Table 1. Drugs, dosages, routes of administration, and treatment regimens.
Drug Name | Brand Name | Dose (by BW) | Route of administration | Treatment regimen(s) | Days in regimen |
Ceftiofur crystalline-free acid (CCFA) | Excede® | 6.6 mg/kg | Subcutaneous, base of ear | 1 (Day 0) | 1 |
Chlortetracycline (CTC) | Aureomycin® | 22 mg/kg | Top-dressed on feed | 3 (Days 4–8,10–14,16–20) | 5 |
BW = body weight
Excede®, (Zoetis Animal Health, Florham Park, NJ)
Aureomycin®, chlortetracycline complex equivalent to 220.5 g of chlortetracycline/kg of premix (Alpharma, Bridgewater, NJ)