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Benjamin Church
Pfizer Animal Health
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or
Jill Spiekerman-Carrothers
Martin|Williams
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK (Nov. 3, 2008) — Dairy and beef producers can now treat foot rot with the most
convenient, single-dose anti-infectives on the market — DRAXXIN® (tulathromycin)
Injectable Solution and EXCEDE® (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) Sterile Suspension.
In addition to treating bovine respiratory disease (BRD), DRAXXIN and EXCEDE are approved to
effectively treat foot rot in cattle.
Foot rot is a common cause of cattle lameness that can affect just a few animals, or according
to the "Beef Cattle Handbook," 10 to 15 percent of a herd.1 And high intensity dairy operations
have reported foot rot incidence rates up to 25 percent.2 Along with management techniques like
clean and dry bedding and pens, foot rot management typically includes treating affected cattle
with anti-infectives such as DRAXXIN or EXCEDE.
Extended therapy in a single dose for dairy cows and calves
EXCEDE already provides broad-spectrum efficacy against BRD, and with its unique base of ear
administration, now treats foot rot associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum and Porphyromonas levii.
With the advantages of zero milk discard, EXCEDE’s extended therapy in a single dose
delivers profitability to dairy producers with savings in time, labor and stress on dairy cows.
For dairy calves up to 20 months of age, DRAXXIN is the only anti-infective approved for the
treatment of BRD caused by all four major pathogens, including Mycoplasma bovis, and pink eye.
It now lends itself to greater efficiency options with its added label claim for the treatment
of foot rot.
Economic and effective treatment for beef producers
DRAXXIN is also the only anti-infective approved for the treatment and control of bovine respiratory
disease (BRD), or calf pneumonia, in high-risk beef cattle. Working with a cattle’s immune system to
treat disease without repeated administration, DRAXXIN is the only single-dose product available for
BRD control and treatment associated with all four major pathogens, including Mycoplasma bovis, and
now treats foot rot. DRAXXIN also treats pink eye associated with Moraxella bovis.
For beef cattle, EXCEDE provides extended therapy in a single-dose treatment for BRD and foot rot.
Just a single dose of broad-spectrum EXCEDE works with the immune system of cattle without repeated
administration to give an economically viable and effective treatment choice to producers.
DRAXXIN is not for use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older or in calves to be processed
for veal. DRAXXIN has a pre-slaughter withdrawal time of 18 days.
Click here for full DRAXXIN prescribing information.
EXCEDE provides broad-spectrum efficacy against BRD and can be administered at the base of ear for
convenience or middle one-third of ear to promote better beef quality.
As with all drugs, the use of EXCEDE Sterile Suspension is contraindicated in animals previously found
to be hypersensitive to the drug. Though safe in cattle when properly administered, inadvertent
intra-arterial injection in the ear is possible and is fatal. EXCEDE has a pre-slaughter withdrawal
time of 13 days.
Click here for full EXCEDE prescribing information.
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1 Lincoln SD. Infectious footrot of cattle. In: Beef cattle handbook. Extension Beef Cattle Resource
Committee and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension.
Available at: http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/pdfs/bch/03225.pdf Accessed Aug 12, 2008.
2 Kirkpatrick J, Lalman D. Foot rot in grazing cattle. Oklahoma State University. Oklahoma Cooperative
Extension Service AMSI-3355. Available at: http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2023/ANSI-3355web.pdf. Accessed Aug 27, 2008
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