Metacam 20mg/ml Injection

Product Description

Metacam 20 mg/ml solution is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for use in cattle, pigs and horses.

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 rehydration 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: 

• Meat and offal: 5 days.
• Not authorised for use in horses producing milk for human consumption.

Dosage & Administration

Cattle:

• Single subcutaneous or intravenous injection at a dose rate of 0.5 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 2.5 ml/100 kg bodyweight) in combination with antibiotic therapy or with oral rehydration therapy as appropriate.

Pigs:

• Single intramuscular injection at a dosage of 0.4 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 2.0ml/100kg bodyweight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate.
• If required, a second administration of meloxicam can be given after 24 hours.

Horses: 

• Single intravenous injection at a dosage of 0.6 mg meloxicam/kg bodyweight (i.e. 3.0 ml/100kg body weight).
• For use in the alleviation of inflammation and the relief of pain in both acute and chronic musculo-skeletal disorders,
• Metacam 15 mg/ml oral suspension may be used for continuation of treatment at a dosage of 0.6 mg meloxicam/kg body weight, 24 hours after administration of the injection.