Panacur 4% Powder Premix for Medicated Feed

Summary of Product characteristics

                                Revised: August 2009
AN: 00643/2009
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE V ETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT FOLLOWED BY THE
STRENGTH AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Panacur 4% Powder Premix for medicated feed
2.
NAME AND PROPORTION OF EACH ACTIVE SUBSTANCE, AND OF ANY
EXCIPIENT, IF KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXCIPIENT IS NEEDED FOR SAFETY
REASONS
Active substances
%w/w
Fenbendazole
4.0
Other substances
For full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder for premix for medicated feed.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Pigs and Cattle
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
PIGS : A broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment of pigs
infected with
immature and mature forms of gastro-intestinal and respiratory
nematodes,
including:
_Hyostrongylus rubidus_
(red stomach worm)
Oesophagostomum spp
(nodular worm)
_Ascaris suum_
(roundworm)
_Trichuris suis_
(whipworm)
_Metastrongylus apri_
(lungworm) (as an aid in its control).
CATTLE : For the treatment of cattle infected with mature and
developing immature
forms of nematodes of the gastro-intestinal and respiratory tracts,
including :
Ostertagia spp
Haemonchus spp
Cooperia spp
Oesophagostomum spp
Trichostrongylus spp
Strongyloides spp
Bunostomum spp
Trichuris spp
Nematodirus spp
_Dictyocaulus viviparus_
Panacur is usually effective against inhibited larvae of Ostertagia
spp and against
Moniezia spp of tapeworm.
Panacur has an ovicidal effect on nematode eggs.
Revised: August 2009
AN: 00643/2009
4.3
CONTRA-INDICATIONS
None
4.4
SPECIAL WARNING FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
The product may not be effective against _Trichuris_ and
_Strongyloides_ species when
given by divided dosage in cattle.
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they
increase the
risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in
ineffective therapy:

Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class,
over an
extended period of time.

Under dosing, which may be due to underestimation of body weight,
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