Valnemulin

Valnemulin

Valnemulin

Chemical compound


Valnemulin (trade name Econor or Biotilina) is a pleuromutilin antibiotic used to treat swine dysentery, ileitis, colitis and pneumonia. It is also used for the prevention of intestinal infections of swine.[1] Valnemulin has been observed to induce a rapid reduction of clinical symptoms of Mycoplasma bovis infection, and eliminate M. bovis from the lungs of calves.[2][3]

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  1. Stipkovits L, Ripley PH, Tenk M, Glávits R, Molnár T, Fodor L (June 2005). "The efficacy of valnemulin (Econor) in the control of disease caused by experimental infection of calves with Mycoplasma bovis". Research in Veterinary Science. 78 (3): 207–15. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.09.005. PMID 15766939.

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