Description
Diatrim Injection -1 ml solution contains Sulfadiazine 200 mg and Trimethoprim 40 mg
Treatment of infections caused by, or associated with, organisms sensitive to the trimethoprim-sulfadiazine combination.
For intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous use. To ensure a correct dosage, the body weight of animals to be treated should be determined as accurately as possible.
Cattle and pigs:
The recommended dose rate is 2.5 mg trimethoprim / 12.5 mg sulfadiazine per kilogram body weight (1 ml product per 16 kg body weight) by intramuscular or slow intravenous injection, once daily until 2 days after symptoms resolve up to a maximum of 5 days. The maximum intramuscular volume of injection per injection site is 5 ml for pigs and 15 ml in cattle. The veterinary medicinal product may be administered by intravenous injection when blood levels of trimethoprim and sulfadiazine are required more rapidly.
Dogs and cats:
The recommended dose rate is 5 mg trimethoprim / 25 mg sulfadiazine per kilogram body weight (1 ml product per 8 kg body weight), by subcutaneous injection only, once daily until 2 days after symptoms resolve up to a maximum of 5 days The recommended injection site in dogs is the loose skin at the top of the neck.
Withdrawal Cattle: Meat and offal: 12 days Milk:48 hours
