Pen & Strep Suspension for Injection

Pen and Strep is a combination antimicrobial solution for injection containing Procaine Penicillin and Dihydrostreptomycin Sulphate. It is indicated to treat systemic infections in cattle, horses, sheep and pigs caused by or associated with organisms sensitive to penicillin and/or streptomycin. Legal Category POM

Target Species: Beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, sheep and pigs

  • Active Ingredient

    Procaine Penicillin 200 mg Dihydrostreptomycin Sulphate 250 mg

  • Pharmaceutical Form

    Suspension for Injection A white to off-white aqueous suspension for injection

  • Indications

    For the treatment of systemic infections in cattle, horses, sheep and pigs caused by or associated with organisms sensitive to penicillin and/or streptomycin including: Arcanobacterium pyogenes Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Klebsiella pneumoniae Listeria spp Mannheimia haemolytica Pasteurella multocida Staphylococcus spp (non-penicillinase producing) Streptococcus spp Salmonella spp and for the control of secondary bacterial infection with sensitive organisms in diseases primarily associated with viral infection.

  • Dosage

    Shake the vial before use. Administer by deep intramuscular injection. Recommended dosage rate is 8 mg/kg bodyweight procaine penicillin with 10 mg/kg bodyweight dihydrostreptomycin sulphate equivalent to 1 ml per 25 kg bodyweight. Treatment should be given once daily for up to 3 consecutive days. The maximum dose volume administered at one site should not exceed 15 ml for horses, 6 ml for cattle, 3 ml for sheep and 1.5 ml for pigs.

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