Autoworm Finisher 6250 mg Pulsatile-Release Intraruminal Device

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Oxfendazole

Available from:

Zoetis UK Limited

ATC code:

QP52AC02

INN (International Name):

Oxfendazole

Pharmaceutical form:

Pulsatile-release intraruminal device

Prescription type:

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

Therapeutic group:

Cattle

Therapeutic area:

Anthelmintic

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

1998-08-21

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Autoworm Finisher 6250 mg Pulsatile-Release Intraruminal Device
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE CONSTITUENT
mg/tablet
Oxfendazole
1250.0
EXCIPIENTS
Indigo Carmine Lake (E132)
20.0
Each intraruminl device contains:
5 tablets each containing oxfendazole 1250 mg
1 PVC cap segment
5 PVC tablet segments
6 silicone rubber sealing washers
1 magnesium alloy core
1 steel end-weight
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Pulsatile-release intraruminal device.
A cylindrical device.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Cattle weighing between 100 kg and 400 kg
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For administration to cattle weighing between 100 kg and 400 kg at the
time the
bolus is given. Designed for dosing prior to turnout of cattle in
their second
grazing season.
In grazing cattle, the device will deliver five doses of oxfendazole
for the
treatment
of
both
adult
and
immature
gastro-intestinal
roundworms
and
lungworms and tapeworms at regular intervals of approximately three
weeks
during a period of approximately fifteen weeks, the first dose being
released
around three weeks after administration. The device thus delivers a
programmed
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therapeutic anthelmintic dosing regime over a period of approximately
fifteen
weeks.
Oxfendazole is an established treatment for:
Gastro-intestinal roundworms: _Teladorsagia (Ostertagia), Haemonchus,
_
_Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Cooperia_, _Capillaria,
Oesophagostomum, _
_Chabertia, Trichuris;_
Lungworms: _Dictyocaulus viviparus_;
Tapeworms: _Moniezia_, heads and segments.
At the recommended dose rate in cattle, oxfendazole is effective
against
inhibited/arrested larvae of _Cooperia_ and usually effective against
inhibited/arrested larvae of _Ostertagia_.
It is also ovicidal against nematode eggs.
4.3
CONTRA-INDICATIONS
Do not administer to non-