Hetacin-K Infusion

Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

Hetacillin provides bactericidal levels of the active antibiotic, ampicillin. In vitro studies have demonstrated susceptibility of the following organisms to ampicillin: Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

For the treatment of acute, chronic or subclinical bovine mastitis. Hetacin-K (hetacillin potassium) for Intramammary Infusion should be used at the first signs of inflammation or at the first indication of any alteration in the milk. Subclinical infections should be treated immediately upon determining, by C.M.T. or other tests, that the leukocyte count is elevated, or that a susceptible pathogen has been cultured from the milk.

Hetacin-K for Intramammary Infusion has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of mastitis in lactating cows caused by susceptible strains of Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

Polycillin® (ampicillin) Susceptibility Test Discs, 10 mcg, should be used to estimate the in vitro susceptibility of bacteria to hetacillin.

Because it is a derivative of 6-aminopenicillanic acid, Hetacin-K has the potential for producing allergic reactions. Such reactions are rare; however, should they occur, treatment should be discontinued and the subject treated with antihistamines, pressor amines, such as epinephrine or corticosteroids.

The drug does not resist destruction by penicillinase and, hence, is not effective against strains of staphylococcus resistant to penicillin G.

Hetacin-K (hetacillin potassium) Intramammary Infusion is supplied as 10 mL syringes containing 62.5 mg ampicillin activity per syringe. One display carton contains 12 syringes.

NDC 0010-4719-01 10 mL syringe

Opti-Sert is a registered trademark of Wyeth LLC - used under license.

Hetacin-K is a registered trademark of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

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11890 D4340B

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Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

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