Oxybactonid Antibacterial Medicine for Fish with Oxytetracycline, 500 g Pchelodar

Pchelodar Oxybactonid is a veterinary antibacterial medicine containing oxytetracycline hydrochloride. It is intended for therapeutic and therapeutic-preventive use in ornamental aquarium fish and farmed fish raised in ponds, cages, tanks and other aquaculture facilities.

It is indicated for infections including aeromonosis, pseudomonosis, flexibacteriosis, furunculosis, vibriosis, pasteurellosis, myxobacteriosis, streptococcosis, bacterial necrosis of the gills and fins, bacterial haemorrhagic septicaemia, and other infections caused by microorganisms susceptible to oxytetracycline. It may also be used for therapeutic-preventive purposes against secondary bacterial infections that develop after stress or parasitic infestations.

Composition per 1 g

• Oxytetracycline hydrochloride — 200 mg.
• Excipient — lignosulfonate.

Dosage and administration

For ornamental aquarium fish

• Short-term baths: 4 hours daily for 6 days, using 0.5–1 g of the product per 10 litres of water.
• Long-term baths: continuously for 6 days, using 0.5–1 g of the product per 200 litres of water.
• Prepare a fresh treatment solution daily.
• If no clinical improvement is observed within 5 days of long-term baths, discontinue treatment.

Short-term baths should be carried out in containers without plants or substrate and equipped with aeration or water circulation. Ensure adequate water aeration during treatment.

For farmed fish 
Mix the medicine with the daily feed ration. The treatment period is 7–10 days for therapeutic use and 5 days for therapeutic-preventive use.

• For aeromonosis: 0.2–0.3 g per 1 kg of fish body weight.
• For other listed bacterial diseases: 0.3–0.4 g per 1 kg of fish body weight.

The dose and duration depend on the type and severity of the disease. Use only when the water temperature is at least 12°C.

Contraindications and precautions

• Do not use in fish with known hypersensitivity to the product’s ingredients.
• Use during spawning must be assessed by a veterinarian.
• Not intended for use in mammals.
• Do not use simultaneously with other tetracycline medicines, antacids, aluminium-based gels or mineral-based preparations.
• Farmed fish must not be harvested for human consumption until at least 21 days after the last treatment.

Storage 
Store in the original sealed packaging, protected from moisture and direct sunlight, separately from food and animal feed, at 2–25°C. Do not freeze. Keep out of reach of children.

Shelf life: 2 years from the date of manufacture. After opening: 3 months.

Supply status: prescription veterinary medicine or supplied against a veterinary organisation’s requisition.