DRUG OF CHOICE

DRUG OF CHOICE FOR BACTERIA:

S.NO DISEASE DRUG OF CHOICE DRUG DOSE
1. Anthrax Penicillin 10,000 units/kg bw, bid,
parenteral route
2. Haemorrhagic septicaemia Sulphadimidine (ex: 150 mg/kg bw for 3 days
sulphamethazine)
3. Tuberculosis Isoniazid and para -
aminosalicylic acid
(isonicotinic acid)
4. Leptospirosis Streptomycin
Tetracycline
Doxycycline 5mg/ kg SID
Penicillin D -25000-40000 unit/kg,
i/m, bid
5. Listeriosis Chlortetracycline 10mg/kg bw for 5-7 days,
Penicillin i/m
sulphonamide 44000 iu/kg bw i/m for 7
days
100-150 mg/kg bw
6. Collibacillosis Chloramphenicol 25 -50 mg/kg bw for 5-6
Furazolidone days
Ampicillin 60 mg/kg bw for 5-7 days
7-10 mg/kg bw for 5-7
days
7. Salmonellosis -Chloramphenicol -
-Neomycin
-Polymyxin- B
-Trimethoprim
sulphamethoxazole
preparation
- Nitrofurazone
8. Actinobacilosis (wooden tongue) -sodium iodide and -
potassium iodide
9. Swine erysipelas (Diamond skin Penicillin 50,000 iu/kg bw
disease)
10. Camplylobacteriosis (Vibriosis, Streptomycin -10mg/kg bw parenteral
Epizootic Abortion) injection

11. Glanders (farcy) Sodium sulphadiazine -

12. Strangles (Equine Distemper) Penicillin -
13. Glasser’s Disease Sodium sulphadiamidine or -
Streptomycin
14. Ulcerative lymphangitis (caseous Preventive antibiotic ( -
lymphadenitis ) penicillin, ampicillin )
15. Black Quarter (black leg, Penicillin 2000- 4000 iu/lb bw
Quarter ill, symptomatic
anthrax)
16. Tetanus (lock jaw ) Penicillin G 22,000 iu/kg bw, 3-4
times a day
17. Clostridial diseases Penicillin -

18. Bacillary Haemoglobinuria (Red Penicillin or At large dose at 12 hrs

water disease ) Tetracycline interval
19. Botulism ( Lion disease, Limber Penicillin -
neck )
20. Malignant oedema Crystalline penicillin and Massive dose of
procaine penicillin crystalline penicillin, iv
followed by procaine
penicillin , i/m
21. Joint ill (Naval ill, polyarthritis ) Penicillin – streptomycin At least for 7 days
combination or
Ampicillin or
cephalexin
22. Staphylococcal Mastitis Penicillin -

23. Nocardial mastitis Penicillin, sulphonamide or -

combination of both
24. Summer mastitis Tetracycline -

25. Coliform mastitis Dextrose saline + steroid + -

OTC

26. Mycoplasmal mastitis Erythromycin, -

Tilosin,
Tiamulin

27. Pseudomonas mastitis Gentamycin , -

Amikacin
Polymyxin B

28. Anaerobic mastitis Lincomycin -

29. Fungal mastitis Sodium iodide -

30. Contagious bovine Sulphadimidine and -
pleuropneumonia(mycoplasmal arsenicals
disease )
ANTI – PROTOZOAL
DISEASE
Theileriosis
Babesiosis – (a) B. gibsoni
(b) B. canis
Trypanosomiasis/ Surra
Trypanosomiasis
DRUG OF CHOICE
Buparvaquone
Doxycycline + Clindamycin +
Metronidazole
Doxycycline + Enrofloxacin +
Metronidazole
Imidocarb dipropionate
Diminazine aceturate
Suramin
Benzimidazole group
DRUG DOSE
C/B – 2.5 mg/kg BW i/m
only
Doxycycline : D – 5-10
mg/kg BW orally
Clindamycin : D – 12.5
mg/kg BW
Enrofloxacin : 2.5-5 mg/kg
BW
Imidocarb dipropionate : D –
6.6 mg/kg BW s/c only
Diminazine aceturate : D –
3.5-7 mg/kg BW i/m
C – 10-12 mg/kg BW
H – 6-10 mg/kg BW
D – 30- 50 mg/kg BW i/v
ANTHELMINTHICS
DISEASE DRUG OF CHOICE DRUG DOSE
Fasciolosis (F. hepatica) Triclabendazole C/B – 12 mg/kg BW
S/G – 10 mg/kg BW
Filariasis Diethyl carbamazine citrate D – 6.6 mg/kg BW
Nematodes Benzimidazole group
Cestodes Praziquantel D/C – 5-7.5 mg/kg BW
C/B – 15 mg/kg BW
Trematodes (except Praziquantel D/C – 5-7.5 mg/kg BW
Fasciolosis) C/B – 15 mg/kg BW

METABOLIC DISEASES
DISEASE TREATMENT DRUG DOSE
Milk Fever 25% Calcium borogluconate C – 500 ml/300-400 kg BW
Ketosis 50% DNS C – 500-800 ml

Fat cow syndrome Choline Chloride C – 25gm/250ml of saline

s/cly
Hypomagnesaemic tetany 25% Calcium borogluconate + 20% C/B – 500ml
Magnesium hypophosphate ( MIFEX) S/G – 50ml i/vly
Eclampsia in bitch 10% Calcium gluconate D – 0.5-1.5 ml/kg BW
Diabetes insipidus Demoprosin acetate
Diabetes insipidus Insulin therapy C – 0.5-1 IU/kg BW s/cly