in adult dogs, puppies and lactating bitches after whelping.
Key Features
Tablets provide convenient, nonliquid administration.
Anthelmintic treatment of nursing puppies can help eliminate prenatal or lactogenically acquired roundworms and hookworms.
Removing the worm burden can dramatically affect positive growth performance and well-being of puppies.
Treatment minimizes environmental contamination that contributes to reinfection.
May assist protection against zoonotic infection of children and adults.
No fasting is required before or after administration.
Strategic de-worming of puppies provides protection at the time of greatest vulnerability to effects of parasitism.
Can be conveniently dispensed in original container.
Packaging
Tablets are available in bottles of 100 22.7-mg tablets for small dogs, or bottles of 50 113.5-mg tablets for large dogs.
Opaque bottles minimize loss of potency due to photosensitivity of pyrantel pamoate.
Dosage and Administration
No fasting is required before or after administration.
For small dogs and puppies, give 1 tablet (22.7 mg) per 10 lbs of body weight. Tablets may be broken in half for additional 5 lbs. For large dogs, give 1 tablet (113.5 mg) per 50 lbs of body weight. Tablets may be broken in half for each additional 25 lbs.
Dogs under constant worm exposure should have a follow-up fecal exam 2–4 weeks after treatment.
For maximum control, it is recommended that puppies be treated at 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks of age.
Lactating bitches should be treated 2–3 weeks after whelping.
Adult dogs kept in heavily contaminated quarters may be treated at monthly intervals to prevent
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