Healthonidazole (Metronidazole)

Description

Used in Poultry for:

Treat protozoal infections including Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas, and Balantidium.
Treat anaerobic bacterial infections as Clostridium perfringens.
May be used to treat Clostridium perfringens enterotoxemia, diarrhea of undetermined cause.
Help in treatment of coccidiosis.
Treatment of avian canker (Trichomoniasis) in pigeons.

Used in dogs and cats for:

Treat protozoal infections including Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas, and Balantidium.
Treat anaerobic bacterial infections.
It has immune-modulating activity and may be prescribed to treat inﬂammatory bowel disease.
May be used to treat colitis caused by other antibiotics, periodontal disease (especially in cats), Clostridium perfringens enterotoxemia, tetanus, diarrhea of undetermined cause, pancreatic insuﬃciency (with small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and complications of severe liver disease
Metronidazole may be used with corticosteroids to treat inﬂammatory bowel disease or gum disease (gingivitis/stomatitis) in cats.

Used in horse for:

With other antibiotics to treat mixed bacterial infections in which anaerobic bacteria are present, (pleuropneumonia,peritonitis, and abdominal abscesses).
Used prophylactically after colic or other abdominal surgery when mixed bacterial infections are a risk.
Rectal administration is used occasionally in the very sick patient when anorexia and weight loss are a problem.

API	Each 1 ml contains: Metronidazole:125 mg
Dosage	In drinking water Poultry 160 ml / ton body weight for 5 days
Packaging	Dog & cat 0.4 ml / kg body weight (once) Or, 0.2 ml / kg body weight (twice) 5 days, Horse 0.12 – 0.2 ml / kg every 6 – 8 hrs. Neonatal foals (<2 weeks of age) 0.8 ml / 10kg every 12 hrs., plastic bottle containing: 100, 250, 500 ml & 1, 5, 10 L.