What is Oxytetracycline?
Oxytetracycline Injection is an antibiotic used to treat many kinds of bacterial diseases in livestock like cows, goats, horses, sheep and pigs. In cattle, it is indicated for infections such as pneumonia, shipping fever, foot rot, diphtheria, bacterial enteritis, wooden tongue, leptospirosis, and anaplasmosis.
What farm animals can take oxytetracycline?
- Cattle: Commonly used for respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal infections, and other bacterial infections.
- Swine (Pigs): Effective in treating respiratory and enteric infections, as well as other bacterial diseases.
- Sheep and Goats: Used to manage bacterial infections, including respiratory and digestive tract infections.
- Horses: Can be used to treat infections, although care must be taken regarding its use in certain equine conditions.
- Dogs and Cats: Sometimes used in veterinary medicine for various bacterial infections.
- Poultry: May be used to control respiratory diseases and other bacterial infections in chickens and turkeys.
