Description

COMPOSITION:

Small sachet : Each sachet contains 2.36 g granules with 1.05 g of active ingredient: Diminazene diaceturate.

Large sachet : Each sachet contains 23.6 g granules with 10.5 g of active ingredient: Diminazene diaceturate. Inactive ingredient : Antipyrine.

DESCRIPTION:

Diminazene diaceturate belongs to the group of aromatic diamidines. The chemical substance acts on the blood-protozoae Trypanosomes and Babesia infections in ruminants, horses, camel, pigs, dogs and cats.

INDICATIONS:

Nozomil is effective against Trypanosoma and Babesia infections, such as Trypanosoma brucei, T. vivax, T. congolense; and Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, B. motasi and B. ovis in cattle, sheep, goats, horses, camels, pigs, dogs and cats.

CONTRA-INDICATIONS:

Hypersensivity to diminazene. Do not administer in animals with kidney or liver ailments.

SIDE EFFECTS:

Salivation, sweating, tremors can occur. Hypersensitivity reactions. Overdosage or repeated dosing may cause central nervous symptoms in dogs. After multiple therapeutic doses degenerative fatty changes can occur in liver, kidneys, myocardium and muscles. Multiple therapeutic doses can produce prominent haemorrhagic and malacic lesions of the cerebellum and the thalamus in cattle.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:

Small sachet :

• The indicated dose is 3.5 mg per kg bodyweight. Dissolve the whole content of the sachet (2.36 g granules) in 12.5 ml of sterile water to produce 15 ml of a 7% aqueous solution. Inject 0.5 ml per 10 kg bodyweight deep intramuscular in the neck region. (Each sachet is sufficient for 300 kg bodyweight).

• Large sachet : The indicated dose is 3.5 mg per kg bodyweight. Dissolve the whole content of the sachet (23.6 g granules) in 125 ml of sterile water to produce 150 ml of a 7% aqueous solution. Inject 0.5 ml per 10 kg bodyweight deep intramuscular in the neck region. (Each sachet is sufficient for 3,000 kg bodyweight).

Repeat treatment only on advice of your veterinarian.

WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:

Meat : 28 days
Milk : 7 days

STORAGE:

Store dry, cool (below 30 °C) and dark.
The ready solution can be stored during 15 days in a fridge, protected from light and in a closed sterile glass bottle.
Keep medicine away from children.