TERRIER Systemic Antibiotic

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

WARNING Symptom of Exposure: Harmful if swallowed. Avoid contact with skin or clothing. Causes moderate eye irritation. Thoroughly wash with soap and water after handling and before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco or using the toilet. Wear long-sleeved shirt and long pants, socks, shoes and chemical-resistant gloves (such as barrier laminate, butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, neoprene rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Viton, Selection Category C). Avoid contact with eyes or clothing. Wear protective eyewear such as goggles or shielded safety glasses. Prolonged or frequently repeated skin contact may cause allergic reaction in some individuals.

Principle Routes of Exposure

Ingestion, eye contact and skin Chronic/Subchronic Toxicity: Gastrointestinal irritation with nausea, epigastric pain and burning, vomiting, abdominal pain, transitory yellowish- brown discoloration of the tongue, anorexia and diarrhea has been reported following oral administration. Blood disorders (delay in coagulation) have been reported. Possible hypersensitization and super-infections due to overgrowth of organisms not affected by the antibiotic agent. Three types of renal disease are associated with overexposure: acute nonoliguric renal failure (individuals with pre-existing pancreatic or fatty liver), uremia (individuals with pre-existing impaired renal function), and reversible nephrotoxicity (due to outdated or degraded tetracyclines). Carcinogenicity Not classifiable based on IARC ACGIH