PANACUR EQUINE GRANULES
Contra-indications,
warnings, etc
Contra-indications, warnings,
etc
Assess bodyweight as accurately as possible before calculating
the dosage.
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because
they increase the risk of development of resistance and could
ultimately result in ineffective therapy:
•Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same
class, over an extended period of time.
•Underdosing, which may be due to underestimation of body
weight, misadministration of the product, or lack of calibration
of the dosing device (if any).
Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should
be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg
Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly
suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an anthelmintic
belonging to another pharmacological class and having a
different mode of action should be used.
Resistance to fenbendazole has been reported in cyathostomes in
horses. Therefore the use of this product should be based on
local (regional, farm) epidemiological information about
susceptibility of nematodes and recommendations on how to limit
further selection for resistance to anthelmintics.
Operator warnings
Direct contact with the skin should be kept to a minimum.
Avoid inhalation of granule dust. Wash hands after use.
Withdrawal periods
Not to be used in horses intended for human consumption.
Treated horses may never be slaughtered for human consumption.
The horse must have been declared as not intended for human
consumption under national horse passport legislation.
For animal treatment only. Keep out of the reach and sight of
children.
Uses
A broad-spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment and control
of adult and immature roundworms of the gastro-intestinal tract
in horses and other equines. Panacur also has an ovicidal effect
on nematode eggs.
Horses
Panacur effectively treats and controls the following roundworm
infections:
-Large strongyles (adults and migrating larval stages of S.
vulgaris; adults and tissue larval stages of S. edentatus).
-Adult and immature small strongyles (Cyathostomes)
(benzimidazole susceptible) including encysted mucosal 3rd and
4th stage larvae; it is also effective against inhibited 3rd
stage larvae (encysted) in the mucosa.
-Adult and immature Oxyuris spp., Strongyloides spp. and
Parascaris equorum.
Panacur Equine Granules should be sprinkled onto
concentrate or grain feed and the full dosage given as
one administration.
Assess bodyweight as accurately as possible before
calculating the dosage. The use of a `weigh band' is
recommended.
Pregnant mares and young foals may be safely treated
with fenbendazole at therapeutic dosage levels.
18/02/2010
