País: Reino Unido
Língua: inglês
Origem: VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)
Fenbendazole
Chanelle Animal Health Ltd
QP52AC13
Fenbendazole
Granules for oral suspension
POM-VPS -Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person
Horses
Anthelmintic
Authorized
1998-07-31
ID: S49 UK VERSION: 06 EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/12/03 PREPARED BY: APPROVED BY: PAGE 1 OF 5 SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT Zerofen 22% Equine Granules 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION ACTIVE SUBSTANCE: Fenbendazole 22% w/w EXCIPIENT(S): For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Granules White to greyish white granules 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 TARGET SPECIES Horses and other equines 4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE,SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES Zerofen 22% Equine Granules is a broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment of horses and other equines infected with benzimidazole susceptible immature and mature stages of nematodes of the gastro-intestinal including large redworms (_Strongylus _ _vulgaris, _ _Strongylus _ _edentatus_) and migrating large redworms, benzimidazole susceptible small redworms and encysted mucosal larvae, _Ascarids_, _Oxyuris_ and Strongyloides species. Also kills nematode eggs. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS Not to be used in animals hypersensitive to the ingredients. 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS 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, misadministration of the product, or lack of calibration of the dosing device (if any). ID: S49 UK VERSION: 06 EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/12/03 PREPARED BY: APPROVED BY: PAGE 2 OF 5 Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an anthelmintic belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used. Resistance to Fenbendazole (a benzimidazole) has been reported in cyathostomes in ho Leia o documento completo