LEVA 100

Composition

Contains per ml:

Levamisole base 100 mg.

Excipients ad 1 ml.

Description

Levamisole is a synthetic anthelmintic with activity against a broad spectrum of gastrointestinal worms and lung worms. Levamisole causes an increase of the axial muscle tone followed by paralysis of worms.

Indications

Prophylaxis and treatment of gastrointestinal and lungworm infections like: cattle, goats, sheep : Bunostomum, Chabertia, Cooperia, Dictyocaulus, Haemonchus, Nematodirus, Ostertagia, Protostrongylus and Trichostrongylus spp. It can also be used in the adjuvant treatment of immunocompromised animals and in improving the immunological efficacy of vaccines.

Contra indications

Administration to animals with an impaired hepatic function.
Concurrent administration of pyrantel, morantel or organo-phosphates.

Side effects

Overdoses can cause colic, coughing, excessive salivation, excitation, hyperpnoea, lachrymation, spasms, sweating and vomiting.

Dosage

For intramuscular or subcutaneous administration

General: 1 ml per 20 kg body weight.

Withdrawal times

– For meat:

Goats and sheep : 18 days.
Cattle : 14 days.
– For milk : 4 days.