IMIDACLOPRID 3.5% POUR-ON LICE TREATMENT FOR SHEEP

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)

Active ingredient:

imidacloprid(35g/L)

Available from:

BAYER

INN (International Name):

imidacloprid(35g/L)

Pharmaceutical form:

TOPICAL SOLUTION/SUSPENSION

Units in package:

5L, 20L, 55L, 60L, 100L, 110L, 120L

Class:

Veterinary Pesticide

Manufactured by:

BAYER AUSTRALIA

Therapeutic group:

LAMB UNSHORN - UP TO 2 MONTHS OF AGE | SHEEP - OFF SHEARS | OVINE

Therapeutic area:

Insecticide

Therapeutic indications:

SHEEP BODY LOUSE | DAMALINIA OVIS (PREV. GENUS) | LICE - SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID RE | SHEEP BODY LICE

Product summary:

For the control of susceptible body lice Bovicola ovis on shorn sheep up to 7 days off shears & unshorn lambs up to 2 months of age. This product can be expected to protect sheep against re-infestation with lice for 4 weeks after treatment when…DO NOT USE in ewes which are producing or may in the future produce milk for human consumption or processing. See also WITHHOLDING PERIODS & ESI on label.

Authorization status:

Registered but not available

Authorization date:

2013-06-03

Patient Information leaflet

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CAUTION
KEEP OUT OF REACH
OF
CHILDREN
READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS
FOR
ANIMAL TREATMENT ONLY
IMIDACLOPRID
3.5o/o
Pour-On Lice Treatment
For
Sheep
35g/L IMIDACLOPRID
For the control
of
susceptible body lice
_Bovicola ovis _
on shorn sheep up to 7 days
off
shears and
unshorn lambs up to 2 months
of
age.
This product can be expected to protect sheep against re-
infestation with lice for 4 weeks after treatment when applied within
24 hrs
of
shearing .
APVMA Approval
No
68630/58724 ·
5
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20
LITRES
55LITRES
60
LITRES
100 LITRES
110 LITRES
120
LITRES
•
RLP
Approved
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IMIDACLOPRID 3.5%
POUR-ON LICE TREATMENT FOR SHEEP
IMIDACLOPRID 3.5% POUR
ON
is for the control ofneonicotinoid susceptible sheep body lice
_Bovicola ovis _in sheep off-shears (within 7 days
of
shearing) and unshorn lambs up to 2 months
of
age.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
RESTRAINTS:
MILK: DO NOT USE IN EWES WHICH ARE PRODUCING OR MAY IN THE FUTURE
PRODUCE MILK FOR
HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR PROCESSING.
This product can be used on all adult sheep up to 7 days off-shears
and on unshorn lambs up to 2
months
of
age.
Apply the entire dose to sheep under 30kg as a single broadband stripe
from poll to tail butt.
For sheep over 30kg, apply
half
the dose as a broadband stripe either side
of
the midline from the mid
neck to the butt
of
the tail.
The stripes should be no further than 1
0 em apart. Refer to the diagrams
below.
A representative sample
of
animals should be weighed before treatment. Dose the mob to the
heaviest
animal
by
liveweight in each group (ewes, wethers, rams, lambs). Do not
underdose. Where there
is
a
large variation in size within the group (e.g. lambs), dose rate
should be based on the label directions
for each weight