Description

Pefloxacin Soluble Powder

Composition

100 mg of Pefloxacin (as Pefloxacin mesilate dihydrate B.P)

Properties

• Synthetic broad-spectrum, third generation fluoroquinolone
• Bactericidal with excellent antibacterial activity against most gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria
• Interferes with the activity of DNA-gyrase and topoisomerase IV, thereby preventing bacterial replication
• Diverflox shows good absorption with high bioavailability, a long half-life, excellent tissue and body fluid penetration
• Extensively metabolized and main metabolites are N-demethyl pefloxacin (Norfloxacin) and pefloxacin N-oxide which also have antibacterial activity

Indications

• Mixed infections caused by two or more types of organisms and multi-drug resistant bacteria, causing respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal infections, bone and joint infections, skin and tissue infections and severe systemic infections

Specific Indications

• Colisepticaemia
• Pasteurellosis
• Salmonellosis
• Staphylococcal infections
• Mixed bacterial infections
• Secondary bacterial complications of viral disease
• CRD Complex
• Infectious coryza
• Early chick mortality.

Dosage

Treatment

1 gm of Diverflox powder in 2 litres of water for 3-5 days or as advised by a veterinarian

Prevention eg During Transfer

2-1-2  (1 gm in 2 litres of water, 2 days before, on the day of transfer and 2 days after transfer)

 

Withdrawal

• Meat- 7 days

Presentation
100gms Sachet