Bimectin Paste Oral Broad Spectrum for Horses

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)

Active ingredient:

IVERMECTIN

Available from:

BIMEDA (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LIMITED

Pharmaceutical form:

ORAL PASTE

Composition:

IVERMECTIN ANTHELMINTIC Active 18.7 g/kg

Units in package:

24 x 6.42g syringes Box; 6.42g Syringe

Class:

VM - Veterinary Medicine

Therapeutic area:

PARASITICIDES

Product summary:

Poison schedule: 5; Withholding period: MEAT WITHHOLDING PERIOD (HORSES): DO NO T TREAT HORSES LESS THAN 21 DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.; Host/pest details: HORSE: [BOTS - GASTEROPHILUS SPP., CUTANEOUS ONCHOCERCIASIS, DRASCHIA SPP., HABRONEMA SPP., INTESTINAL THREADWORM - S. WESTERI, LARGE MOUTH STOMACH WORM, LARGE ROUNDWORM - PARASCARIS EQUORUM, LARGE STRONGYLES, LUNGWORM - DICTYOCAULUS ARNFIELDI, NECK THREADWORM, PINWORM - OXYURIS EQUI, SMALL STRONGYLES, STOMACH HAIR WORM]

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

2023-07-01

Patient Information leaflet

BIMECTIN PASTE ORAL BROAD SPECTRUM FOR HORSES
80615/101284
PRODUCT NAME:
APVMA APPROVAL NO:
CLAIMS:
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For treatment and control of roundworms (including arterial larval
stages of Strongylus
vulgaris and benzimidazole resistant small strongyles), bots, and skin
lesions caused by
Habronema and Draschia spp. (summer sores) and Onchocerca spp.
microfilariae
(cutaneous onchocerciasis).
At the recommended dose level of 200μg ivermectin/kg liveweight,
Bimectin Paste controls
the following parasites of horses:
Large Strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adult and arterial larval
stages), Strongylus
edentatus (adults and tissue stages), Strongylus equinus (adults),
Triodontophorus spp.
(adults) and Craterostomum acuticaudatum (adults).
Small Strongyles: Including benzimidazole resistant strains of adult
and immature:
Cyathostomum spp., Cylicocyclus spp., Cylicostephanus spp.,
Cylicodontophorus spp.,
Gyalocephalus spp., Coronocyclus spp., Parapoteriostomum spp.,
Petrovinema spp. and
Poteriostomum spp.
Pinworm: Oxyuris equi (adult and immature)
Ascarids (roundworm): Parascaris equorum (adult and immature)
Hairworm: Trichostrongylus axei (adult)
Large Mouth Stomach Worm: Habronema muscae (adult)
Neck Threadworm: Onchocerca spp (microfilariae)
Bots: Gasterophilus spp (oral and gastric stages)
Lungworm: Dictyocaulus arnfieldi (adult and immature)
Intestinal Threadworm: Srongyloides westeri (adult)
Bimectin Paste is also effective for control of skin lesions caused by
Habronema and
Draschia spp. cutaneous larvae (summer sores), and Onchocerca spp.
microfilariae
(cutaneous onchocerciasis).
CONSTITUENT
STATEMENTS:
SIGNAL HEADINGS:
LABEL NAME:
Bimectin Paste Oral Broad Spectrum for Horses
CAUTION
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
FOR ANIMAL TREATMENT ONLY
READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS
Ivermectin 18.7g/kg RLP APPROVED
SIDE EFFECTS:
Previous studies have shown that some horses have experienced
reactions with swelling
and itching shortly after treatment. In most cases the horses have
been diagnosed as
carrying heavy infections of Onchocerca microfi