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Thiamphenicol pharmacokinetics in sheep
Author(s) -
ABDENNEBI E. H.,
KHALES N.,
SAWCHUK R. J.,
STOWE C M
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1365-2885
pISSN - 0140-7783
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2885.1994.tb00515.x
Subject(s) - thiamphenicol , pharmacokinetics , chloramphenicol , bioavailability , pharmacology , volume of distribution , oral dose , oral administration , gastrointestinal tract , intramuscular injection , chemistry , medicine , antibiotics , biochemistry
Abdennebi, E.H., Khales, N., Sawchuk, R.J., Stowe, CM. Thiamphenicol pharmacokinetics in sheep. J. vet. Pharmacol. Therap. 17, 12–16. The pharmacokinetics of thiamphenicol were investigated after intravenous (i‐v.). intramuscular (i.m.) and oral (p.o.) administration to sheep. It was found that the drug is almost completely absorbed following intramuscular injection, with a bioavailability of about 8 7.5%. Thiamphenicol appears to be widely distributed into extravascular compartments, yielding a volume of distribution [V(b)] of approximately 1 1/Kg. Elimination from the blood is relatively rapid, with a biological half‐life of about 1.5 h. Oral treatment showed that thiamphenicol is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract yielding very low plasma concentrations which were maintained for at least 24 h. Although only 30% of the oral dose was systemically available, in contrast to chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol is truly absorbed when given orally to adult sheep. One possible reason for this observation is that rumen flora do not biotransform this drug as they do for chloramphenicol. Metabolism investigations are, however, needed to confirm this finding.