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G D Koritz

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Disposition of sulfonamides in food-producing animals: pharmacokinetics of sulfamerazine in ewe lambs.

Date from plasma and urine samples from four ewe lambs were analyzed after administration of sulfamerazine as single IV and oral doses. A two-compartment pharmacokinetic model was developed to describe the disposition of sulfamerazine. The drug was eliminated, primarily by renal excretion of (i) unchanged sulfamerazine and metabolism to an acetyl metabolite, (ii) polar conjugates, and (iii) a third metabolite. The biological half-life of the drug was 6.6 hours. The average value of the absorption rate constant was 0.433 hour-1 (half-life 1.60 hours). Sulfarmerazine was relatively completely absorbed (approx 81% of dose) after oral administration in solution.

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Disposition of sulfonamides in food-producing animals: pharmacokinetics of sulfathiazole in swine.

Disposition of sulfathiazole in plasma and urine of swine was determined following single intravenous and oral doses. Pharmacokinetics of the drug were described by a 1-compartment open model. The drug was rapidly eliminated, mainly by renal excretion of unchanged sulfathiazole and metabolism to acetylsulfathiazole, with a biological half-life of 1.4 hours. Sulfathiazole (in solution) was absorbed rapidly (half-life 0.8 hour) and relatively completely (73%) following oral administration.

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Disposition of sulfonamides in food-producing animals V: Disposition of sulfathiazole in tissue, urine, and plasma of sheep following intravenous administration.

The plasma, urine, and tissue sulfathiazole concentrations were determined at various times following intravenous administration to 12 sheep. The plasma and urine data were consistent with a one-compartment pharmacokinetic model, with an elimination half-life of 1.1 hr and a volume of distribution of 0.39 liter/kg. Sulfathiazole was eliminated by excretion of unchanged drug in urine (67%) and by formation of two metabolites. The data obtained from eight tissue sites were consistent with the one-compartment pharmacokinetic model presented and confirmed that tissue residues of sulfathiazole can be calculated from serum and urine drug concentration.

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High-pressure liquid chromatographic determination of tetracyclines in urine.

The quantitation of oxytetracycline, tetracycline, and chlortetracycline was accomplished by high-pressure liquid chromatography using an anion-exchange column. The tetracyclines were extracted from urine as their calcium complexes. Concentrations as low as 12 microgram of oxytetracycline/ml and 4 microgram of tetracycline and chlortetracycline/ml were quantitated accurately. The relative standard deviation of the method varied from 0 to 5%.

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Disposition of sulfonamides in food-producing animals: pharmacokinetics of sulfathiazole in sheep.

Plasma and urine data on sheep following administration of sulfathiazole as single intravenous and oral doses were examined. A one-compartment open model was developed to describe the pharmacokinetics of sulfathiazole in sheep. The drug was rapidly eliminated, primarily by renal excretion of unchanged sulfathiazole and metabolism to acetyl sulfathiazole, with a biological half-life of 1.3 hours. Sulfathiazole was absorbed slowly (half-life, 18 hours) and relatively completely (73%) after oral administration in solution.

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Latent dichlorvos neurotoxicity detected by vagal tone monitoring in dogs.

Dichlorvos (dimethyl 2,2-dichlorovinyl phosphate) was administered orally to German Shorthair Pointer dogs at approximately 60 mg/kg (twice the usual clinical dose). Plasma and erythrocyte cholinesterase (ChE) was monitored prior to, 90 min, and 180 min post-ingestion. 2-PAM (20 mg/kg IV) and atropine sulfate (0.022 mg/kg IM) were administered 90 min after the dichlorvos to paired treated and control dogs. The telemetered electrocardiographic (ECG) signal was analyzed by a Vagal Tone Monitor (VTM) to yield mean heart period (msec) and an estimate of the amplitude of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (V in natural log values of msec2) for five min intervals. Dichlorvos did not cause cholinomimetic symptoms even though blood cholinesterase was significantly inhibited (plasma -51.3% and erythrocyte -43.7%). The atropine sulfate treatment resulted in the expected vagolytic effects in both the control and the dichlorvos treated dogs, but the atropine effects were attenuated in the latter dogs. Three weeks later, ChE activity was not significantly depressed in the dichlorvos treated dogs, and their V responses to atropine were more similar to the responses in control dogs.

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Inflammatory response to intramuscular implantation of polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration probes in sheep.

Polyacrylonitrile is used in the manufacture of dialysis membranes. These membranes are fundamental to the functioning of implantable probes for microdialysis and ultrafiltration sampling of tissue fluids. Although in vivo experimentation using polyacrylonitrile has been reported to cause little inflammatory response when implanted subcutaneously, such information is not available for intramuscular implantation in sheep. The procaine and benzathine salts of penicillin are formulated for intramuscular injection. These salts of penicillin or the formulation excipients may cause inflammatory reactions. Use of polyacrylonitrile probes to draw samples from sites at which these formulations have been injected may be compromised by inflammation or direct interaction between formulation excipients and the dialysis membrane. The aim of this project was to describe tissue responses to intramuscular implantation of polyacrylonitrile in the presence and absence of either procaine or procaine plus benzathine salts of penicillin G. Each of 20 normal sheep was implanted with two ultrafiltration probes, one at the site of an injection of procaine or benzathine plus procaine penicillin G. Similar injections were also made at remote intramuscular sites. After 8, 9, and 11 days of the experiment, sheep were killed and the injection and implantation site muscle were excised and prepared for histopathological examination. The implantation of the probe alone caused greater inflammatory response than the injection of procaine or procaine plus benzathine penicillin G at remote intramuscular sites. The histopathological lesions were greatest where the implantation site was coupled with the injection of either formulation of penicillin G. Polyacrylonitrile may not be a suitable dialysis membrane material for intramuscular implantation in sheep.

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The pharmacokinetics of hexachlorobenzene in male beagles. Distribution, excretion, and pharmacokinetic model.

The distribution of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was studied in male beagles after a single 1-mg/kg iv dose of either 14C-HCB or unlabeled HCB. Distribution was also determined in animals after seven daily oral administrations of either 10 mg/kg or 100 mg/kg HCB. Excretion of HCB and metabolites through urinary and fecal routes was studied in all four animals receiving 14C-HCB. In addition, total bile was collected from one of the animals receiving 14C-HCB to determine the importance of biliary excretion. Immediately after iv administration, a large proportion of the dose was distributed to the lungs. From the lungs, HCB was rapidly distributed to highly perfused tissues including the visceral organs and brain. Further redistribution of HCB from highly perfused tissues to adipose tissue occurred at a much slower rate. In animals receiving daily oral doses of 10 or 100 mg of HCB per kg, adipose tissue was again found to accumulate the highest concentrations of HCB. Excretion of HCB and metabolites occurred primarily through fecal elimination, with urinary excretion being of less importance. Fecal excretion was found to be composed of two separate processes, biliary excretion and intestinal excretion. Of these two processes, biliary excretion was shown to be the major contributor to fecal excretion. After single 1-mg/kg IV doses of 14C-HCB in three beagles, blood, urine, and feces were monitored over a 12-week period for 14C content. Computer-assisted pharmacokinetic models were constructed to characterize these data. A three-compartment mammillary model provided the optimum fit to the observed data. Biological half-life values were projected to range from 6 weeks to 3 years.

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