Introduction

Dechra

Company name: Dechra Veterinary Products

Address: (A business unit of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC)

Cartmel Drive

Harlescott

Shrewsbury SY1 3TB

Telephone: 01743 441632

Fax: 01743 462111

Email: info@dechra-uk.com

Website: www.dechra-uk.com

Presentation

All white emulsion consisting of emulsion of Simethicone. Contains:

Simethicone 1.0 % w/v

Excipients: Sodium propyl hydroxybenzoate;

Sodium methyl hydroxybenzoate.

Uses

For the relief of gaseous and frothy bloat in cattle.

Dosage and administration

Dosage: 50 - 100 ml orally. A further dose may be given 3 hours later if required.

Administration: Shake the bottle before use. Use once then discard container and contents remaining after use. If signs of disease persist or appear, consult a veterinary surgeon.

Contra-indications, warnings etc.

Secondary or free-gas bloat most often occurs in single animals, in which there is obstruction of eructation. In such cases, treatment should be supported by veterinary diagnosis of the cause of the failure of eructation.

In outbreaks of primary frothy bloat, management strategies should be introduced to reduce foam production in the rumen or to control access of cattle to pasture or grains that promote excess gaseous foams.

General precautions: For animal treatment only.

Withdrawal period: Cattle meat - zero days.

Cattle milk - zero hours.

Pharmaceutical precautions

Do not store above 25°C. Do not freeze. Keep out of the reach and sight of children.

Disposal: Rinse container thoroughly with water. Dispose of rinsings in slurry or dirty water. Dispose of rinsed containers in the farm refuse. Used containers should not be recycled.

Legal category

AVM-GSL

Packaging Quantities

100 ml bottle fitted with a drenching nozzle.

Further information

General information: Birp is a product containing a single active ingredient, Simethicone, which is effective in reducing surface tension, particularly of semi-fluids and fluids. Its use therefore, in cases of frothy bloat, is specific. Whilst the normal route of administration is orally as a drench, it may also be given directly into the rumen through a cannula, and in fact it is often beneficial to combine both routes, if a cannula has been inserted.

As Simethicone is relatively non-toxic, overdosage is unlikely, and repeated doses are advised in cattle.

Advantages of Birp: Whilst most frothy bloat is treated parenterally, using an antihistamine, and surgically, using a trocar and cannula, cases are usually of an acute or even peracute nature, and require immediate relief. Unfortunately, frothy bloat is not like a simple bloat where there is only one large pocket of gas, which can be removed immediately on insertion of a cannula. Frothy bloat may be reduced by the use of a cannula, but empirical therapy is essential, otherwise the disorder will return or not even respond.

UK authorised veterinary medicinal product.