Description
PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM
This item is a prescription medication. A prescription is required from your veterinarian before we can supply this product. Please ensure that you have read the "How to Order" page before ordering this item.
All of Pet Care Pharmacy’s prescription medications are APVMA or TGA approved and are also identical to those supplied by your veterinarian.
Description:
- Cefovecin sodium as an injection.
- Long half-life in plasma, which means that a single injection delivers up to 14 days antibiotic therapy in a single dose.
Recommendations for use:
Treatment of bacterial infections in dogs and cats.
Dogs
- Skin infections including bacterial folliculitis, wounds and abscesses caused by susceptible strains of
- Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Streptococcus canis (Group G, ß-haemolytic), E. coli and Proteus mirabilis.
- Urinary tract infections (cystitis) associated with susceptible strains of E. coli, P. mirabilis and Staph. intermedius.
- As adjunctive treatment to mechanical or surgical periodontal therapy in the treatment of severe infections of gingival and periodontal tissues associated with Porphyromonas spp. and Prevotella spp.
Cats
- Skin infections including abscesses and wounds caused by susceptible strains of Pasteurella multocida, Strep. canis (Group G, ß-haemolytic), and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.
- Urinary tract infections associated with susceptible strains of E. coli.
Pack sizes:
A lyophile in a vial, supplied with 10 mL sterile water for reconstitution
- Provides an assured course of treatment in a single injection – overcoming the issue of compliance.
- Demonstrated non-inferiority to commonly used oral antibiotics in clinical trials, yet likely to deliver greater efficacy in real-life situations due to guaranteed compliance.
- Demonstrated efficacy and safety in the treatment of skin, soft tissue and urinary tract infections in dogs and cats and periodontal infections in dogs.
Dosage:
- 1 mL/10 kg SC for the indications listed above.
- A second dose, 14 days after the first dose, may be given where warranted in cases of canine skin infections.
Storage:
- Keep refrigerated before and after reconstitution.
- 28-day expiry once reconstituted.
- Colour change over 56 days period post reconstitution is to be expected and does not affect the product’s potency or safety.
