Oxytetracycline (Terra-Cortril Eye / Ear Ointment) should not be given to laying hens the eggs of which, are intended for human consumption.
Anorexia, nausea, vomiting,diarrhoea, glossitis, dysphagia, photosensitivity, oesphageal irritation and ulceration, nephrotoxicity, enterocolitis, rash (rare), blood dyscrasias. Headache, visual disturbances; intracranial hypertension; bulging fontanelles (infants).
Potentially Fatal: Rare. Fulminant diarrhoea in post operative patients.
Oxytetracycline (Terra-Cortril Eye / Ear Ointment) is used for control, prevention and treatment the disease such as:
Colibacillosis, CRD, CRD complex.
Fowl cholera.
Pasteurellosis.
Infectious Coryza.
Salmonellosis.
Staphylococcus and Streptococcus infections.
The action of Oxytetracycline (Terra-Cortril Eye / Ear Ointment) may be antagonised by beta-lactamase. The absorption of the Oxytetracycline (Terra-Cortril Eye / Ear Ointment) is reduced by cations such as Ca, Mg, Fe,Al.