LEVAJECT 10% – INJECTABLE SOLUTION


Levamisole is a synthetic broad spectrum anthelmintic and is active against adult‑ and larval stages of gastro‑intestinal nematodes and lungworms of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.

Packing:

48 vials of 100 ml in 1 carton.

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Description

Composition:

Each ml contains 100 mg levamisole base (as hydrochloride).

Indications:

Activity: Lungworms (Dictyocaulus spp., Protostrongylus spp., and Metastrongylus elongatus (pigs).

Ascaridae (Toxocara vilulorum, Ascarissuum).  Trichuridae (Trichuris ovis, Trichuris suis).

Trichostrongylidae (Trichostrongylus spp., cooperia spp., Ostertagis spp., Marshallagis spp., Haemonchus spp., Nematodirus spp.).  Strongylidae (Oesophagostomum spp., Chabertia ovina, Bunostomum spp.). Strongyloides (Strongyloides spp.).

Levamisole is a synthetic broad spectrum anthelmintic and is active against adult‑ and larval stages of gastro‑intestinal nematodes and lungworms of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.

After oral or parenteral administration, levamisole first paralysis the worms and afterwards the worms are expelled in the faeces (within 24 hours after parenteral administration).

Contra-indications:

Simultaneous administration with substances having nicotinic like action e.g. pyrantel, morantel.

Side-effects:

In therapeutic dose levamisole is non‑toxic and no side‑effects are observed. levamisole may be given to pregnant animals in poor condition. Salivation, excitation, colic, clonic spasms, sweating, coughing, hyperpnea and/or vomiting may occur when administered at high doses.

These symptoms disappear spontaneously.

Dosage and Administration: For subcutaneous or intramuscular injection.

The general dose is 1 ml per 10‑20 kg body weight (= 5/10 mg per kg body weight.) 22 ml for animals of more than 450 kg body weight. As a rule, one single treatment will be sufficient.

(Note: the injection should not be given in the areas of shoulder or haunch which are rich in nerves).

Withdrawal time: 8 days before slaughtering and 3 days before milking.

Storage: Keep closed in a cool and dry place, away from sunlight and safe from children.

Packing:

48 vials of 100 ml in 1 carton.

 

FOR VETERINARY USE ONLY

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