Ornicure 150 mg/g, Powder for Use in Drinking Water for Racing Pigeons and Ornamental Birds

Summary of Product characteristics

                                Revised: August 2021
AN: 01342/2020
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
ORNICURE 150 mg/g, powder for use in drinking water for racing pigeons
and
ornamental birds
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Per 1 gram
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE:
Doxycycline hyclate 150.0 mg, equivalent to 130.0 mg of doxycycline
EXCIPIENTS:
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder for use in drinking water.
A fine, light yellow to yellow powder.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Pigeons (racing pigeons) and ornamental birds, particularly
Psittaciformes (e.g.
African grey parrots, Goffin's cockatoos, cockatiels)
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
Treatment of infections caused by micro-organisms:
•
Racing pigeons: treatment of infections caused by _Chlamydophila
psittaci, _
_Pasteurella multocida, Mycoplasma spp. _
•
Ornamental birds: treatment of infections caused by _Chlamydophila
psittaci_
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in cases of hypersensitivity to the active substance, to
other tetracyclines
or to any of the excipients.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
The uptake of medicated drinking water by animals can be altered as a
consequence
of illness and should be monitored carefully. In case of insufficient
uptake of water, it
is advised to administer doxycycline directly into the crop or to
medicate parenterally.
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Medication should be combined with good management practices, e.g.
good hygiene
and ventilation and, as far as applicable, appropriate stocking
density.
Doxycycline (re)absorption may be reduced when birds are given grit.
It is therefore
recommended to suppress grit and mineral additives during the
treatment in pigeons
and to limit calcium to a maximum content of 0.7% in pelleted feed in
parrots.
Cross-resistance has been shown between doxycycline and others
tetracyclines. Use
of the product should be carefully considered when susceptibility
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