Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
OXFENDAZOLE
Intervet Ireland Limited
QP52AC02
OXFENDAZOLE
1250 Milligram
Bolus
LM-Licensed Merchant
Bovine
Oxfendazole
Endoparasiticide
Authorised
2013-05-24
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT Repidose Ready Pulse 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Pulsatile release, intraruminal device. Each tablet is a blue annular tablet with a slight bevel on the outside-edge. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 TARGET SPECIES Cattle weighing between 100 kg and 400 kg. Each tablet contains: Active Substance Oxfendazole 1250 mg Excipients Indigo Carmine (F.D. & C Blue No. 2) Aluminium Lake (E132) 20 mg For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1 Bolus contains 7 tablets as above 1 PVC 7 th tablet segment 6 PVC tablet segments 7 Silicone rubber sealing washers 1 Magnesium alloy core 1 Steel end-weight 1 PVC locking ring IRISH MEDICINES BOARD ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _Date Printed 17/07/2013_ _CRN 7015197_ _page number: 1_ 4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES For administration to cattle weighing between 100 kg and 400 kg at the time the bolus is given. In grazing cattle, the device will deliver seven doses of oxfendazole for the treatment of both adult and immature gastro-intestinal roundworms and lungworms and tapeworms at regular intervals of approximately three weeks during a period of about 18 weeks, the first dose being released within a few hours of administration. The device thus delivers a programmed therapeutic anthelmintic dosing regime over a period of approximately 18 weeks from the time of dosing. Oxfendazole is an established treatment for: Gastro-intestinal roundworms: _Ostertagia, Haemonchus,_ _Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Cooperia, Bunostomum, Capillaria, Oesophagostomum, Chabertia, Trichuris;_ Lungworms: _Dictyocaulus viviparus; _Tapeworms: _Moniezia_, heads and segments. At the reco Read the complete document