Colitan Powder
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Colitan contains Colistin which is a polypeptide antibiotic of the polymyxin group produced by cultures of bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus. It interacts strongly with phospholipids in bacterial cell membrane, penetrates into and radically disrupts its permeability and function.
Composition: Each gm contains Colistin Sulphate (BP) 5 M.I.U.
Pharmacological Group: Antibiotic
Colitan is used for treatment of all digestive diseases caused by enteric gram negative pathogenic and toxigenic bacteria. In poultry: colibacillosis, colisepticaemia, colienteritis, enterotoxicosis, salmonellosis, pullorosis, infecticoryza, infections.