Cobactan MC
Active substance
ATC code
Species
Lactating cows
Indications
For the treatment of clinical mastitis in the lactating dairy cow caused by the following cefquinome sensitive organisms: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and Escherichia coli.
Dose to be administered and administration route
The contents of one syringe should be infused gently into the teat of the infected quarter every 12 hours after each of three successive milkings.
Milk out the affected quarter(s). After thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting the teat and teat orifice with the cleaning towel provided, gently infuse the contents of one syringe into each affected quarter. Disperse the product by gentle massage of the teat and udder of the affected animal.
The syringe must only be used once. Partly used syringes should be discarded.
Combined Therapy
For the treatment of E.coli mastitis, experimental challenge studies have shown that the use of this product in combination with Cobactan 25 mg/ml suspension for injection leads to an improvement in efficacy, particularly in terms of bacterial cure rate.
For combined therapy the following treatment regime should be followed:
|
Cobactan 25 mg/ml |
Cobactan MC |
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1 mg cefquinome/kg bw (2 ml/50 kg bw) 24 hours 1 mg cefquinome/kg bw (2 ml/50 kg bw) |
One syringe gently infused into the teat of the infected quarter 12 hours One syringe gently infused into the teat of the infected quarter 12 hours One syringe gently infused into the teat of the infected quarter |
Adverse reactions
In very rare cases anaphylactic reactions have been noted in animals after administration of the product.
The frequency of adverse reactions is defined using the following convention:
- very common (more than 1 in 10 animals treated displaying adverse reaction(s))
- common (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 100 animals treated)
- uncommon (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 1,000 animals treated)
- rare (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 10,000 animals treated)
- very rare (less than 1 animal in 10,000 animals treated, including isolated reports).
