Cattle: BANAMINE Injectable Solution is indicated for the control of pyrexia (fe

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Cattle: BANAMINE Injectable Solution is indicated for the control of pyrexia (fever) associated with bovine respiratory disease, endotoxemia and acute bovine mastitis. BANAMINE Injectable Solution is also indicated for the control of inflammation in endotoxemia The recommended dose for acute bovine mastitis is 2.2 mg/kg of body weight given once by intravenous administration. You need to treat a 1650 lb. dairy cow for mastitis; how many ml's of Banamine would you administer? (show all work) 650 x

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The recommended dose for acute bovine mastitis is 2.2mg Banamine per kg of bovine body weight or, 1 mg/lb or, 2 mL per 100 lbs. Here, the bovine body weight is 1650 lbs so that the quantity of injectable Banamine required is (1650/100)*2mL = 33 ML. Hence 33mL of injectable Banamine would be administered.

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