Alvet

albendazole

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albendazole

Alvet

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Safe drug against parasitic diseases in farm animals and poultry with an increased bioavailability

Highly effective against nematodes, cestodes and trematodes
Increased bioavailability due to the specially selected components
Special flavors provide good palatability to animals

Composition

Pharmacological properties

Indications

Dosage and method of administration

Restrictions

1 g Alvet

albendazole 200 mg

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Pharmacological properties

Alvet has a broad spectrum of anthelminthic activity. It is very effective against mature and immature nematodes and cestodes, as well as against mature trematodes. It also successfully kills helminth eggs, thus decreasing contamination in pasture fields

Indications

Alvet is prescribed for therapeutic and prophylactic use in cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, dogs, and poultry against nematodosis, trematodosis, and cestodosis.

Dosage and method of administration

Prior to mass deworming, each veterinary drug batch should be tested in a small group of animals (10-15 heads). In case of no complications observed within 3 days, the veterinary drug is administered to the whole livestock.

Animal	Indication	Method of administration	Dosage
Individually:
Cattle	Monieziasis, pulmonary, and gastro-intestinal nematodosis	Mixed with concentrated feed	3.75 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once
Cattle	Chronic fascioliasis		5 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once
Horses	Parascaridosis, strongyloidiasis, alfortiosis, delafondiosis, anopletsefaleosis and cyatostomosis		3.75 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once
Dogs	Nematodes		0.375 g /10 kg of animal body weight; once
Dogs	Cestodes		0.75 g /10 kg of animal body weight; once
Individually or by a group method:
Sheep	Monieziasis, pulmonary, and gastro-intestinal nematodosis	Mixed with concentrated feed	2.5 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once
Sheep	Chronic fascioliasis	Mixed with concentrated feed	3.75 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once
Group method:
Pigs	Ascariasis and oesophagostomosis	Mixed with concentrated feed	5 g /100 kg of animal body weight; once, during the morning feeding
Poultry	Ascariasis and heterakidosis	Mixed with compound feed	0.5 g /100 kg of animal body weight; two consecutive days, during the morning feeding

Restrictions

Contraindications and special instructions:
Avoid using Alvet in pregnant cows and horses in the first third of pregnancy; to pregnant sheep – in the first half of pregnancy, and in laying hens due to albendazole accumulation in eggs. If medically required, Alvet can be administered to young animals under control of a veterinarian following prescribed doses.

Withdrawal period:
meat: 20 days (animals)
meat: 5 days (poultry)
milk: 4 days