Chanectin 1 % Solution for Injection for Cattle

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin

Available from:

Chanelle Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Limited

ATC code:

QP54AA01

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin

Dosage:

1.0 percent weight/volume

Pharmaceutical form:

Solution for injection

Prescription type:

POM: Prescription Only Medicine as defined in relevant national legislation

Therapeutic area:

ivermectin

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2001-06-20

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Chanectin 1 % Solution for Injection for Cattle
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Active substance: Ivermectin 1.0% w/v
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Solution for Injection.
A clear, colourless solution.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Cattle (Beef and non lactating cattle)
The veterinary medicinal product can be given to all ages of animals
including young
calves.
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
The veterinary medicinal product is indicated for the effective
treatment and control
of the following harmful parasites of cattle:
GASTRO-INTESTINAL ROUNDWORMS:
_Ostertagia_ spp (including inhibited _O. ostertagi (adult and L4)_),
_Haemonchus placei (adult and L4_),
_Trichostrongylus _spp._ (adult and L4_),
_Cooperia_ spp _(adult and L4_),
_Nematodirus _spp._ (adult_),
LUNGWORMS (adult and fourth stage larvae):
_Dictyocaulus viviparus_
WARBLES (parasitic stages):
_Hypoderma _spp.
MANGE MITES :
_Psoroptes bovis_
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_Sarcoptes scabiei_ var. _bovis_.
SUCKING LICE :
_Linognathus vituli_,
_Haematopinus eurysternus_
PERSISTENT ACTIVITY
Treatment at the recommended dose rate controls re-infection with
_Haemonchusplacei_ and _Cooperia spp. _acquired up to 14 days after
treatment,
_Ostertagia ostertagi_ acquired up to 21 days after treatment and
_Dictyocaulus _
_viviparus_ acquired up to 28 days after treatment.
To obtain maximum benefit from the persistent activity of the
veterinary medicinal
product for grazing animals it is recommended that calves which are
set-stocked in
their first grazing season should be treated 3, 8 and 13 weeks after
the day of
turn-out. This can protect the animals from parasitic gastro-enteritis
and lungworm
disease throughout the grazing season, provided they are set-stocked,
all the calves
are inc