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Plasma and urine disposition and dose proportionality of ceftiofur and metabolites in dogs after subcutaneous administration of ceftiofur sodium
Author(s) -
BROWN S.A.,
ARNOLD T.S.,
HAMLOW P.J.,
SPEEDY A.K.,
DELEEUW N.L.,
HUBBARD V.L.,
CALLAHAN J.K.,
FOLZ S.D.,
JANOSE R.L.,
FLOOK T.F.,
COX T.D.
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2885.1995.tb00605.x
Subject(s) - ceftiofur , urine , disposition , pharmacology , chemistry , sodium , metabolite , medicine , cephalosporin , antibiotics , biochemistry , psychology , organic chemistry , social psychology
Nine male dogs (10.3–13.5 kg body weight) were randomly assigned to three groups of three dogs each and administered ceftiofur sodium subcutaneously as a single dose of 0.22, 2.2, or 4.4 mg ceftiofur free acid equivalents/kg body weight. Plasma and urine samples were collected serially for 72 h and assayed for ceftiofur and metabolites (derivatized to desfuroylceftiofur acetamide) using high‐performance liquid chromatography. Urine concentrations remained above the MIC 90 for Escherichia coll (4.0 μg/mL) and Proteus mirabilis (1.0 μg/mL) for over 24 h after doses of 2.2 mg/kg (8.1 μg/mL) and 4.4 mg/kg (29.6 μg/mL), the interval between treatments for ceftiofur sodium in dogs, whereas urine concentrations 24 h after dosing at 0.22 mg/kg (0.1 mg/Ib) were below the MIC 90 for E.coli and P. mirabills (0.6 μg/mL). Plasma concentrations were dose‐proportional, with peak concentrations of 1.66 ± 0.0990 μg/mL, 8.91 ± 6.42 μg/mL, and 26.7 ± 1.07 μg/mL after doses of 0.22, 2.2, and 4.4 mg/kg, respectively. The area under the plasma concentration versus time curve, when normalized to dose, was similar across all dosage groups.