Micotil® (tilmicosin injection) Safe Handling + Use Center
Learn how to safely handle and administer Micotil to become Micotil certified. Being certified enables you to purchase and administer Micotil.
Safety Brings Better Results
Before using Micotil, it is important to read the entire package insert including the boxed warning.
The utmost caution must be taken when handling Micotil.This allows for optimal results for both you, your cattle and your operation. By learning proper dosage, application specifications, and product safety information, you’re setting your operation up for success.
How to Become Certified
Safety is the top priority when handling and administering Micotil. By becoming certified, you’ll be added to our “Safe to Sell” list, authorizing you to purchase and administer Micotil for the treatment of BRD in cattle. Complete the certification requirements to get started.
Effective treatment of BRD starts with understanding the disease, its risks and future prevention tactics. Learn more at ElancoBRD.com.
Understand how Micotil works, its usage benefits and administration techniques at MicotilForCattle.com.
Once you’re ready, start the course to learn how to safely handle and administer Micotil injections. Get started.
To acknowledge your completion of all requirements to become Micotil certified, complete our online form.
Micotil Safe Handling + Use Course
This safety course can be completed at your own pace. Choose a language to get started.
Additional Micotil Safety Tips
The more you know about Micotil, the better prepared you’ll be to handle and administer it.
Safe Handling & Administration Quick Guide
Micotil comes equipped with various safety features to protect you and your animals. Quickly learn the basics so you’re prepared for your first use.
SAFE Guidelines
Learn more about safe use of injectable drugs with our SAFE Guidelines.
In Case of Emergency
In case of an emergency, remember the Three Rs:
- Reach for and apply an ice pack
- Reference the product label “Note To The Physician” and/or product insert and provide to emergency medical personnel
- Remember to contact the Emergency Medical Hotline 800-722-0987
Indication
Micotil® (tilmicosin injection) is indicated for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus sommi, and for the control of respiratory disease in cattle at high risk of developing BRD associated with M. haemolytica.
Important safety information
Before using this product, it is important to read the entire product insert, including the boxed human warning.
Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Not for human use. Injection of this drug in humans has been associated with fatalities. Keep out of reach of children. Administer only with a tube-fed safety syringe. Do not use in automatically powered syringes, single-use syringes, or other delivery devices. Exercise extreme caution to avoid accidental self-injection. In case of human injection, consult a physician immediately and apply ice or cold pack to injection site while avoiding direct contact with the skin. Avoid contact with eyes. Always use proper drug handling procedures to avoid accidental self-injection. Consult your veterinarian on the safe handling and use of all injectable products prior to administration. For use in cattle or sheep only. Inject subcutaneously. Injection of this antibiotic has been shown to be fatal in swine and non-human primates, and may be fatal in horses and goats. Do not use in lambs less than 15 kg body weight. Do not use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older. Use in lactating dairy cattle or sheep may cause milk residues. The following adverse reactions have been reported: in cattle: injection site swelling and inflammation, lameness, collapse, anaphylaxis/anaphylactoid reactions, decreased food and water consumption, and death; in sheep: dyspnea and death. Micotil has a pre-slaughter withdrawal time of 42 days.
