Complete Up To Date Information about Atgard Swine Wormer.
NADA Number: 043-606 | |
| Proprietary Name |
Atgard® Swine Wormer Atgard® V 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, 348 grams (0.0384 percent) per ton feed. Indications: For the removal and control of mature, immature, and/or fourth-stage larvae of the whipworm (Trichuris suis), nodular worm (Oesophagostomum sp.), large roundworm (Ascaris suum), and the thick stomach worm (Ascarops strongylina) of the gastrointestinal tract. Limitations: For swine up to 70 pounds body weight, feed as sole ration for 2 consecutive days. For swine from 70 pounds to market weight, feed as sole ration at the rate of 8.4 pounds of feed per head until the medicated feed has been consumed. For boars, open or bred gilts, and sows, feed as sole ration at the rate of 4.2 pounds per head per day for 2 consecutive days. 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. Amount: Dichlorvos, 479 grams (0.0528 percent) per ton of feed. Indications: For the removal and control of mature, immature, and/or fourth stage larvae of the whipworm (Trichuris suis), nodular worm (Oesophagostomum sp.), large roundworm (Ascaris suum), and the thick stomach worm (Ascarops strongylina) of the gastrointestinal tract. Limitations: For boars, open or bred gilts, and sows, feed as sole ration at the rate of 6 pounds per head for one feeding. 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. |