Chlortetracycline Premix is a common antibiotic, which belongs to tetracycline antibiotics and is widely used in animal breeding, especially in pig breeding. It is used to prevent and treat various diseases caused by bacterial infection, and also plays a certain role in promoting growth and improving feed conversion rate. However, when using chlortetracycline premix, it is necessary to follow the relevant regulations and reasonable use methods to ensure the health of animals and the safety of products.
Indications of Chlortetracycline Premix
Intestinal infection: it has a good therapeutic effect on diarrhea of weaned piglets caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella. During the weaning period of piglets, due to stress and other factors, intestinal flora is easy to be unbalanced, leading to diarrhea. Chlortetracycline premix can inhibit the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria and adjust the balance of intestinal flora, thus alleviating diarrhea symptoms, reducing the mortality of piglets and improving the survival rate and growth performance of piglets.
Respiratory tract infection: It can be used to treat swine asthma. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the main pathogen causing swine asthma. Chlortetracycline premix can inhibit the growth and reproduction of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, relieve the respiratory symptoms of swine, such as cough and asthma, and improve the respiratory function and health level of swine.
Proliferative enteritis: It can effectively prevent and treat porcine proliferative enteritis, which is an intestinal disease caused by intracellular Lawsonia. Chlortetracycline premix can reduce the occurrence of intestinal diseases and promote the intestinal health of pigs by inhibiting the growth of intracellular Lawsonia.
Usage of Chlortetracycline Premix
Dosage: Generally, 10-50g chlortetracycline premix is added to each ton of feed, but the specific dosage needs to be adjusted according to factors such as pig breed, age, weight, health status and breeding environment. For example, for piglets, due to their weak immunity, it may be necessary to increase the dosage appropriately; For finishing pigs, the addition amount can be relatively reduced.
Addition method: firstly, the chlortetracycline premix is fully and evenly mixed with a small amount of feed to make a premix, and then the premix is evenly mixed with the rest feed. In the process of adding, it is necessary to ensure that the chlortetracycline premix is evenly distributed in the feed, so as to avoid that the local concentration is too high or too low, which will affect the curative effect of the drug and the health of pigs.
Matters Needing Attention in the Use of Chlortetracycline Premix
Strictly abide by the withdrawal period: there needs to be a withdrawal period before pig slaughter, which is usually about 7 days. During the withdrawal period, pig products containing chlortetracycline cannot be put on the market to prevent drug residues from harming human health.
Avoid abuse and long-term use: unreasonable use of chlortetracycline premix for a long time may lead to drug resistance of bacteria. Therefore, in the process of use, we should strictly follow the guidance of veterinarians to avoid abuse. If you find that the drug treatment effect is not good, you can't increase the dose by yourself, but you should consult the veterinarian in time and consider changing the drug or adjusting the treatment plan.
Pay attention to drug interaction: Chlortetracycline premix may interact with some other drugs. For example, it cannot be used with penicillin drugs at the same time, because the bactericidal mechanism of penicillin drugs is different from that of chlortetracycline, and the efficacy of penicillin may be reduced when used at the same time. When using chlortetracycline premix, if you need to use other drugs at the same time, you must consult a veterinarian first to understand the interaction between drugs.