Lincomycin HCL

Lincomycin Soluble Powder (lincomycin HCl) is a water-soluble antibiotic for use in drinking water for broiler chickens and swine.

Broiler Chickens: For the control of necrotic enteritis caused by Clostridium perfringens susceptible to lincomycin.

Swine: For the treatment of swine dysentery (bloody scours).

Broiler Chickens: For the control of necrotic enteritis caused by Clostridium perfringens susceptible to lincomycin.

Swine: For the treatment of swine dysentery (bloody scours).

Store between 20˚C - 25˚C (68˚F - 77˚F) with excursions permitted between 15˚C - 40˚C (59˚F - 104˚F).

Broiler Chickens: Administer at a dose rate of 64 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water. Start medication as soon as the diagnosis of necrotic enteritis is determined. If improvement is not noted within 24 to 48 hours, consult a licensed veterinarian at a veterinary diagnostic laboratory to determine the diagnosis. The drug should be administered for 7 consecutive days.

Swine: Administer at a dose rate of 250 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water. In clinical studies, this dose rate provided an average of 3.8 mg of lincomycin per lb of body weight per day. The drug should be administered for a minimum of 5 consecutive days beyond the disappearance of symptoms (bloody stools) up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. If water treatment is discontinued prior to this time, a lincomycin treatment program may be continued with lincomycin premix at 100 g lincomycin per ton of complete feed as the sole ration according to label directions.

Dosage: Administer at a dose rate of 250 mg of lincomycin per gallon of drinking water. In clinical studies, this dose rate provided an average of 3.8 mg of lincomycin per lb of body weight per day.

Treatment Period: The drug should be administered for a minimum of 5 consecutive days beyond the disappearance of symptoms (bloody stools) up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. If water treatment is discontinued prior to this time, a lincomycin treatment program may be continued with lincomycin premix at 100 g lincomycin per ton of complete feed as the sole ration according to label directions.

See label (back) for full mixing directions. Administration directions and packet contents are dependent upon pack size.

Federal (USA) law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Discard medicated drinking water if not used within 2 days. Fresh stock solution should be prepared daily. 

• For Swine, if clinical signs of bloody scours (watery, mucoid or bloody stools) have not improved during the first 6 days of medication, discontinue treatment and redetermine the diagnosis.
  • Occasionally, swine fed lincomycin may, within the first 2 days after the onset of treatment. develop diarrhea and/or swelling of the anus.
  • On rare occasions, some pigs may show reddening of the skin and irritable behavior.
  • These conditions have been self-correcting within 5 to 8 days without discontinuing the lincomycin treatment.
• The safety of lincomycin has not been demonstrated for pregnant swine or swine intended for breeding. 
• Do not allow rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, horses or ruminants access to water containing lincomycin. Ingestion by these species may result in severe gastrointestinal effects. 
• Do not use the water treatment and the feed treatment simultaneously. 
• Not for use in layer and breeder chickens.
• No drug withdrawal period is required before slaughter of swine receiving Lincomycin HCL Soluble Powder at the approved level of 250 mg per gallon of drinking water, nor before slaughter of birds receiving Lincomycin Soluble at the approved level of 64 mg per gallon of drinking water.