Zerofen Worm Drench 10% w/v Oral Suspension for Sheep and Cattle

Summary of Product characteristics

                                Revised: 02 September 2010
AN: 00861/2010
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Zerofen Worm Drench 10% w/v oral suspension for Sheep and Cattle
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES:
Fenbendazole
10 %w/v
EXCIPIENT(S):
Methyl Parahydroxybenzoate (E218) 0.2% w/v
Propyl Parahydroxybenzoate (E216) 0.02% w/v
Amaranth (E123) 0.0015% w/v
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral Suspension
A pale pink smooth pH 6
+
0.5 suspension
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Sheep and Cattle
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
A broad spectrum anthelmintic for the control of mature and developing
immature forms of the following major species of roundworm in sheep
and
cattle. In sheep it is effective against benzimidazole susceptible
strains of
the following parasites:
Gastro-intestinal roundworms: _Ostertagia, Haemonchus,
Trichostrongylus, _
_Nematodirus, Cooperia, Oesophagostomum, Chabertia, Bunostomum_ and
_Strongyloides _species.
Lungworms: _Dictyocaulus filaria._
It is usually effective for the control of tapeworms, _Moniezia _spp,
in sheep.
May be useful for the control of _Trichuris _in sheep.
In cattle it is effective against the following parasites:
Gastro-intestinal roundworms: _Ostertagia, Cooperia, Trichostrongylus,
_
_Nematodirus, Haemonchus, Oesophagostomum, Bunostomum, Strongyloides _
and _Trichuris_ species.
Lungworms: _Dictyocaulus viviparus_.
It is usually effective against inhibited larvae of _Ostertagia
_species in cattle.
Has an ovicidal effect on nematode eggs.
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AN: 00861/2010
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4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
None known
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS 
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices becaue 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.
•
Underdosing,
                                
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