Description
Cattle
For the treatment and prevention of infestations by
- both sucking and biting lice, including Bovicola bovis, Solenopotes capillatus, Linognathus vituli and Haematopinus eurysternus.
- Also as an aid in the treatment and prevention of infestations by both biting and nuisance flies including Haematobia irritans, Stomoxys calcitrans, Musca speciesand Hydrotaea irritans.
Sheep
For the treatment and prevention of infestations by
- ticks Ixodes ricinus
- lice (Linognathus ovillus, Bovicola ovis),
- keds (Melophagus ovinus)
- established blowfly strike (usually Lucilia spp).
Lambs
For the treatment and prevention of infestations by
- ticks Ixodes ricinus
- lice Bovicola ovis.
Dosage & Administration
Cattle : Apply a 10 ml dose
Sheep : Apply one 5 ml dose
Lambs : Apply one 2.5 ml dose
Apply the product along the mid-line of the back at the level of the shoulders.
Lice on cattle:
- One application will generally eradicate all lice.
- Complete clearance of all lice may take 4 – 5 weeks during which time lice hatch from the eggs and are killed.
- A very few lice may survive on a small minority of animals.
Flies on cattle:
- Where horn-flies predominate, treatment and prevention of infestations can be expected for 4 – 8 weeks.
Ticks on sheep:
- Application to the mid-point of the shoulders will provide treatment and prevention of infestations by ticks attaching to animals of all ages, for up to 6 weeks after treatment.
Keds and lice on sheep:
- Application to the mid-point of the shoulders of sheep in short or long fleece will reduce the incidence of a biting louse or ked infestation over a 4 – 6 week period after treatment.