DOSE OF SULPHONAMIDES

TABLE 40: Dose Rates of Sulfonamides

	Sulfonamide Species Dosage, Route, and Frequency Sulfathiazole Horses 66 mg/kg, PO, tid   Cattle, sheep, pigs 66 mg/kg, PO, every 4 hr Sulfamethazine Cattle 220 mg/kg, PO or IV, sid (initial dose; half for subsequent doses) Sulfadiazine All 50 mg/kg, PO, bid Sulfadimethoxine All 55 mg/kg, PO, sid (initial dose; half for subsequent doses) Sulfaethoxypyridazine Cattle 55 mg/kg, PO, sid   Pigs 110 mg/kg, PO, sid (initial dose, half for subsequent doses) Sulfapyridine Cattle 132 mg/kg, PO, bid (initial dose, half for subsequent doses) Succinylsulfathiazole All 160 mg/kg, PO, bid (initial dose, half for subsequent doses)