Panacur » SC 2.5% Oral Suspension for Sheep

Below is the product datasheet. This has been provided by the manufacturer and should always be provided with the medication.

Introduction

Company name: MSD Animal Health
Address: Walton Manor
Walton
Milton Keynes
MK7 7AJ
Telephone: 01908 685685 (Customer Support Centre)
Fax: 01908 685555
Email: vet-support.uk@merck.com
Website: www.msd-animal-health.co.uk
 

Presentation

A 2.5% suspension of fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for cattle and sheep. 1 ml contains 25 mg active ingredient fenbendazole.
 

Uses

A broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment of cattle and sheep infected with mature and developing immature forms of gastro-intestinal nematodes and lungworms. Panacur also has an ovicidal effect on nematode eggs.
Cattle
For the treatment of cattle infected with:

Panacur is usually effective against inhibited larvae of Ostertagia spp. and against Moniezia spp. of tapeworm.
Sheep
For the treatment of sheep infected with benzimidazole-susceptible:

Panacur is usually effective against Moniezia spp. of tapeworm and may have useful but variable efficacy against Trichuris spp.
 

Dosage and administration

For oral administration only. No dietary control is required before or after treatment.
Cattle
Administer orally 3 ml per 10 kg bodyweight (= 7.5 mg fenbendazole/kg bodyweight).
Practical dosage recommendations:

Above 350 kg, an extra 15 ml are required for each additional 50 kg bodyweight.
Sheep
Administer orally 1 ml per 5 kg bodyweight (= 5 mg fenbendazole/kg bodyweight).
Practical dosage recommendations:

Above 75 kg, an extra 2 ml are required for each additional 10 kg bodyweight.
The product is best administered to sheep with the Panacur Automatic Drencher but other standard dosing guns or drenching equipment may be used.
To ensure administration of a correct dose, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible; accuracy of the dosing device should be checked. Do not mix with other products.
 

Contra-indications, warnings, etc

Intensive use or misuse of anthelmintics can give rise to resistance. To reduce this risk, dosing programmes should be discussed with your veterinary surgeon.
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).
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 benzimidazoles (which includes fenbendazole) has been reported in Teladorsagia, Haemonchus, Cooperia and Trichostrongylus species in small ruminants in a number of countries, including the EU. Therefore the use of this product should be based on local (regional, farm) epidemiological information about susceptibility of nematodes and recommendations on how to limit further selection for resistance to anthelmintics.
Fenbendazole belongs to the benzimidazole (1-BZ) class of anthelmintics.
Withdrawal periods
Animals must not be slaughtered for human consumption during treatment. Cattle may be slaughtered for human consumption only after 12 days from last treatment. Sheep may be slaughtered for human consumption only after 15 days from last treatment.
Milk for human consumption must not be taken during treatment.
Milk for human consumption may be taken from cows only after 5 days from last treatment.
Milk for human consumption may be taken from sheep only after 7 days from the last treatment.
Operator warnings
Direct contact with the skin should be kept to a minimum. Wear suitable protective clothing including impermeable rubber gloves. Wash hands after use.
For animal treatment only. Keep out of reach and sight of children.
 

Pharmaceutical precautions

Protect from frost. Do not freeze. Shake container before use. Keep container in its outer carton.
Disposal warnings
Dispose of any unused product or empty containers in accordance with any guidance from your local waste regulation authority. DANGEROUS to aquatic life. Do not contaminate ponds, waterways or ditches with the product or used containers.
 

Legal category

POM-VPS
 

Packaging Quantities

1, 2 and 5 litre multidose containers. Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
 

Further information

Nil
 

Marketing authorisation number

Vm 01708/4429.