Oxazac Oral Tablet

COMPOSITION

Oxazac Oral Tablet is a light cream coloured tablet with a notch line in the middle. Each tablet contains 375 mg of oxfendazole and 750 mg of oxyclozanide.

INDICATIONS FOR USE

It is used in cattle and sheep as anthelmintic for treatment and protection purposes against adult and larvae forms and eggs of gastrointestinal worms and lungworms and adults of Moniezia sp.

Gastrointestinal worms:

Stomach: Haemonchus sp., Ostertagia sp., Trichostrongylus axei

Small intestine: T. colubriformis, Trichostrongylus sp., Strongyloides sp., Nematodirus spp., Cooperia spp., Bunostomum spp., Gaigeria pachyscelis

Large intestine: Chabertia ovina, Oesophagostomum sp., Trichuris sp.

Lungworms: Dictyocaulus spp. (adult and larvae forms)

Tapeworms: Moniezia sp.

Liverflukes: Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica (adult)

ADMINISTRATION ROUTES AND AMOUNTS

Dosages are 10 – 15 mg/kg bw in cattle, 10 – 20 mg/kg bw in sheep for oxyclozanide and 4.5 – 5 mg/kg bw in cattle, 5 – 7.5 mg/kg bw in sheep for oxfendazole; practically, 1 tablet for each 50 kg bw.

Unless advised otherwise by the veterinarian;

Animal species (body weight) Tablet quantity
Lamb (25 kg bw) ½ tablets
Sheep (50 kg bw) 1 tablet
Calf – Heifer (100 kg bw – 200 kg bw) 2 – 3 tablets
Cattle (250 kg bw – 400 kg bw) 4 – 6 tablets

WITHDRAWAL PERIOD(S)

Cattle and sheep should not be slaughtered during the treatment and for 28 and 21 days following the last treatment, respectively. Cow milk should not be consumed during the treatment and for 5 days (10 milkings) after the last drug administration.

Do not use in sheep producing milk for human consumption.

MARKETING PACKAGING

10, 50 and 100 tablets as each 5 tablets in aluminium foil covered PVC blister packs inside cardboard boxes.