Introduction

Company name: Alpharma Belgium bvba

Address: Garden Square,

Laarstraat 16

2610 Antwerp - Belgium

Telephone: +44 1728621556 (Mobile: +44 7740 483818)

Fax: +44 1728621556

Email: patrick.garland@alpharma.com

Telephone: +44 140 025 0911 (Mobile: +44 771 734 5108)

Email: philip.keogh@alpharma.com

Website: www.alpharmaah.com

Presentation

A light brown granular premix for inclusion into animal feedingstuffs. Avatec® 15% CC (Game Birds) contains 15% w/w lasalocid sodium (150 g lasalocid sodium per kg of premix) on a corn cob meal carrier.

Uses

As an aid in the prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria duodenalis, E. colchici and E. phasiani in pheasants. As an aid in the prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria legionensis and other Eimeria species in partridges.

Dosage and administration

Pheasants and Partridges

Avatec® 15% CC (Game Birds) should be thoroughly mixed into feed at inclusion rates within the range of 600 to 800 g per tonne of complete feedingstuffs in order to provide 90 to 120 ppm lasalocid sodium in the finished feed. To be fed continuously from day-old to a maximum age of 12 weeks.

Contra-indications, warnings, etc

For animal treatment only.

For use in feeds for pheasants and partridges. Do not feed to other classes of birds or to other species of livestock. Not to be administered to laying birds.

To ensure thorough dispersion of the product it should first be mixed with a suitable quantity of feed ingredients before incorporation in the final mix. Once incorporated into feed it has a maximum shelf life of 3 months.

Do not mix or use simultaneously with any other coccidiostat.

Animals must not be slaughtered for human consumption during treatment. Pheasants and partridges may be slaughtered for human consumption only after 7 days from the last treatment.

When mixing or handling Avatec® 15% CC (Game Birds), the usual precautions for the handling of powders should be observed; operators should wear protective clothing including a dust mask. Thoroughly wash after work and before meals.

Keep out of reach of children.

Pharmaceutical precautions

Store in a cool, dry place.

Legal category

POM-V

Packaging Quantities

20 kg in polythene-lined multi-wall bags.

Further information

Nil.

Marketing authorisation number

VM21766/4002.