Iron-100 (Iron Hydrogenated Dextran Injection 100 mg/ml) is a sterile, injectable solution for the prevention and treatment of anemia due to iron deficiency in baby pigs.
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Iron-100 (Iron Hydrogenated Dextran Injection 100 mg/ml) is a sterile, injectable solution for the prevention and treatment of anemia due to iron deficiency in baby pigs. Available in a 100 ml multi dose vial.
Iron deficiency anemia occurs commonly in the suckling pig, often within the first few days following birth. As body size and blood volume increase rapidly from the first few days following birth, hemoglobin levels in the blood fall due to diminishing iron reserves which cannot be replaced adequately from iron in the sow’s milk. Thus, the need for a readily available outside source of iron is apparent. Without this additional iron many newborn pigs may develop anemia within the first few days of life. Anemia retards growth and lowers the body defenses against disease; scours, pneumonia, and other conditions may develop.
Occasionally pigs may exhibit a reaction to iron injection, clinically characterized by prostration and muscular weakness. In extreme cases, death may result. NOTICE: The intramuscular injection of organic iron preparations into pigs beyond 4 weeks of age may cause staining of muscle tissue.
| Directions | For intramuscular injection only.
Prevention: 1 mL ( 100 mg iron) at 2 to 4 days of age.
Treatment: 1 mL (100 mg iron). Treatment may be repeated in 10 days.
NOTICE: Organic iron preparations injected intramuscularly into pigs beyond 4 weeks of age may cause staining of muscle tissue. |
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