Ivomec Classic Injection for Cattle and Sheep 10 mg/ml

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Ivermectin

Available from:

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH

ATC code:

QP54AA01

INN (International Name):

Ivermectin

Dosage:

10 milligram(s)/millilitre

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:

1994-10-01

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Ivomec Classic Injection for Cattle and Sheep 10 mg/ml
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Ivermectin 10 mg/ml
For a full list of excipients see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Solution for injection.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Cattle and sheep.
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
IVOMEC Classic Injection is indicated for the effective treatment and
control of the
following harmful species of gastro-intestinal roundworms, lungworms,
eye worms,
warbles, lice and mange mites of cattle and sheep:
CATTLE
Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae):
_Ostertagia_ spp. (including inhibited _O. ostertagi_)
_Haemonchus placei_
_Trichostrongylus axei_
_T. colubriformis_
_Cooperia_ spp.
_Oesophagostomum radiatum_
_Strongyloides papillosus _(adult)
_Nematodirus helvetianus _(adult)
_N. spathiger _(adult)
_Bunostomum phlebotomum_
_Toxocara vitulorum_
_Trichuris_ spp. (adult)
Lungworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae):
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_Dictyocaulus viviparus_
Eye worms (adult):
_Thelazia_ spp.
Warbles:
_Hypoderma bovis_
_H. lineatum_
Mange mites:
_Psoroptes bovis_
_Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis_
Sucking lice:
_Linognathus vituli_
_Haematopinus eurysternus_
_Solenopotes capillatus_
IVOMEC Classic Injection may also be used as an aid in the control of
biting lice
(_Damalinia bovis_) and the mange mite (_Chorioptes bovis_), but
complete elimination
may not occur.
Prolonged Activity
When cattle have to graze on pasture contaminated with infective
larvae of cattle
nematodes, treatment with IVOMEC at the recommended dose rate can
control
re-infection with _Haemonchus placei _and _Cooperia_ spp. acquired up
to 14 days after
treatment, _Ostertagia ostertagi _and _Oesophagostomum radiatum
_acquired up to 21
days after treatment and _Dictyocaulus viviparus _up to 28 days after
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