Parafend SC Oral Suspension for Sheep

Pays: Royaume-Uni

Langue: anglais

Source: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)

Ingrédients actifs:

Cobalt, Oxfendazole

Disponible depuis:

Norbrook Laboratories Limited

Code ATC:

amended)

DCI (Dénomination commune internationale):

Cobalt, Oxfendazole

forme pharmaceutique:

Oral suspension

Type d'ordonnance:

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

Groupe thérapeutique:

Sheep

Domaine thérapeutique:

Anthelmintic anticestodal

Statut de autorisation:

Expired

Date de l'autorisation:

1995-03-07

Résumé des caractéristiques du produit

Revised: July 2010
(ATC vet code amended)
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Parafend SC Oral Suspension for Sheep.
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE (S):
%W/V
Oxfendazole
5.00,
Selenium
0.11
(as Sodium Selenate Anhydrous
0.264)
Cobalt
0.369
(as Cobalt Sulfate Heptahydrate
1.76)
EXCIPIENTS:
Sodium Methyl Parahydroxybenzoate
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.
Revised: July 2010
(ATC vet code amended)
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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