What Is Tylosin Injection Used for Treating?
Simply put, Tylosin is a natural antibiotic made from bacteria. It works by interfering with the ability of other bacteria to make proteins. It only affects the manufacture of bacterial proteins and therefore does not affect the protein manufacture of mammals, birds or reptiles. Tylosin is a macrolide antibiotic (the same as erythromycin). How to use this drug? Tylosin is licensed for use in livestock as a broad-spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of infections, but it has other uses that are not related to its antibiotic activity. In small animals, the antibiotic properties of tylosin are barely used compared to its anti-inflammatory properties in the intestine. Its main use in pets is to treat colitis. In this case, it is not used as an antibiotic to treat the infection, but as an anti-inflammatory to soothe the colon. Although there are few formal studies examining this non-antibacterial property of tylosin, it does appear to be effective in this regard and there are many