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What is
this medicine?
What do
I use it for?
What is
the dosage?
What is
the duration of the treatment?
What are
the ingredients?
What is this medicine?
Sulfa V is a combination broad spectrum antibiotic.
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What do I use it for?
Treatment of ulcerative, erosive or systemic bacterial infections, white/grey
patches, snout rot, tail rot, internal gas bubble disease, edema, popeye, or
swim bladder infections in seahorses.
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What is the dosage?
TBC
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What is the duration of the treatment?
The recommended course of treatment is 10 days. You must complete the course of
treatment, even if the seahorse looks better. Not completing the course of
treatment can result in development of an resistant bacteria.
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What are the ingredients?
TBC
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Why two types of antibiotics?
Non-potentiated sulfonamides are bacteriostatic. That means they inhibit growth
and reproduction of the bacteria, rather than actually killing the bacteria.
Bacteriostatic antibiotics require something else to actually kill the bacteria.
This can be the seahorses immune system, or another form of antibiotic. Adding a
potentiated sulfa drug makes the medication bactericidal, and it will kill
bacteria.
What do I
use it for?
Treatment of ulcerative, erosive or systemic bacterial infections, white/grey
patches, snout rot, tail rot, internal gas bubble disease, edema, popeye, or
swim bladder infections in seahorses.
2 Capsules per 10 gallons of seawater per day. It is important to change 25% of
the water in the treatment tank daily. Change the tank water every 24 hours
before addin the two capsules for that day.
What is the duration of the treatment?
The recommended course of treatment is 14 days. You must complete the course of
treatment, even if the seahorse looks better. Not completing the course of
treatment can result in an antibiotic resistant bacterial strain whichh can nor
be cured.
What
are the ingredients?
Aminoglycosides:
Neomycin (tbc)mg per capsule
Sulfonamides:
Sulfathiazole (tbc)mg per capsule
(tbc)
Why
these particular antibiotics for seahorses?
Antibiotic sensitivity tests against the most commonly encountered bacterial
pathogens of seahorses have shown these antibiotics to be an effective
combination.
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