ARQUEL ORAL GRANULES

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)

Active ingredient:

MECLOFENAMIC ACID

Available from:

BIONICHE ANIMAL HEALTH (A/ASIA) PTY. LTD.

Class:

Veterinary Medicine

Therapeutic group:

HORSE | COLT | DONKEY | ENDURANCE HORSE | FILLY | FOAL | GELDING | HIGH PERFORMANCE HORSES | HORSES AT STUD | MARE | PACER | POL

Therapeutic area:

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Therapeutic indications:

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT | ANTIPYRETIC | BONE SORENESS | BRUISING | BURSITIS | INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC ARTHRIT | JOINT DISEASE | LIGAMENT SPRAINS | MUSCLE SORENESS | OSTEOARTHRITIS | PLATELET ACTIVITY | RHEUMATISM | SPRAINS | STRAINS | TENDON SPRAINS | TRAUMATIC SWELLING

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

1995-07-01

Summary of Product characteristics

Issued by: Vetrepharm (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
Phone: [phone]
Issued: September, 1999
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Product: Arquel
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
Vetrepharm (A/Asia) Pty Ltd 
ACN 006 949 480
Phone: 
[phone]
2/21 Chester St., Camperdown
Fax 
[phone]
NSW 2050
AUSTRALIA
NOT CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA OF NOHSC
AUSTRALIA.
IDENTIFICATION
Product Name: Arquel
Other Names: None.
Product Code: None.
UN No: None allocated
Hazchem Code: None allocated
Dangerous Goods Class: None allocated
Sub Risk Class: None allocated
Packaging Group: None allocated
Poison Schedule: S5
Chemical Family: Blend of ingredients (see below).
Uses: Anti-inflammatory for use in horses. Administered orally.
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PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & PROPERTIES
Appearance & Odour: White granulated solid. Mild odour.
Melting/softening point: Decomposes before melting.
Boiling point and vapour pressure: Not applicable.
Volatile materials: No specific data. Expected to be low at 100°C.
Flashpoint: Does not burn.
Specific gravity: No data.
Solubility in water: No data.
Corrosiveness: Not corrosive.
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Ingredients
Worksafe Exposure Limits
Chemical Entity
CAS No
Proportion, %
TWA, mg/m
3
STEL, mg/m
3
Meclofenamic acid
644-62-2
5
not set
not set
Other non hazardous ingredients
secret
to 100
not set
not set
This is a commercial product whose exact ratio
of components may vary. Trace quantities of impurities are
also likely.
LL HEALTH HAZARD DATA
HEALTH EFFECTS:
No specific data is available for the product
for chronic exposure symptoms. The ingredients are not listed as
carcinogenic in Worksafe’s document “Exposure
Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational
Environment” (May 1995).
ACUTE EFFECTS:
Swallowed: Data suggests that this product should present no
significant