Gamithromycin, sold under the brand name Zactran, is a veterinary medication used for the treatment of cattle, pigs, and sheep. It is a macrolide antibacterial. It is a 7a-

azalide Azalides such as azithromycin are a class of macrolide antibiotics that were originally manufactured in response to the poor acid stability exhibited by original macrolides (erythromycin). Following the clinical overuse of macrolides and azalides ...

. It was approved for veterinary use in the European Union in 2008.

Veterinary uses

In the EU, gamithromycin is

indicated In medicine, an indication is a valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery. There can be multiple indications to use a procedure or medication. An indication can commonly be confused with the term diagnosis. A diagnosis ...

for the treatment and prevention of

bovine respiratory disease Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world. It is a complex, bacterial or viral infection that causes pneumonia in calves which can be fatal. The infection is usually a sum of three c ...

in cattle, swine respiratory disease in pigs, and infectious

pododermatitis Bumblefoot (ulcerative pododermatitis) is a common bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction that occurs on the feet of birds, rodents. It is caused by bacteria, namely species of ''Staphylococcus'', ''Pseudomonas'', and ''Escherichia'', wi ...

(foot rot) in sheep. In the US, gamithromycin is indicated for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease in cattle.

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