Sodium Sulfamethazine is for use in a variety of species to treat and/or control certain diseases susceptible to sulfamethazine. Mixes easily with water to be administered once a day through water treatment or use as a drench to treat cattle, calves and swine.
Use in beef and non-lactating dairy cattle to treat or control enteritis (E. coli), footrot, acute mastitis, acute metritis, calf diphtheria; and BRD caused by M. haemolytica, P. multocida and Histophilus somni.
Use in swine to control or treat bacterial scours caused by E. coli and bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella spp.
For use in chickens to control infectious coryza (avibacterium paragallinarum), coccidiosis (E. tenella, E. necatrix), Acute fowl cholera (P. multocida) and pullorum disease (salmonella pullorum).
For use in turkeys to control coccidiosis (Eimeria meleagrimitis, Eimeria adenoeides).
Labeled for: beef and dairy cattle, calves, heifers, swine, chickens and turkeys
Species: cattle, calf, pig, chicken, poultry
Have only medicated water available during treatment and check carefully to insure adequate drug dosage and water intake.
Add 1 packet to 1 gallon of water to make a 12.0% stock solution.
Beef and dairy cattle and calves:
- Day 1 give 3 fl oz/100 lb (108 mg/lb). Day 2 to 4 give 1-1/2 fl oz/100 lb (54 mg/lb). Administer for 4 consecutive days.
- As a drench, dilute the proper dose of stock solution, and drench or administer with dose syringe. Cattle and calves not drinking or eating must be dosed by drench or with immediate-release sulfamethazine bolus.
Swine:
- Day 1: Give 3 fl oz/100 lb (108 mg/lb).
- Day 2 to 4: Give 1-1/2 fl oz/100 lb (54 mg/lb).
- Administer for 4 consecutive days.
Chickens:
- Add 1 gallon of stock solution to 128 gallons of water (2 tbsp per gallon). Provides a recommended dose of 128 to 187 mg/kg/day of bodyweight depending on dosage, age, class of bird, ambient temperature and other factors.
- To treat acute fowl cholera and pullorum disease: Medicate for 6 consecutive days.
To treat/control coryza (avibacterium paragallinarum): Medicate for 2 days.
To control/prevent coccidiosis: Administer the above amount for 2 consecutive days, then reduce the drug concentration to 1/2 for 4 additional days of treatment.
- Add required dose to the appropriate amount of water to be consumed in 1 day. Water consumption should be carefully checked to ensure adequate drug intake. As a generalization, 200 chickens will drink 1 gal water/day for each week of age.
Turkeys:
- Add 1 gallon of stock solution to 128 gallons of water (2 tbsp per gallon). Provides a recommended dose of 50 to 124 mg/lb/day per bodyweight depending on dosage, age, class of bird, ambient temperature and other factors.
- Administer the above for 2 days, then reduce to 1/2 concentration for 4 days.
- Add required dose to the appropriate amount of water to be consumed in 1 day. Water consumption should be carefully checked to ensure adequate drug intake. As a generalization, 100 turkeys will drink 1 gal water/day for each week of age.
Medically important antibiotics such as Sulfamethazine, now requires a prescription from a veterinarian. Learn more in our helpful article: Over-the-counter products to RX.
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