Ovidown SC Oral Suspension for Sheep

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Active ingredient:

Cobalt, Oxfendazole, Selenium

Available from:

Norbrook Laboratories Limited

ATC code:

QP52AC02

INN (International Name):

Cobalt, Oxfendazole, Selenium

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral suspension

Prescription type:

POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person

Therapeutic group:

Sheep

Therapeutic area:

Anthelmintic anticestodal

Authorization status:

Authorized

Authorization date:

2000-03-07

Summary of Product characteristics

Revised: August 2010
(Amended pages)
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Ovidown SC Oral Suspension for Sheep
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE(S): % W/V
Oxfendazole
5.0
Selenium
0.11
(as Sodium Selenate Anhydrous
0.264)
Cobalt
0.369
(as Cobalt Sulphate Heptahydrate
1.76)
EXCIPIENTS:
Sodium Methyl Parahydroxy Benzoate
0.18
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral Suspension
A pink suspension
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Sheep
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
A broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment and control of mature
and
developing
immature
gastrointestinal
roundworms,
lungworms
and
also
tapeworms in sheep. The product is ovicidal for nematode eggs.
In sheep for the control of benzimidazole susceptible GASTROINTESTINAL
ROUNDWORMS:
_Ostertagia_
spp,
_Haemonchus_
spp,
_Trichostrongylus _
_axei,_
_Nematodirus_ spp, including _N. battus_, _Cooperia_ spp, intestinal
_Trichostrongylus _
spp, _Oesophagostomum_ spp and _Chabertia_ spp. Also provides useful
control of
_Trichuris_ spp.
LUNGWORMS: _Dictyocaulus _spp.
TAPEWORMS: _Moniezia _spp.
It is effective against inhibited/arrested larvae of _Nematodirus_
spp, _Haemonchus_
spp and _Ostertagia_ spp in sheep.
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Selenium and cobalt are included as nutritional supplements, to aid in
the
prevention
and
control
of
cobalt
and
selenium
deficiency
and
improve
performance of animals on cobalt and selenium deficient diets.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
None
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
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,
misadministration of the product, or lack of cali