Subcutaneous use.
Dosage is 0.5 ml/10 kg bodyweight to give 1 mg moxidectin/kg bodyweight. The 50 ml vial stoppers must not be broached more than 10 times. Use automatic syringe equipment for the 200 ml and 500 ml vials.
Use the following table as a guide:
| | No of doses per pack |
Weight of sheep kg | Dose ml | 50 ml | 200 ml | 500 ml |
20 | 1.0 | 50 | 200 | 500 |
30 | 1.5 | 33 | 133 | 333 |
40 | 2.0 | 25 | 100 | 250 |
50 | 2.5 | 20 | 80 | 200 |
60 | 3.0 | 17 | 67 | 167 |
70 | 3.5 | 14 | 57 | 143 |
80 | 4.0 | 13 | 50 | 125 |
90 | 4.5 | 11 | 44 | 111 |
100 | 5.0 | 10 | 40 | 100 |
To ensure administration of a correct dose, bodyweight should be determined as accurately as possible; accuracy of the dosing device should be checked. If animals are to be treated collectively rather than individually, they should be grouped according to their bodyweight and dosed accordingly, in order to avoid under- or overdosing.
The injection should be administered as a single subcutaneous injection at the base of the ear using an 18 gauge, 25 mm hypodermic needle. With the animal's head under control, the formulation should be administered about 2cm caudal from the anterior (rostral) edge of the pinna at the base of the ear. The skin at the base of the selected ear should be pinched and the product injected into the subcutaneous tissue. Following subcutaneous administration, the needle should be withdrawn from the skin as pressure is applied with the thumb at the point of insertion for several seconds. If leakage occurs then pressure should be applied for several additional seconds.
Diagram: Ear injection technique