ANTI-PARASITE

Vermicid 2,5

Albendazole 25 mg/ml
Oral suspension for cattle and sheep

Formula

Each ml of product contains:

Albendazole (active substance): 25 mg

Target species

Cattle and sheep.

Indications

For the control of albendazole susceptible mature and developing immature forms of the following internal parasites of cattle and sheep.

Gastrointestinal nematodes: Haemonchus, Ostertagia, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Cooperia, Chabertia, Bunostomum, Oesophagostomum, Capillaria, Tricocephalus, Ascaris ovis, Neoascaris vitulorum.

Lung nematodes: Dictyocaulus,  Muellerius, Protostrongilus.

Cestodes: Moniezia, Thysaniezia, Avitelina.

Liver fluke: Fasciola, Dicrocoelium.

The product has also ovicidal activity.

As prophylactic purposes, the deworming program should consist in 3-4 administrations: before entering to pasture, in July and September and after housing the animals.

Administration

 

Parasite  

Vermicid 2,5

Dose

Gastrointestinal nematodes: Haemonchus, Ostertagia, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Cooperia, Chabertia, Bunostomum, Oesophagostomum, Capillaria, Tricocephalus, Ascaris ovis, Neoascaris vitulorum

Cestodes: Moniesia, Thysaniezia, Avitelina

Lung nematodes (Dictyocaulus)

6 – 12 ml/40kg b.w.
Lung nematodes (Muellerius, Protostrongilus)

Liver fluke (Fasciola, Dicrocoelium)

12 – 16 ml/40kg b.w.

For any information regarding this veterinary medicinal product, please contact the local representative of the marketing authorization holder.

Contraindications

Do not administer to animals with known hypersensitivity to benzimidazoles or the excipients.

Side effects

Adverse reactions are not to be expected following treatment.

Special precautions for storage

Keep away from reach and sight of children!

Store in original packaging, at temperature below 25oC, protected from direct sunlight and freeze.

Shelf life of the veterinary medicinal product as packaged for sale: 2 years.
Shelf-life of the veterinary medicinal product after opening the package the product should be used within 28 days.

Do not use after expiry date which is stated on the label.

Advice on correct administration

To ensure administration of a correct dose, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible; accuracy of the dosing device should be checked. If animals are to be treated collectively rather than individually, they should be grouped according to their bodyweight and dosed accordingly, in order to avoid under- or overdosing. No special control of diet is necessary before or after treatment. Where a dosing device is used, care must be taken to avoid causing injury to the mouth and pharynx when dosing lambs and sheep. Care must be taken also, to avoid choking and ab-ingestis pneumonia.

 

Withdrawal period

Meat and offal:

Cattle: 28 days.

Sheep: 4 days.

Milk: 3 days.

Special warnings

People with known hypersensitivity to albendazole or to the product’s excipients should avoid contact with the veterinary medicinal product. To prevent any unpleasant effects, personal protective equipment consisting in rubber gloves and goggles should be worn when administering the product. Wash hands and exposed skin after use.

In case of accidental ingestion or the occurrence of symptoms characterized by skin rash, seek medical advice. Serious symptoms such as swelling of face, lips or eye lids, accompanied by breath difficulties, are life-threatening symptoms and need immediate medical attention.

Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:

  • Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.
  • Underdosing, that may be due to underestimation of body weight, misadministration of the product, or lack of calibration of the dosing device (if any).

Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an anthelmintic belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.

Do not administer the product during the first month of pregnancy in ewes and cows.

Special precautions for the disposal of unused product or waste materials

For the environmental protection, medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Any unused veterinary medicinal product or waste materials derived from such veterinary medicinal products should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.

Other information

PE-HD flasks of 100 ml, 500 ml, and 1000 ml

PE-HD cans of 5 l, 10 l, and 20 l.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

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