Paramectin® Pour-On

Paramectin® Pour-On

Pour-On for Cattle

Paramectin Pour-On for Cattle contains abamectin, a member of the avermectin family of compounds which have a unique mode of action unrelated to that of other products used to control parasites of cattle in New Zealand. It provides a broad spectrum of efficacy against sensitive species of internal and external parasites of cattle. Resistance may develop to any drench. 

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Technical Information

Active Constituent(s)

10 mg/mL Abamectin

Indications

For the treatment and control of internal and external parasites of cattle. Paramectin Pour-On for Cattle, when used at the recommended dose level of 500 μg abamectin per kg liveweight, effectively controls the following parasites of cattle: 

Gastrointestinal roundworms: adult and immature Ostertagia spp. (including inhibited immatures), Haemonchus spp., Trichostrongylus spp., Cooperia spp., Bunostomum spp., Oesophagostomum spp., and adults of Chabertia spp., Nematodirus spp., Trichuris spp. and Strongyloides spp. 

Lungworms: adult and immature Dictyocaulus viviparus. 

Biting and Sucking Lice: Bovicola bovis, Linognathus vituli. 

Dosage

By law the user must take due care, obtaining expert advice when necessary, to avoid unnecessary pain and distress when using the product other than as directed on the label. 

Ready for use with standard pour-on equipment. Check accuracy of pour-on applicator regularly. A representative sample of animals should be weighed before treatment either with scales or a weighband. Dose the mob to the heaviest animal by live weight in each group (bulls, cows, steers, calves etc.). Do not underdose. If there is a large variation in size within the group, draft into two or more lines based on bodyweight, to avoid excessive overdosing. 

Apply along the backline from shoulders to tail. 

DOSE: 1 mL per 20 kg bodyweight (500 micrograms abamectin per kg bodyweight).
Liveweight Dose 5 L treats 15 L treats
50 – 100 kg 5 mL 1000 head 3000 head
101 – 150 kg 7.5 mL 666 head 2000 head
151 – 200 kg 10 mL 500 head 1500 head
201 – 250 kg 12.5 mL 400 head 1200 head
251 – 300 kg 15 mL 333 head 1000 head
301 – 350 kg 17.5 mL 285 head 857 head
351 – 400 kg 20 mL 250 head 750 head
401 – 450 kg 22.5 mL 222 head 666 head
451 – 500 kg 25 mL 200 head 600 head
501 – 550 kg 27.5 mL 181 head 545 head
551 – 600 kg 30 mL 166 head 500 head
601 – 650 kg 32.5 153 head 461 head
Cattle in excess of 650 kg to be dosed at 1 mL per 20 kg bodyweight.

Withholding Period(s)

 It is an offence for users of this product to cause residues exceeding the relevant MRL in the Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds. 

MEAT: Cattle producing meat and offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter during or within 35 days of last treatment. 

MILK: Milk intended for sale for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for 35 days following the last treatment.
 

Product Codes

Size Code
5 L 502050
15 L 503250