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Mebadown Super:  Uses
 
 
Mebadown Super
Uses
For the control of fascioliasis (due to Fasciola hepatica - mature and immature) and gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes in sheep and lambs.
Mebadown Super is active against benzimidazole susceptible strains of lungworm, roundworms, tapeworms (heads and segments):
Gastro-intestinal roundworms: Ostertagia spp., Trichostrongylus spp., Nematodirus spp., Cooperia spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Chabertia ovina, Bunostomum spp., Trichuris ovis, Stronglyloides papillosus.
Lungworm: Dictyocaulus filaria
Tapeworm: Moniezia spp.
Control of: the larval stages of Oestrus ovis (Sheep nasal bot fly).
Control of: inhibited, immature and adult stages of Haemonchus contortus (Barber Pole worm) including benzimidazole-resistant strains.
Fluke activity
Stage
% Kill
Adults
97–100%
6–8 weeks immature
91–95%
5 weeks immature
91%
3–4 weeks immature
23–73%
Ticks: Ixodes ricinus feeding on sheep at the time of treatment are likely to produce fewer viable eggs.
           
 
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  Date updated: 28 September 2007