What is Florfenicol?
Florfenicol is a synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic effective against most Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria isolated from domestic animals.Florfenicol acts by inhibiting protein synthesis at the ribosomal level and is bacteriostatic. Laboratory tests have shown that florfenicol is active against the most commonly isolated bacterial pathogens involved in bovine respiratory disease which include Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni and Arcanobacterium pyogenes, and against the bacterial pathogens most commonly isolated in respiratory diseases in pigs, including Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida.
What is florfenicol drugs for animals?
Florfenicol Injection is an antibiotic drug used to treat or prevent certain bacterial infections in livestock animals such as cows, goats, sheep and pigs. It is indicated for the treatment of illnesses such as bovine respiratory disease (including Pasteurella multocida) and bovine interdigital phlegmon (including Fusobacterium and Bacteroides).
Florfenicol is a an amphenicol antimicrobial drug widely used in food-producing animals for its broad-spectrum, time dependent and bacteriostatic effect especially in the lungs.
Florfenicol is recommended for use in livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It can also be used in poultry such as chickens and ducks. However, it should be noted that it should be used with caution in pregnant and lactating animals, and should be avoided in egg-laying poultry.
