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ANADA Number: 200-031

Proprietary Name Di-Methox Antibacterial Soluble Powder
Sulfadimethoxine Antibacterial Soluble Powder
Sponsor Agri Laboratories, Ltd.
Sponsor Address P.O. Box 3103
St. Joseph, MO    64503
USA
Ingredients Sulfadimethoxine
Species Turkey, meat
Cattle, beef
Cattle, dairy, calves
Chicken, replacements
Chicken, broilers
Chicken, under 16 weeks
Routes of Administration Per Os
Dose Form Liquid (solution)
Drug Form Powder
This Document (200-031) 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: Each packet of powder contains the equivalent of 94.6 grams of 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 to 0.062 percent) grams per gallon. The powder is used to prepare a drench or 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).