“…However, a formulation of danofloxacin 18% was recently developed to allow the delivery of a higher dose (6 mg/kg). As fluoroquinolone antibacterial efficacy is dependent on the peak concentration obtained rather than the duration of plasma concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration (Rowan et al, 2004), the efficacy of the 18% formulation has advantages compared with the 2.5% formulation, as the former allows the administration of higher concentrations in a lower volume (Mestorino et al, 2009). Furthermore, this formulation has been reported as safe and effective in the treatment of pneumonia, enteritis, and mastitis with a single dose or at most 2 doses (Poutrel et al, 2008;Mestorino et al, 2009), with the drug reaching high concentrations in different ruminant species (Escudero et al, 2007), thus potentially reducing selection pressure for bacterial resistance (Martinez et al, 2006).…”