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ANADA Number: 200-030

Proprietary Name Di-Methox 12.5% Oral Solution
Sulfadimethoxine 12.5% Oral Solution
Sponsor Agri Laboratories, Ltd.
Sponsor Address P.O. Box 3103
St. Joseph, MO    64503
USA
Ingredients Sulfadimethoxine
Species Cattle, dairy, heifers
Cattle, beef
Cattle, dairy, calves
Cattle, beef, calves
Chicken, replacements
Turkey, meat type, up to 24 weeks age
Chicken, broilers
Chicken, under 16 weeks
Routes of Administration Per Os
Dose Form Liquid (solution)
Drug Form Liquid (solution)
This Document (200-030) Was Pioneered By:     Pfizer, Inc.
Dispensing Status OTC
Withdrawal Time Cattle: 7 days before slaughter. Chicken and Turkey: 5 days before slaughter.
Dosage Amount,
Indications
& Limitations

520.2220a Sulfadimethoxine oral solution and soluble powder.

Specifications: The oral solution contains 12.5 percent (3.75 gram per ounce) sulfadimethoxine.

Conditions of use:

Chickens (broilers and replacements)

Amount: 1.875 (0.05 percent) grams per gallon of drinking water.

Indications: Treatment of disease outbreaks of coccidiosis, fowl cholera, and infectious coryza.

Limitations: Administer for 6 consecutive days. Do not administer to chickens over 16 weeks of age. As sole source of drinking water and sulfonamide medication. As sulfadimethoxine solution or sulfadimethoxine soluble sodium salt. Withdraw 5 days before slaughter. Chickens that have survived fowl cholera outbreaks should not be kept for replacements or breeders.

Turkeys (meat)

Amount: 0.938 (0.025 percent) grams per gallon of drinking water.

Indications: Treatment of disease outbreaks of coccidiosis and fowl cholera.

Limitations: Administer for 6 consecutive days. Do not administer to turkeys over 24 weeks of age. As sole source of drinking water and sulfonamide medication. As sulfadimethoxine solution or sulfadimethoxine soluble sodium salt; withdraw 5 days before slaughter. Turkeys that have survived fowl cholera outbreaks should not be kept for replacements or breeders.

Cattle (dairy calves, dairy heifers, and beef)

Amount: 1.18 to 2.36 (0.031 percent to 0.062 percent) grams per gallon of drinking water. The oral solution is administered as a drench or diluted as directed to prepare drinking water. Administer 2.5 grams per 100 pounds of body weight for first day, then 1.25 grams per 100 pounds of body weight per day for the next 4 consecutive days. In drinking water or drench. Available as a sulfadimethoxine soluble powder or a 12.5 percent sulfadimethoxine sodium solution (3.75 grams sulfadimethoxine per fluid ounce).

Indications: Treatment of shipping fever complex, bacterial pneumonia, calf diphtheria, and foot rot.

Limitations: If no improvement within 2 to 3 days, reevaluate diagnosis. Do not treat beyond 5 days. Withdraw 7 days before slaughter.

Tolerances

Tolerances are established for residues of sulfadimethoxine in edible products of animals as follows: a. Chickens, turkeys, cattle, ducks, salmonids, catfish and chukar partridges: 0.1 part per million (negligible residue) in uncooked edible tissues b. Milk: 0.01 part per million (negligible residue).