Dectomax® Pour-On for Cattle 2.5L

Why It’s a Farmco Favourite:

It delivers broad-spectrum performance with long-lasting protection—up to 35 days against major worms and 14 days against buffalo fly—while being easy to apply and suitable for all ages and classes of stock.

Dectomax Pour-On Endectocide

Description

Dectomax Pour-On Endectocide is a highly active broad spectrum parasiticide for topical administration to cattle.

Key Benefits

Dectomax Pour-On is a class above the rest by delivering superior performance for your cattle. The reliable all-rounder has been used across Australia for many years to control both internal and external parasites. It’s also convenient and easy to administer, indicated for all ages and classes of stock and provides persistent control of buffalo fly for up to 14 days. What’s more, its unique mode of action provides up to 35 days protection against the 5 major worms that affect your herd’s productivity. So you don’t just pour on the product, you also pour on the profits.

Recommendations for Use

Dectomax Pour-On Endectocide is for the treatment and persistent control of gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms and buffalo fly in cattle. Controls eye worms, sucking and biting lice, mange mites and cattle ticks. Dectomax Pour-On Endectocide is highly effective in the treatment and control of the following species:

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adults and fourth-stage larvae)

• Ostertagia ostertagi* – Small brown stomach worm
• Haemonchus placei – Barber’s pole worm
• Trichostrongylus axei – Stomach hair worm
• T. colubriformis – Black scour worm
• Cooperia spp.* – Small intestinal worm
• Cooperia oncophora*
• Bunostomum phlebotomum – Hook worm**
• Oesophagostomum radiatum – Nodule worm
• Nematodirus spathiger – Thin necked intestinal worm**
• Thelazia spp. – Eye worm**
• Trichuris spp. – Whipworm

*including inhibited larvae. **adults only.

Lungworms (adults and immature)

• Dictyocaulus viviparus.

Sucking lice

• Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus eurysternus, Solenopotes capillatus.

Biting lice

• Bovicola bovis.

Buffalo fly

• Haematobia irritans exigua.

Cattle tick†

• Boophilus microplus. †Engorged female ticks that drop off for up to 3 days after treatment may lay viable eggs.

Mange mites

• Chorioptes bovis, Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis§.

§Not present in Australia.

Dosage

• 1 mL of solution/10 kg body weight.
• Apply topically along the mid-line of the back in a narrow strip between the withers and tailhead.
• For external use only.
• Use the dose rate, according to the weight of the animal, given in the table below.
• The dose rate should be based on the heaviest member in the weight range (given under the heading “weight (kg)”). Cattle should be weighed using scales or a weighband.

Dose rate: 1 mL per 10 kg bodyweight

Weight (kg)	Dose (mL)
40-50	5
51-75	7.5
76-100	10
101-150	15
151-200	20
201-250	25
251-300	30
301-350	35
351-400	40
401-450	45
451-500	50
501-550	55
551-600	60
601-650	65

Cattle whose weight is in excess of 650 kg should be dosed at 1 mL per 10 kg body weight.

Treatment of very young animals (less than 40 kg body weight) is generally not warranted.

Pack Sizes

• 2.5L multi-dose backpack container with easy to use draw off applicator
• 5L    multi-dose backpack container with easy to use draw off applicator
• 22L  Drum

Registered Label Warnings

Withholding periods

Milk: Nil.

Meat: DO NOT USE less than 42 days before slaughter for human consumption.

Export Slaughter Interval (ESI):

DO NOT USE less than 42 days before slaughter for human consumption.

Safety Directions

• Poisonous if swallowed.
• Will irritate the eyes and skin.
• Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
• When using the product wear face shield or goggles.
• If product splashes in the eyes, wash it out immediately with water.
• Wash hands after use. After each day’s use wash face shield or goggles.
• Use only in well ventilated surroundings.
• Flammable – Keep away from heat, sparks, open flame and other sources of ignition.

First Aid

If poisoning occurs, contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre. Phone 13 11 26. If skin contact occurs, remove contaminated clothing and wash skin thoroughly.