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Paramectin® Injection

Paramectin® Injection

Abamectin 10 mg/mL Injection

Paramectin Injection contains abamectin, a member of the avermectin family of compounds. It provides a broad spectrum of efficacy against the species of internal and external parasites listed below. Paramectin Injection reduces the need for separate drenching, dipping and spraying operations common in the past. 

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Technical Information

Active Constituent(s)

10 mg/mL  Abamectin

Indications

For the treatment and control of internal and external parasites of cattle and internal parasites of sheep. Paramectin Injection when used at the recommended dose level of 200 microgram abamectin per kg liveweight effectively controls the following parasites: 

Cattle: 

Gastrointestinal roundworms: adult and immature Ostertagia spp (including inhibited immatures), Trichostrongylus spp, Cooperia spp., Bunostomum spp, Oesophagostomum spp, and adults of Chabertia, Nematodirus spp and Trichuris. Controls infection with Oesophagostomum radiatum up to at least 7 days after treatment, Ostertagia spp., Cooperia spp. and Trichostrongylus axei up to at least 14 days after treatment. 

Lungworms: adult and immature Dictyocaulus viviparus. Controls infection with Dictyocaulus viviparus acquired up to 21 days after treatment. 

Sucking Lice: Linognathus vituli. 

Sheep: 

Gastrointestinal roundworms: adult and immature (*includes inhibited L4): Haemonchus spp*, Ostertagia spp*, Cooperia spp, Trichostrongylus spp*, Oesophagostomum spp, Nematodirus spp, Trichuris, Chabertia and Dictyocaulus spp. 

Dosage

By law the user must take due care, obtaining expert advice when necessary, to avoid unnecessary pain and distress when using the product other than as directed on the label. 

Do not treat calves under 16 weeks of age. Do not treat lambs under 20 kg. 

SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE 

A representative sample of animals should be weighed before treatment either with scales or a weighband. Dose rate to be based on heaviest cattle or sheep in each group (bulls, cows, steers, calves, rams, ewes, lambs, etc.). 

Do not underdose. Where there is a large variation in size within the group, draft into two or more lines based on bodyweight, to avoid excessive overdosing.

Dose: 

CATTLE: 1 mL per 50 kg bodyweight (200 micrograms abamectin per kg bodyweight) by subcutaneous injection. Injection to be given into the anterior half of the neck. 

SHEEP: 0.1 mL per 5 kg bodyweight (200 micrograms abamectin per kg bodyweight) by subcutaneous injection. Injection to be given into the anterior half of the neck. 

CATTLE SHEEP
Liveweight Dose 50 mL treats (head) 100 mL treats (head) 200 mL treats (head) 500 mL treats (head) Liveweight Dose 50 mL treats (head) 100 mL treats (head) 200 mL treats (head) 500 mL treats (head)
to 100 kg and above 16 wks 2 mL 25 50 100 250 21 – 25 kg 0.5 mL 100 200 400 1000
101 – 150 kg 3 mL 16 33 66 166 26 – 30 kg 0.6 mL 83 166 333 833
151 – 200 kg 4 mL 12 25 50 125 31 – 35 kg 0.7 mL 71 142 285 714
201 – 250 kg 5 mL 10 20 40 100 36 – 40 kg 0.8 mL 62 125 250 625
251 – 300 kg 6 mL 8 16 33 83 41 – 45 kg 0.9 mL 55 111 222 555
301 – 350 kg 7 mL 7 14 28 71 46 – 50 kg 1.0 mL 50 100 200 500
351 – 400 kg 8 mL 6 12 25 62 51 – 55 kg 1.1 mL 45 90 181 454
401 – 450 kg 9 mL 5 11 22 55 56 – 60 kg 1.2 mL 41 83 166 416
451 – 500 kg 10 mL 5 10 20 50 61 – 65 kg 1.3 mL 38 76 153 384
Cattle in excess of 500 kg to be dosed at 1 mL per 50 kg bodyweight. Sheep in excess of 65 kg to be dosed at 0.1 mL per 5 kg bodyweight.

Withholding Period(s)

It is an offence for users of this product to cause residues exceeding the relevant MRL in the Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds. 

CATTLE: 

MEAT: Cattle producing meat and offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter during or within 49 days of last treatment. 

MILK: Milk intended for sale for human consumption must be discarded for not less than 49 days following the last treatment. 

Ensure injection is subcutaneous. Intramuscular injection will result in prolonged residues. 

Where intramuscular injection may have occurred, cattle producing meat and offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter within 91 days of the last treatment. 

SHEEP: 

MEAT: Sheep producing meat or offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter either during treatment or within 28 days of cessation of the last treatment. 

MILK: Milk intended for sale for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for not less than 35 days following the last treatment. 

Product Codes

Size Code
500 mL 503845