Description

COMPOSITION:

Contains per g:
Levamisole HCl 200 mg

DESCRIPTION:

Levamisole is a synthetic broad-spectrum anthelmintic, which is active against adult and larval stages of gastrointestinal nematodes and lungworms in cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. After oral or parenteral administration, levamisole paralyses the worms. Afterwards the worms are expelled in the faeces (within 24 hours after parenteral administration). A therapeutic dose of Levasol 200 wsp is non-toxic. The product may be given to pregnant animals and to animals in poor condition.

INDICATIONS:

Levasol 200 wsp is indicated for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of lung and gastrointestinal worms in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry.

• Cattle, sheep, goats : Cooperia, Dictyocaulus, Bunostomum, Chabertia, Nematodirus, Haemonchus, Ostertagia, Protostrongylus and Trichostrongylus spp.
• Pigs : Hyostrongylus rubidus, Ascaris suum, Metastrongylus elongatus, Oesophagostomum spp. and Trichuris suis.
• Poultry : Ascaridia and Capillaria spp.

CONTRA-INDICATIONS:

Do not administer to animals with an impaired liver function.

SIDE EFFECTS:

Overdoses can cause colic spam, vomiting, hyperpnoea, excessive salivation, excitation, lachrymation, spasms, sweating and coughing.

INCOMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER DRUGS:

Do not administer together with morantel, pyrantel and organo-phosphorus compounds.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:

For oral administration via feed or drinking water.

• Cattle : 7.5 – 10 g per 200 kg bodyweight during 1 day.

• Sheep, goats : 400 mg per 10 kg bodyweight during 1 day.

• Poultry, pigs : 1 kg per 2,000 litres of drinking water during 1 day.

Mixed with feed, the product should be used immediately. Medicated drinking water should be used within 24 hours.

WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:

Meat : 10 days
Eggs : 5 days
Milk : 4 days

STORAGE:

Store in a dry, dark place between 2 °C and 25 °C.
Store in closed packing.
Keep medicine away from children.