ECOMECTIN

Description

Ecomectin

• Ecomectin injection.
• For use on cattle, sheep and swine.
• Ecomectin solution for injection.
• Active ingredient is ivermectin.

Cattle

• Gastrointestinal Roundworms (adults and L4 larvae): Ostertagia ostertagi (incl. inhibited larvae), Ostertagia lyrata, Haemonchus placei, Trichostrongylus axei, Trichostrongylus colubriformis, Cooperia oncophora, Cooperia punctata, Cooperia pectinata, Oesophagostomum radiatum, Bunostomum phlebotomum, Nematodirus helvetianus (adults only), Nematodirus spathiger (adults only).
• Lungworms: (adults and fourth-stage larvae): Dictyocaulus viviparus.
• Eyeworms: Thelazia spp
• Cattle grubs (warbles, parasitic stages): Hypoderma bovis, Hypoderma lineatum.
• Sucking Lice: Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus eurysternus, Solenopotes capillatus.
• Mites (scabies): Psoroptes ovis (syn. P. communis var. bovis), Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis
• Aid in the control of: biting lice (Damalinia bovis) and mange mites (Chorioptes bovis).
• Residual effect: Dictyocaulus viviparus up to 28 days; Ostertagia ostertagi up to 21 days; Oesophagostomum radiatum up to 21 days; Cooperia spp up to 14 days; Trichostrongylus axei up to 14 days; Haemonchus placei up to 14 days.

Swine

• Gastrointestinal roundworms: Ascaris suum (adults and L4 larvae), Red stomach worm Hyostrongylus rubidus (adults and L4 larvae), Nodular worm Oesophagostomum spp. (adults and L4 larvae), Threadworm Strongyloides ransomi (adults).
• Somatic Roundworm Larvae: Threadworm, Strongyloides ransomi (somatic larvae). Sows must be treated at least seven days before farrowing to prevent infection in piglets.
• Lungworms: Metastrongylus spp (adults).
• Lice: Haematopinus suis.
• Mange mites: Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis.

Sheep

• Gastrointestinal Roundworms: Teladorsagia circumcincta (incl. L4 and inhibited larvae), Ostertagia trifurcata (incl. L4), Haemonchus contortus (incl. L4 and inhibited larvae), Trichostrongylus axei, Trichostrongylus colubriformis (incl. L4), Trichostrongylus vitrinus, Cooperia curticei (incl. L4), Oesophagostomum columbianum (incl. L4), Oesophagostomum venulosum, Nematodirus filicollis (incl. L4), Chabertia ovina (incl. L4), Trichuris ovis.
• Lungworms: Dictyocaulus filaria (incl. L4), Protostrongylus rufescens.
• Nasal bots: Oestrus ovis.
• Mange mites: Psoroptes ovis. Two injections with a seven-day interval are required to treat clinical signs of scab and to eliminate mites.

RECOMMENDED DOSE*

Can be slightly different in some countries: read the product label!

• Cattle: 200 mcg/kg bw, equivalent to 1ml/50kg (=110 lb) bw.
• Sheep: 200 mcg/kg bw, equivalent to 0.5ml/25kg (=55 lb) bw.
• Swine: 300 mcg/kg bw, equivalent to 1ml/33kg (=75 lb) bw.