Veterinary Medicines

Indications

Bimectin Injection contains 1% ivermectin w/v, and is licenced for cattle, sheep and pigs. Bimectin Injection is licensed for the treatment & control of the following harmful parasites:

Cattle

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Ostertagia spp. (including inhibited O. ostertagi), Haemonchus placei, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, Cooperia spp., Bunostomum phlebotomum, Oesophagostomum radiatum, Strongyloides papillosus (adult), Nematodirus helvetianus (adult), N. spathiger (adult), Trichuris spp (adult).
Lungworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Dictyocaulus viviparus
Eye worms (adult): Thelazia spp.
Warbles: Hypoderma bovis, H. lineatum
Mange mites: Psoroptes bovis, Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis
Sucking lice: Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus eurysternus, Solenopotes capillatus
May also be used as an aid in the control of the mange mite Chorioptes bovis and biting lice Damalinia bovis, but complete elimination may not occur.
Persistent Activity: Treatment at the recommended dose rate can control re-infection with Haemonchus placei and Cooperia spp. acquired up to 14 days after treatment, Ostertagia ostertagi and Oesophagostomum radiatum acquired up to 21 days after treatment and Dictyocaulus viviparus up to 28 days after treatment

To obtain optimal benefit from the persistent activity of the product for grazing animals, it is recommended that calves which are set-stocked in the first grazing season should be treated 3, 8 and 13 weeks after the day of turn-out. This can protect the animals from parasitic gastroenteritis and lungworm disease throughout the grazing season, provided they are set-stocked, all the calves included in the programme and that no untreated cattle are added to the pasture. Treated animals should always be monitored according to good husbandry practices.

Sheep

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Ostertagia circumcincta including inhibited larvae, O. trifurcate, Haemonchus contortus including inhibited larvae, Trichostrongylus axei (adults), T. colubriformis and T. vitrinus (adults), Cooperia curticei, Oesophagostomum columbianum, O. venulosum (adults), Nematodirus filicollis, Chabertia ovina, Trichuris ovis (adults).
Lungworms: Dictyocaulus filaria (adult and fourth-stage larvae), Protostrongylus rufescens (adults) Nasal Bots (all larval stages): Oestrus ovis

Pigs

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Ascaris suum, Hyostrongylus rubidus, Oesophagostomum spp., Strongyloides ransomi (adult and somatic larval stages)
Lungworms: Metastrongylus spp. (adults)
Lice: Haematopinus suis
Mange mites: Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis