Linco-Spectin 100, 222/444.7 mg/g Powder for use in drinking water for pigs and chickens

For use in drinking water.

The recommended dosage rates are:

Pigs: 3.33 mg lincomycin and 6.67 mg spectinomycin/kg bw/day, for 7 days. This amounts to 15 mg
powder/kg bw/day for 7 days.
Chickens: 16.65 mg lincomycin and 33.35 mg spectinomycin/kg bw/day, for 7 days. This amounts to
75 mg powder/kg bw/day for 7 days.

Treatment should be initiated as soon as first clinical signs occur.

For the preparation of drinking water, the incorporation rate of the veterinary medicinal product in
water will depend on the body weight of the animals and their actual daily intake of water.


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To ensure a correct dosage and avoid underdosing, mean body weights in the group of animals and
daily water consumption should be determined as accurately as possible.

The medicated drinking water should be the sole source of drinking water for the treatment duration.
Any medicated water which is not consumed within 24 hours should be discarded.

In case of disease accompanied with significant decrease in water intake, parenteral treatment may
have to be initiated.

Use the following indications as a basis for the precise calculation of incorporation rate of the
veterinary medicinal product in drinking water.

Pigs:

To determine the volume of dilution (in litres of drinking water) required for 150 g of the veterinary
medicinal product, use the following formula:

  Volume (L) for 150 g of the                      10,000 x [daily water consumption per animal (L)]
                                        =
  veterinary medicinal product                            average body weight of one pig (kg)

In pigs 150 g of the veterinary medicinal product corresponds to the dose for 10,000 kg of body
weight per day.

As an indication, standard water intake varies around 0.15 L/kg bw/day. The table below shows the
volume of water to be used for dilution of 150 g of the veterinary medicinal product.

Water consumption             150 g of powder = 100 g antibiotic activity should be diluted in…
0.1 L/kg bw/day                                  1,000 L of drinking water
0.15 L/kg bw/day                                 1,500 L of drinking water
0.2 L/kg bw/day                                  2,000 L of drinking water
0.25 L/kg bw/day                                 2,500 L of drinking water

Chickens:

To determine the volume of dilution (in litres of drinking water) for 150 g of the veterinary medicinal
product, use the following formula:

 Volume (L) for 150 g of the                         2,000 x [daily water consumption per bird (L)]
                                        =
 veterinary medicinal product                            average body weight of one bird (kg)

150 g of the veterinary medicinal product corresponds to the dose for 2,000 kg of body weight per day.