Prescription items are NON-RETURNABLE and NON REFUNDABLE LinxMed SP 40 gram For the treatment of dysentery in swine and for the control of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. For oral use in swine and broiler chickens only. Not for use in layer and breeder chickens. Package Size: 40 gram Ingredients: This packet (40 g) contains as active ingredient: Lincomycin hydrochloride Equivalent to lincomycin 16.0 g Dosage: Administer at a dose rate of 64 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water. Treatment Period: Start medication as soon as the diagnosis of necrotic enteritis is determined. The drug should be administered for 7 consecutive days. Administration: This packet (40 g) or one scoop (provided) of this powder will medicate 250 gallons of drinking water providing 64 mg/gallon. This packet (80 g) will medicate 500 gallons of drinking water providing 64 mg/gallon. This packet (160 g) will medicate 1,000 gallons of drinking water providing 64 mg/gallon. This packet (480 g) will medicate 3,000 gallons of drinking water providing 64 mg/gallon. Note: After water medication is discontinued, a recommended control program for necrotic enteritis consists of feeding lincomycin premix at 2 grams lincomycin per ton of complete feed. Precautions: 1. Discard medicated drinking water if not used within 2 days. Fresh stock solution should be prepared daily. 2. If clinical signs of bloody scours (watery, mucoid or bloody stools) have not improved during the first 6 days of medication, discontinue treatment and redetermine the diagnosis. 3. Occasionally, swine fed lincomycin may within the first two days after the onset of treatment develop diarrhea and/or swelling of the anus. On rare occasions, some pigs may show reddening of the skin and irritable behavior. These conditions have been self-correcting within five to eight days without discontinuing the lincomycin treatment. 4. The safety of lincomycin has not been demonstrated for pregnant swine or swine intended for breeding. 5. Do not allow rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, horses or ruminants access to water containing lincomycin treatment. Ingestion by these species may result in severe gastrointestinal effects. 6. Do not use the water treatment and the feed treatments simultaneously. 7. Not for use in layer and breeder chickens. Storage: Store at controlled room temperature 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F).
