Ivomec Plus

Description

Ivomec Plus Broad Spectrum Antiparasitic Injection for Cattle

Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle will treat and control internal parasites including gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms and eyeworms; adult liver fluke; and external parasites including sucking and biting lice, mites and cattle tick.

Ivomec Plus Active Ingredient: Clorsulon @ 100 mg/mL & Ivermectin @ 10 mg/mL

Why choose Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle?
1. Control of internal parasites – Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle controls internal parasites including adult liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica), gastrointestinal roundworms (including inhibited stages of Ostertagia), lungworm and eyeworm. It has sustained activity against Ostertagia spp and Cooperia spp (for up to 7 days) and Dictyocaulus viviparous (for up to 14 days) post treatment.
2. Control of external parasites – Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle controls sucking lice and cattle tick and aids in the control of biting lice and mites.
3. Drench rotation option – The effective life of drenches can be extended by rotating drench families to slow the onset of drench resistance. Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle offers an excellent alternative to triclabendazole drenches for adult liver fluke control.
4. Easy to use – Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle has a free-flowing formulation that makes dosing cattle easy. It is available in 3 pack sizes including a 1L that is convenient for treating large numbers of animals.
5. Nil milk withhold – Ivomec Plus can be used on lactating dairy cattle, giving dairy farmers the flexibility to treat their animals at the optimal time.

Broad Spectrum Parasite Control

When used as directed, Ivomec Plus Injection For Cattle treats and controls the following parasites of cattle:
Adult and immature stages of:

• Small brown stomach worm (including third and fourth stage larvae and inhibited fourth stage larvae) – Ostertagia ostertagi
• Brown stomach worm – O. lyrata
• Barber’s pole worm (including third and fourth stage larvae) – Haemonchus placei
• Stomach hairworm – Trichostrongylus axei
• Intestinal hair worm – T. colubriformis
• Small intestinal worm (including third and fourth stage larvae) – Cooperia spp.
• Hookworm (including third and fourth stage larvae) – Bunostomum phlebotomum
• Nodule worm (including third and fourth stage larvae) – Oesophagostomum radiatum

Adult Stages of;

• Thin necked intestinal worm – Nematodirus spathiger, N. helvetianus
• Intestinal threadworm – Strongyloides papillosusLarge roundworm – Toxocara vitulorum
• Whipworm – Trichuris spp

Sucking Lice:

• Linognathus vituli , Haematopinus eurysternus, Solenopotes capillatus
• Does not provide full control of the cattle biting louse, Bovicola (Damalinia) bovis Mites: Sarcoptes scabiei var. Bovis. Aids in control of Chorioptes bovis

Cattle Tick:

• Boophilus microplus including organophosphate, synthetic pyrethroid and amidine resistant strains.

Adult Liver Fluke:

• Fasciola hepatica

Lungworm:

• Dictyocaulus viviparus (Adult and immature stages, including inhibited stages)

Eyeworm:

• Thelazia spp (adult stages)

Screw Worm Fly:

• Chrysomya bezziana (parasitic larval stages) (Not reported in Australia, but present in Papua New Guinea)

Cattle Tick:

• Maximum efficacy is reached 4-5 days after treatment. Engorged female ticks that drop from cattle in the initial days after treatment may lay viable eggs. This should be taken into account when planning a strategic tick control program.
• Ivomec Plus should be alternated with conventional dips or pour-ons when the program requires repeat treatments. Do not re-treat with Ivomec Plus in less than the meat withholding period of 28 days.

Registrant: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Australia Pty. Ltd. (APVMA #: 45359)

Dose Rate:

1mL for each 50kg liveweight by subcutaneous injection.

Heavier animals (for example mature bulls) should receive an additional 1mL for each 50kg over 650kg.

• Ivomec Plus Broad-Spectrum Injection For Cattle is a ready to use solution for subcutaneous injection into the anterior half of the neck.
• For use with standard injection equipment.
• Do not administer by either the intravenous or intramuscular route.
• A representative sample of animals should be weighed before treatment.
• The dose rate is to be set based on the heaviest animal in the group.
• Where there is a large variation in size, draft into two or more lines.
• Check accuracy of injection apparatus regularly.

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