Atropine is an anticholinergic drug used for the following conditions :

– To control excessive bronchial & gastric secretions, hypermotility of intestinal smooth muscle and excessive salivation

– As an antidote for organophosphate (insecticides) or muscarinic mushroom intoxication

– As a pre-anaesthetic to prevent or reduce accumulation of salivary and bronchial secretions in the respiratory tract.

– For treatment of bronchoconstrictive diseases

– To prevent bradycardia (slowing of heart rate) and accumulation of salivary secretion during anaesthesia and surgical manipulation.

Pre-anaesthetia :

• Dog & Cat: 1 ml/25 kg body weight subcutaneously.
• Sheep/Goat: 1 ml/5 kg body weight intravenously.

Treatment : Intramuscular/Subcutaneous use only.

• Cattle/Horse: 1.5-3.0 ml/50 kg body weight.
• Sheep/Goat: 0.8-1.6 ml/10 kg body weight.
• Dog/Cat: 0.3-0.5 ml/10 kg body weight
• Pigs: 0.2-0.4 ml/10 kg body weight.