Meloxiway 20mg-mL Injection

Meloxiway 20mg-mL Injection

20 mg/mL meloxicam

For use by or under direction of a veterinarian.

A non steroidal anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic for use in cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.

Cattle: For the use in acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in combination with appropriate antibiotic therapy to reduce clinical symptoms in calves and young cattle. For use in acute mastitis, in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate, to reduce the clinical symptoms in lactating cows.

For use to assist in the control of pain following the dehorning of cattle, particularly dehorning by heat cautery in young cattle. It is recommended that the injection be administered approximately 10 minutes before dehorning and be accompanied by a cornual nerve block anaesthesia.

Sheep: For single dose use in sheep and lambs 14 days of age or older for the alleviation of pain and inflammation.

Pigs: For use in acute non-infectious locomotor disorders to reduce symptoms of lameness and inflammation. For use in puerperal septicaemia and toxaemia (mastitis, metritis and agalactia syndrome, or MMA) with appropriate antibiotic therapy to reduce clinical signs of inflammation, oppose the effects of endotoxins and hasten recovery.

Horses: For single dose rapid initiation of therapy of musculoskeletal disorders and relief of pain associated with colic.

Use the contents of this vial within 28 days of initial use. Discard the unused portion.

Cattle: SINGLE USE ONLY by subcutaneous or intravenous injection. 0.5 mg meloxicam/ kg body weight (i.e. 2.5 mL / 100 kg body weight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate. For reduction in pain and inflammation associated with dehorning administer subcutaneously 10 minutes before the painful procedure. Best practice animal welfare and management of dehorning pain in cattle involves pre-emptive analgesia, using a multimodal approach with Meloxiway 20 mg/mL Injection and an appropriate local anaesthetic.

Sheep: SINGLE USE ONLY by subcutaneous injection high on the neck behind the ear. For sheep and lambs from 14 days of age: 1.0 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e. 1.0 mL / 20 kg body weight).

Pigs: For SINGLE intramuscular injection in the anterior half of the neck (can be repeated once after 24 hours if necessary). 0.4 mg meloxicam/kg body weight (i.e. 2.0 mL / 100 kg body weight) in combination with antibiotic therapy, as appropriate.

Horses: SINGLE USE ONLY by intravenous injection. 0.6 mg meloxicam / kg body weight (i.e. 3.0 mL / 100 kg body weight).

20mL, 50mL, 100mL, 250mL

A non steroidal anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic for use in cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.

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