Loxicom 20mg/ml Injection

Cattle:

• For use in acute respiratory infection with appropriate antibiotic therapy to reduce clinical signs in cattle.
• For use in diarrhoea in combination with oral re-hydration therapy to reduce clinical signs in calves of over one week of age and young, non-lactating cattle.
• For adjunctive therapy in the treatment of acute mastitis, in combination with antibiotic therapy.

Pigs:

• For use in non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce the symptoms of lameness and inflammation.
• For adjunctive therapy in the treatment of puerperal septicaemia and toxaemia (mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrome) with appropriate antibiotic therapy.

Horses:

• For use in the alleviation of inflammation and relief of pain in both acute and chronic musculo-skeletal disorders.
• For the relief of pain associated with equine colic.

Dosage & Administration

Cattle:

• Single subcutaneous or intravenous injection at a dosage of 0.5 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e., 2.5 ml/100kg body weight) in combination with antibiotic therapy or with oral re-hydration therapy, as appropriate.
• The recommended maximum volume to be administered at a single injection site is 10 ml.

Pigs:

• Single intramuscular injection at a dosage of 0.4 mg meloxicam/ kg body weight (i.e., 2.0 ml/100 kg body weight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate.
• If required, a second administration of meloxicam can be given after 24 hours.
• The recommended maximum volume to be administered at a single injection site is 2 ml.

Horses:

• Single intravenous injection as a dosage of 0.6 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e., 3.0 ml/100 kg body weight).
• For use in the alleviation of inflammation and the relief of pain in both acute and chronic musculoskeletal disorders, a suitable oral therapy containing meloxicam, administered in accordance with label recommendations, may be used for continuation of treatment.