Supaverm™ Oral Suspension
Supaverm™ Oral Suspension
Supaverm is an oral suspension combination flukicide and wormer for sheep and lambs. It contains closantel and mebendazole and is for the control of liver fluke, gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms and tapeworms.
Key Features
- Kills immature & adult liver fluke including those resistant to triclabendazole
- Controls roundworms, lungworms, tapeworms and nasal bots
- Effective against benzimidazole resistant strains of Haemonchus contortus
Packs available
Supaverm™ is available in the following bottle sizes: 1L ; 2.5L ; 5L
Product Information
Target activity
Supaverm targets infections in sheep and lambs of liver fluke (sub-acute and chronic fascioliasis caused by immature and adult Fasciola hepatica), gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms, tapeworms and nasal bot flies.
It also controls inhibited, immature and adult stages of Haemonchus contortus (Barber Pole Worm) including benzimidazole resistant strains.
Supaverm is effective against benzimidazole susceptible strains of:
- Gastrointestinal roundworms: Ostertagia spp, Trichostrongylus spp, Nematodirus spp, Cooperia spp, Oesophagostomum spp, Chabertia ovina, Bunostomum spp, Trichurus ovis, Strongyloides papillosus.
- Lungworm: Dictyocaulus filaria
- Tapeworm: Moniezia spp
Ticks (Ixodes ricinus) feeding on sheep at the time of treatment are likely to produce fewer viable eggs.
Special warnings for target species
Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:
- Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.
- Underdosing which may be due to underestimation of bodyweight, misadministration of the product or lack of calibration of the dosing device (if any). Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigation using appropriate tests (eg Faecal Egg Count reduction test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an anthelmintic belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.
Resistance to benzimidazoles (which includes mebendazole) has been reported in Teladorsagia, Haemonchus, Cooperia and Trichostrongylus species in small ruminants in a number of countries including the EU. Resistance to closantel has been reported in Haemonchus in sheep outside the EU. Therefore the use of this product should be used upon local (regional, farm) epidemiological information about susceptibility of nematodes and recommendations on how to limit further selection for resistance to anthelmintics.
To reduce the risk of anthelmintic resistance, dosing programmes should be discussed with a veterinary surgeon.
Special precautions for use in animals
As overdosage may result in signs of toxicity such as incoordination and blindness, care should be taken to ensure animals are not overdosed by volume. If the product is spilled, care should be taken to ensure animals do not ingest it.
Special precautions to be taken by the person administering Supaverm to sheep
This product may be irritating to skin and eyes and users should be careful not to accidentally splash it on themselves or others. Wear impermeable rubber gloves when applying the product. Remove any contaminated clothing immediately. In case of accidental spillage onto skin or into eyes, rinse the affected area with large amounts of clean water. If irritation persists, seek medical advice immediately and show the package leaflet or label to the physician. This product may be toxic after accidental ingestion. Avoid ingestion by hand-tomouth contact. Do not eat, drink or smoke whilst handling the product. If accidental ingestion occurs, seek medical attention and show the package leaflet or label to the physician. Wash hands after use.
Other precautions
This product is toxic to aquatic organisms and dung insects. Long-term effects on dung insects caused by continuous or repeated use cannot be excluded. Repeat treatments on a pasture within a season should only be given on the advice of the prescriber. To reduce the risk for dung fauna, if the worming protocol allows, treated and untreated animals should be grazed on the same field. The risk to aquatic ecosystems will be reduced by keeping treated animals away from water bodies for 48 hours after treatment.
