Levacur SC 3% Oral Solution

البلد: المملكة المتحدة

اللغة: الإنجليزية

المصدر: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

العنصر النشط:

Cobalt, Levamisole Hydrochloride, Selenium

متاح من:

MSD Animal Health UK Limited

ATC رمز:

QP52AE

INN (الاسم الدولي):

Cobalt, Levamisole Hydrochloride, Selenium

الشكل الصيدلاني:

Oral solution

نوع الوصفة الطبية :

POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person

المجموعة العلاجية:

Cattle, Sheep

المجال العلاجي:

Anthelmintic

الوضع إذن:

Authorized

تاريخ الترخيص:

2002-04-18

خصائص المنتج

Revised: August 2023
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Levacur SC 3%, oral solution
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES:
Levamisole HCl
3% w/v
Sodium Selenate
0.0766% w/v
(equivalent to Selenium)
0.032% w/v
Cobalt Sulphate Heptahydrate
0.3434% w/v
(equivalent to Cobalt)
0.072% w/v
EXCIPIENTS:
Sodium Metabisulphite
0.1% w/v
Tartrazine E102
0.0375% w/v
For full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral solution
Clear, amber solution
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Cattle and sheep
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
Levacur SC 3% is a broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment and
control of
gastro-intestinal and pulmonary nematode infections in cattle and
sheep.
Levacur SC 3% is effective against mature and developing immature
stages of
the following levamisole-susceptible major nematode worm species:-
GASTRO-INTESTINAL WORMS:
Trichostrongylus spp.,
Cooperia spp., Ostertagia spp. (except inhibited
Ostertagia larvae in cattle), Haemonchus spp.,
Nematodirus spp., Bunostomum spp.,
Oesophagostomum spp., Chabertia spp.
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LUNGWORMS: _ Dictyocaulus_ spp.
Levacur SC 3% is not effective against Type II Winter scour.
The product also contains Selenium and Cobalt as nutritional
supplements.
4.3
CONTRA-INDICATIONS
Animals should not be treated simultaneously or within 14 days before
or after
the use of Levacur SC 3% with Organophosphorus compounds or
diethylcarbamazine citrate.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNING FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
The product may be given to young, pregnant and lactating animals, but
due
regard must always be paid to the animals physical condition and the
presence of
inter-current disease.
When a dosing gun is used to administer the product, care should be
taken to
avoid the occurrence of dosing gun pharyngitis.
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they
increase the
risk of development of resistance