Complete Up To Date Information about Atgard C Swine Wormer.
NADA Number: 040-848 | |
| Proprietary Name |
Atgard® C Swine Wormer |
|---|---|
| Sponsor |
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. |
| Sponsor Address |
2621 North Belt Highway St.Joseph, MO 64502 USA |
| Ingredients |
Dichlorvos |
| Species |
Swine, no use class stated or implied |
| Routes of Administration |
Per Os |
| Dose Form |
Medicated feed |
| Drug Form |
Type A Medicated Article |
| Dispensing Status |
OTC |
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Dosage Amount, Indications & Limitations |
558.205 Dichlorvos. Specifications: Type A medicated articles: 3.1 and 9.6 percent. Conditions of use: Swine Amount: Dichlorvos, 334-500 grams (0.0366-0.0550 percent) per ton of feed. Indications: An aid in improving litter production efficiency by increasing pigs born alive, birth weights, survival to market, and rate of weight gain. Treatment also removes and controls mature, immature and/or fourth stage larvae of whipworm (Trichuris suis), nodular worm (Oesophagostomum species), large roundworm (Ascaris suum), and the thick stomach worm (Ascarops strongylina) occurring in the gastrointestinal tract of the sow or gilt. Limitations: For pregnant swine; mix into a gestation feed to provide 1,000 milligrams per head daily during last 30 days of gestation. Dichlorvos is to be included in meal or mash or mixed with feed in crumble form only after the crumble feed has been manufactured. Do not mix in feeds to be pelleted nor with pelleted feed. Do not soak the feed or administer as wet mash. Feed must be dry when administered. Do not use in animals other than swine. Do not allow fowl access to feed containing this preparation or to feces from treated animals. Dichlorvos is a cholinesterase inhibitor. Do not use this product in animals simultaneously or within a few days before or after treatment with or exposure to cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs, pesticides, or chemicals. If human or animal poisoning should occur, immediately consult a physician or a veterinarian. Atropine is antidotal. Labeling for Type A articles and Type B feeds must include a statement that containers or materials used in packaging such Type A articles and Type B feeds are not to be reused and all such packaging materials must be destroyed after the product has been used. |
| Tolerances |
A tolerance of 0.1 part per million is established for negligible residues of dichlorvos (2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate) in the edible tissues of swine. |