HOME JOURNALS CONTACT

International Journal of Pharmacology

Year: 2005 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 239-243
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2005.239.243
Pharmacokinetics of Chloramphenicol Following Intravenous and Intramuscular Administration of the Drug to Healthy Sokoto Red Goats
E. U. Etuk, P. A. Onyeyili and B. Y. Muhammed

Abstract: Pharmacokinetics studies were performed in healthy red Sokoto goats using chloramphenicol 25 mg kg-1. Following the drug administration intravenously and intramuscularly samples of plasma were obtained in the goats at various time intervals. Measurable blood levels of the drug were obtained in goats for 6 h after intravenous injection and for 9 h after intramuscular administration. A mean plasma concentration of chloramphenicol (25.63±2.01 μg mL-1) was obtained at 0.08 h (5 min) after the intravenous administration of the drug while the peak plasma concentration of the drug following intramuscular treatment was 9.64±0.74 μg mL-1 after 0.25 h (30 min). The apparent volume of distribution and the total body clearance of chloramphenicol from the Sokoto red goats were higher after intramuscular than intravenous administration. About 80% of the drug administered intramuscularly reached the plasma. This result has yielded baseline data for further investigation(s) of the drug.

Fulltext PDF

How to cite this article
E. U. Etuk, P. A. Onyeyili and B. Y. Muhammed, 2005. Pharmacokinetics of Chloramphenicol Following Intravenous and Intramuscular Administration of the Drug to Healthy Sokoto Red Goats. International Journal of Pharmacology, 1: 239-243.

© Science Alert. All Rights Reserved