correcting within five to eight days without
discontinuing the lincomycin treatment.
4. The safety of lincomycin has not been demonstrated for
pregnant swine or swine intended for breeding.
5. Do not allow rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, horses or
ruminants access to water containing lincomycin treatment.
Ingestion by these species may result in severe gastrointestinal
effects.
6. Do not use the water treatment and the feed treatments
simultaneously.
7. Not for use in layer and breeder chickens.
Warnings: No drug withdrawal period is required before slaughter of swine
receiving LinxMed-SP® Soluble Powder at the approved level of
250 mg per gallon of drinking water, nor before slaughter of birds
receiving LinxMed-SP® Soluble Powder at the approved level of
64 mg per gallon of drinking water.
** Due to FDA regulations as of January 1, 2017 purchase of this product will require a prescription from your veterinarian. See more information HERE