Description
DESCRIPTION:
Toltrazuril is an anticoccidial with activity against Eimeria spp. in poultry:
– Eimeria acervulina, Brunetti, maxima, mitis, necatrix, and tenella in chicken.
-Eimeria adenoids, galloparonis, and meleagrimitis in Turkey.
INDICATIONS:
Coccidiosis of all stages like schizogony and gametogenic stages of Eimeria spp. in chickens and turkeys.
CONTRA-INDICATIONS: Administration to animals with impaired liver and/or renal function.
SIDE EFFECTS:
At high dosages in laying hens’ egg-drop and in broilers’ growth inhibition and polyneuritis can occur.
DOSAGE:
For oral administration via drinking water:
- 500 ml per 500 litres of drinking water (25 ppm) for continuous medication over 48 hours.
- 1500 ml per 500 litres of drinking water (75 ppm) given for 8 hours per day, on 2 consecutive days. This corresponds to a dose rate of 7 mg of toltrazuril per kg of body weight per day for 2 consecutive days.
Note: supply the medicated drinking water as the only source of drinking water. Do not administer to poultry-producing eggs for human consumption.
WITHDRAWAL TIMES:
For meat:
- Chickens: 18 days.
- Turkeys: 21 days.
STORAGE:
Store below 25°C a cool and dry place, protected from light.
