Oxytetracycline Application Introduction
May 23, 2022
Oxytetracycline belongs to the class of tetracyclines and is used to treat rickettsial diseases, including epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, Rocky Mountain fever, scrub typhus and Q fever, mycoplasma infections and chlamydia infections.
Oxytetracycline is relatively effective against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Meningococcus, Escherichia coli, Aerogenes, Shigella, Yersinia, Listeria monocytogenes, etc. Strong antibacterial activity; in addition, oxytetracycline has a strong effect on rickettsia, mycoplasma, chlamydia, actinomycetes, etc.
Pharmacological action
Oxytetracycline has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, and also has a certain inhibitory effect on sensitive bacteria including pneumococcus, streptococcus, some staphylococci, bacillus anthracis, bacillus tetanus, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, chlamydia, and spirochetes.
Indications of function
1. Oxytetracycline has a significant effect on paratyphoid fever, eperythrozoon, anthrax, asthma, dysentery, and swine lung disease in pigs.
2. Oxytetracycline has an effect on dysentery and chlamydia in chicks, and can also be used to relieve stress, increase egg production, and promote weight gain in young birds.
3. Aquatic products are used to treat fish vibrio, dephosphorization disease, gill rot disease, eel by Dehua's disease, trout sore disease, eel red fin disease, etc. In fact, for many diseases, such as leptospirosis and other uncommon diseases, oxytetracycline is also effective because of its broad antibacterial spectrum; in addition, oxytetracycline is less harmful to pigs, so piglets or pregnant sows can also use oxytetracycline .
