Bayvarol 3.6 mg Bee-Hive Strips for honey bees

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

Flumethrin (85%)

Available from:

Bayer Limited

ATC code:

QP53AC05

INN (International Name):

Flumethrin (85%)

Dosage:

3.6 milligram/strip

Pharmaceutical form:

Bee-hive strip

Prescription type:

LM: Licensed Merchant as defined in relevant national legislation

Therapeutic group:

Honey bees

Therapeutic area:

flumethrin

Therapeutic indications:

Endectoparasiticides

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2006-09-21

Summary of Product characteristics

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1 NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Bayvarol 3.6 mg Bee-Hive Strips for honey bees
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
One Bee-hive strip contains:
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Flumethrin (85%) 4.23 mg(Equivalent to 3.6 mg Flumethrin 100%)
For full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Bee-hive strips.
Milky white plastic strips.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 TARGET SPECIES
Honeybees.
4.2 INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For the diagnosis and control of flumethrin sensitive _Varroa
jacobsoni _in honeybees.
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
None.
4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR EACH TARGET SPECIES
None.
4.5 SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
I) SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE IN ANIMALS
None.
II) SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE PERSON ADMINISTERING THE
VETERINARY
MEDICINAL PRODUCT TO ANIMALS
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Wash hands after handling the strips, before meals and after work.When
using do
not eat drink or smoke.
Do not open foil bags until immediately prior to use.
Avoid the strips coming into contact with honey to be harvested for
human
consumption.
III) OTHER PRECAUTIONS
None.
4.6 ADVERSE REACTIONS (FREQUENCY AND SERIOUSNESS)
There were no adverse effects in those colonies treated with Bayvarol
strips and
those with a placebo control.
4.7 USE DURING PREGNANCY, LACTATION OR LAY
Not applicable.
4.8 INTERACTION WITH OTHER MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FORMS OF
INTERACTION
None known.
4.9 AMOUNTS TO BE ADMINISTERED AND ADMINISTRATION ROUTE
Bayvarol strips are intended for in-hive use.
Bayvarol Strips are suspended into the spaces between the combs in the
central
brood-rearing are in such a way that they can be occupied by bees on
both sides.
Both tabs are bent upwards in the same direction at the marked fold
lines and
hooked over the top edge of the wooden frame.
For large colonies occupying several brood chambers, two strips can be
joined
together end-to-end which enable