Albentong 600

Each bolus contains albendazole 600mg.

Albentong 600 is a green or pink colored oblonged scored on one side bolus & it is a broad spectrum anthelmintic which is extremely active against most nematode and some cestodes wrorms including tape worms & adult liver fluke.

Albentong 600 with it’s low solubility, limited amount of the given dose of Albentong 600 is absorbed from the stomach and intestine. However, once the drug is absorbed peak plasma level can occur in 2-4hours.The plasma level is seldom greater than 1% of the dose administered because of it’s relatively low solubility. Albentong 600 is slowly excreted.

Albentong 600 is approved for the following endoparasites of cattle/ sheep/ goat: ostertagia ostertagi, haemonchus spp., trichostrongylus spp., nematodius spp., cooperia spp., bunostomum phlebotomum, oesphagostomum spp., dictacaulus spp., fasciola hepatica (adults), and moniezia spp.

Horses : large & small strongyles, oxyuris equi, trichostrongylus spp & ascardis spp.

For horses: 5-10mg/kg of body weight for oral dosing.

For cattle, sheep and goats: 10-15mg/kg of body weight for oral dosing

No side effects at the prescribed dosage rate.

Albentong 600 at the fluke leved dose to ewes should not be dosed during tupping and for one month after the rams are removed.

Pregnant ewes have shown teratogenic effects during the 2nd, 3th and 4th week of gestation so it is contraindicated and should not be prescribed in first month of pregnancy.

Cattle: 14 days.

Sheep and goats: 4 days.

Milk: 60 hours after weaning.

Store in a cool , dry  and dark place below 30℃. 

4 years.