Each bolus of Repidose contains seven tablets containing the active substance Oxfendazole 1250 mg suspended on a magnesium alloy core and separated by PVC and silicone rubber with an end-weight.

For administration to cattle weighing between 100 kg and 400 kg at the time the bolus is given.

In grazing cattle, the device will deliver seven doses of oxfendazole for the treatment of both adult and immature gastro-intestinal roundworms and lungworms and tapeworms at regular intervals of approximately three weeks during a period of about 18 weeks, the first dose being released within a few hours of administration. The device thus delivers a programmed therapeutic anthelmintic dosing regime over a period of approximately 18 weeks from the time of dosing.

Oxfendazole is an established treatment for

Gastro-intestinal roundworms:

Ostertagia, Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Cooperia, Bunostomum, Capillaria, Oesophagostomum, Chabertia, Trichuris;

Lungworms

Dictyocaulus viviparus; Tapeworms: Moniezia, heads and segments.

At the recommended dose rate in cattle, oxfendazole is effective against inhibited larvae of Cooperia. It is also up to 95% effective against inhibited larvae of Ostertagia. Oxfendazole is also ovicidal against nematode eggs.

Contraindications

• Do not administer Repidose to non-ruminating calves or calves less than 12 weeks of age.
• Do not administer to animals weighing less than 100 kg or exceeding 400 kg.
• Avoid using the bolus concurrently with other bolus products.
• Do not use in animals with known hypersensitivity to the active ingredient.

Withdrawal Period

Meat & offal: 7 months after administration of the product.
Milk: Do not administer to cattle producing milk for human consumption, nor to cattle within 7 months of an expected calving date which precedes the production of milk for human consumption.
Carton of 24 boluses