Dectomax Inj 500ml **

Dectomax Injectable is approved for:

• The treatment and control of internal and external parasites of cattle
• Beef cattle, including pregnant cows, newborn calves and bulls
• The control of the following harmful species of gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms, sucking lice, biting lice, cattle tick and mange mites.

Consult your veterinarian for assistance in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of parasitism.

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adults and fourth-stage larvae)

• Ostertagia ostertagi (including inhibited larvae) – Small brown stomach worm
• Haemonchus placei – Barbers pole worm
• Trichostrongylus axei – Stomach hair worm
• T. colubriformis – Black scour worm
• T. longispicularis*
• Cooperia oncophora – Small intestinal worm
• Cooperia spp.
• Bunostomum phlebotomum* – Hook worm
• Oesophagostomum radiatum – Nodule worm
• Toxocara vitulorum* – Round worm

*Adults only.

Lungworms (adults and immature)

• Dictyocaulus viviparus.

Sucking lice

• Haematopinus eurysternus
• Linognathus vituli
• Solenopotes capillatus.

Biting lice

• Effective as an aid in the control of biting louse (Bovicola bovis).

Mange mites

• Psoroptes bovis

DOSAGE

Administer Dectomax Injectable solution at the recommended dosage of 1 mL (10 mg doramectin) per 50 kg body weight by subcutaneous injection. Injections should be given using 16- to 18-gauge needles, regardless of administration route. Needles (12-18 mm) in length are suggested for SC injections, which should be given under the loose skin in front of or behind the shoulder.

Withholding periods

Meat: Cattle 42 days.

Milk: Do not use during lactation or less than 60 days before calving when milk or milk products are to be used for human consumption or processing.

Export Slaughter Interval (ESI): DO NOT USE less than 42 days before slaughter for human consumption.