Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)
Closantel, Mebendazole
Eli Lilly and Company Limited
QP52A
Closantel, Mebendazole
Oral suspension
POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person
Sheep
Anthelmintic flukicide
Authorized
1988-04-11
Revised: June 2013 AN: 00229/2012 SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT Supaverm Oral Suspension 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION ACTIVE SUBSTANCE: % w/v Closantel (as closantel sodium dihydrate) 5 Mebendazole 7.5 EXCIPIENTS: For full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Oral Suspension White to faintly cream coloured suspension 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 TARGET SPECIES Sheep and lambs. 4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES For the control of fascioliasis (due to _Fasciola hepatica_) and gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes in sheep and lambs. The combination is active against lungworm, roundworms, tapeworms (heads and segments) and fluke (mature and immature). For the control of the larval stages of_ Oestrus ovis _(Sheep Nasal Bot fly). For the control of inhibited, immature and adult stages of _Haemonchus contortus_ (Barber Pole worm) including benzimidazole resistant strains. Also effective against benzimidazole susceptible strains of the following: GASTRO-INTESTINAL ROUNDWORMS: _Ostertagia_ spp, _Trichostrongylus_ spp, _Nematodirus_ spp, _Cooperia_ spp, _Oesophagostomum_ spp, _Chabertia ovina, _ _Bunostomum_ spp, _Trichurus ovis_, _Strongyloides papillosus_. LUNGWORM: _Dictyocaulus_ _filaria_ TAPEWORM: _Moniezia_ spp. Page 1 of 6 Revised: June 2013 AN: 00229/2012 _Fluke activity:_ _Stage_ _Percentage kill _ Adults 97-100 % 6-8 weeks immature 91-95 % 5 weeks immature 91 % 3-4 weeks immature 23-73 % Ticks (_Ixodes ricinus_) feeding on sheep at the time of treatment are likely to produce fewer viable eggs. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS None. 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR 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. Underdosing, which may be due to underestimation of body weight, misadminist Read the complete document