AMINOCYCLITOL
Spectinomycin
Streptomycin Dihydrostreptomycin
AMINOGLYCOSIDES + 2 DEOXYSTREPTAMINE
Kanamycin Neomycin****
Framycetin Paromomycin Apramycin Fortimycin Gentamicin
Tobramycin Amikacin
The wide range of applications and the nature of the diseases treated make aminoglycosides extremely important for veterinary medicine.
Aminoglycosides are of importance in septicaemias; digestive, respiratory and urinary diseases.
Gentamicin is indicated for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections with few alternatives.
Apramycin and Fortimycin are currently only used in animals. Few economic alternatives are available.
Florphenicol Thiamphenicol
The wide range of applications and the nature of the diseases treated make phenicols extremely important for veterinary medicine.
This class is of particular importance in treating some fish diseases, in which there are currently no or very few treatment alternatives.
This class also represents a useful alternative in respiratory infections of cattle, swine and poultry.
This class, in particular florfenicol, is
used to treat pasteurellosis in cattle and pigs.