Ciprofloxacin

• Class: Fluroquinolone antibiotic
• Action: It inhibits bacterial DNA-gyrase (a type-II topoisomerase), thereby preventing DNA supercoiling and DNA synthesis resulting in bactericidal action.
• Anti bacterial spectrum: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella sp., E. coli, Enterobacter, Campylobacter, Shigella, Salmonella, Aeromonas, Haemophilus, Proteus, Yersinia, Serratia, Vibrio, Actinobacillus, Brucella, Pasteurella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, clostridium, Corynebacterium, Mycoplasma spp, Chlamydia spp, Leptospira spp, Rickettsia spp

• Indications: Upper RTI, GI Infections, Anthrax, Enterotoxaemia, Mastitis, Uterine infections, UTI, Meningitis, Swine dysentery, Colisepticaemia, Infectious coryza, Salmonellosis, CRD, Fowl cholera
• Dosage:               Oral, IM, IV

                Cattle,Sheep: 4-5 mg/kg

                Dog, Cat: 5-15 mg/kg

• Contraindications: In young animals, it may produce arthropathic effect 

• C-FLOX               Intas

                Inj          40 mg/ml          50 ml

• C-FLOX POWER               Intas

                Inj          100 mg/ml          15 ml, 50 ml

             

• CIPROVET               Vetindia

                Inj          40 mg/ml          10 ml, 30 ml, 50 ml, 100 ml

• SIPROXIN 10%               Neospark

                Poultry
                  
                     1 gm/ 1 litre of drinking water for 3 to 5 days
        
                Powder          10% w/w          50 g