Description
Oxytetracycline is effective against a wide range of gram-negative and gram-positive organisms that are pathogenic for cattle. The antibiotic is primarily bacteriostatic in effect, and is believed to exert its antimicrobial action by the inhibition of microbial protein synthesis. The antibiotic activity of oxytetracycline is not appreciably diminished in the presence of body fluids, serum or exudates. Since the drugs in the tetracycline class have similar antimicrobial spectra, organisms can develop cross resistance among them. Oxytetracycline is concentrated by the liver in the bile and excreted in the urine and feces at high concentrations and in a biologically active CAUTION
Rapid intravenous administration may result in animal collapse. Oxytetracycline should be administered intravenously slowly over a period of at least 5 minutes.
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