Iron is an essential micronutrient in piglets. It plays a major role in the transport of oxygen via hemoglobin and myoglobin, as well as having a key role in enzymes, such as cytochromes, catalases and peroxidases. Injectable iron-carbohydrate complexes, such as gleptoferron, are established hematinic agents in veterinary medicine and are effective in significantly increasing the hemoglobin levels in piglets raised under intensive farming conditions in which an all-milk diet for several weeks does not provide an adequate source of iron. Following intramuscular injection, gleptoferron is absorbed and metabolized to release the iron for use and/or storage in accordance with the nutritional status of the animals. Excess iron in principally stored in the liver.

Toltrazuril is a triazinon derivative and an anti-protozoan agent. It has coccidiocidal activity against all intracelular development stages of the genera Cystoisospora, that is, merogony (asexual multiplication) and gamogony (sexual phase).

FORCERIS^® is indicated for pigs aged 1-3 days of age for the concomitant prevention of iron deficiency anemia and prevention of clinical signs of coccidiosis (diarrhea) as well as reduction in oocyst excretion in farms with a confirmed history of coccidiosis caused by Cystoisospora suis.