HELMIGAL 25 mg/g oral powder

Composition:

1 g of the veterinary medicinal product contains:

Active substance:
Fenbendazolum 25 mg

Excipients: Calcii hydrogenophosphas dihydricus. 

White-grey powder.

Indications:

Pigs and wild boars:
Parasitic diseases caused by developmental stages and adult parasites:
Lung nematodes: Metastrongylus spp.
Gastrointestinal nematodes: Ascaris suum, Oesophagostomum spp., Hyostrongylus rubidus, Trichuris suis.
Kidney nematodes: Stephanurus dentatus.
Weaker effect is on Strongyloides ransomi.

Cattle:
Parasitic diseases caused by developmental stages and adult nematodes:
Lung nematodes: Dictyocaulus viviparus.
Stomach nematodes: Haemonchus contortus (adult), Ostertagia spp., Trichostrongylus spp.
Intestinal nematodes: Bunostomum spp., Nematodirus spp., Cooperia spp., Trichostrongylus spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Capillaria spp. and Trichuris spp.

Horses:
Parasitic diseases caused by developmental stages and adult parasites:
Large strongyles: Strongylus edentatus, S. equinus, S. vulgaris, Triodontophorus spp.
Ascarides: Parascaris equorum
Oxyurata: Oxyuris equi
Small strongyles: subfamily Cyathostominae including encysted early L3 stages (hypobiotic), later L3 stages and L4 stages encysted in mucosa.

Medicinal product has an ovocidal effects on eggs of roundworms.

Dosage for each species, route and method of administration:

Pigs, wild boars:
General dose is 5 mg fenbendazole  per kg bodyweight, single dose (i.e. 0.2 g of medicinal product per kg bodyweight) or 20 g of medicinal product (1 package) per 100 kg bodyweight.
More effective is lower dosage: 3 mg per kg bodyweight, i.e. 0.12 g of medicinal product per  kg bodyweight, in 24-hour intervals during 3-5 days.

Cattle:
General dose is 7.5 mg fenbendazole (i.e. 0.3 g of medicinal product) per kg bodyweight, single dose.

Horses:
General dose is 7.5 mg fenbendazole (i.e. 0.3 g of medicinal product) per kg bodyweight, single dose.
In tapeworm invasion 10 mg fenbendazole (0.4 g of medcinal product) per kg bodyweight., during 3 days.
In Parascaris equorum infestation 10 mg fenbendazole (0.4 g of medicinal product) per kg bodyweight, single dose. In this indication as well as against small and large strongyles (7.5 mg fenbendazole per kg bodyweight) is recommended to repeat the administration in 5-7 weeks.
To ensure administration of the correct dose, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible.
If animals are treated collectively, it is necessary to collect them according to bodyweight.

Advice on correct administration:

For oral administration, via feed individually only, consume immediately.

Withdrawal period:

Meat of cattle 14 days, meat of pigs 5 days, milk of cows 120 hours.
Do not use in horses, which meat is intended for human consumption.

Contraindications:

Do not use in susceptibility to active substance.

Adverse reactions:

Adverse reactions associated with the death of parasites may occur in deworming of animals with massive parasite invasion.

Special storage precautions:

Keep out of the reach and sight of children. Store at 25°C. Store in a dry place. Protect from light.
Shelf-life after incorporation into the feed: consume immediately.
Do not use this veterinary medicinal product after the expiry date stated on label.

For more information please read the package leaflet.