Effectiveness of Micotil for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease

Trials were conducted to compare Micotil (tilmicosin) to other antibiotics available for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease. Tilmicosin (10 mg/kg body weight) was more effective than oxytetracycline (20 mg/kg) at lowering the temperature of affected cattle on the first day of treatment and showed a lower mortality rate. Tilmicosin gave better results than oxytetracycline (4 and 7 mg/lb), ceftiofur (0.5 mg/lb) and trimethoprim (1.2 mg)/sulfadoxine (6 mg/lb) with regard to first treatment success rate, numbers of animals becoming chronic, numbers developing fibrinous pneumonia and average treatment days per animal.