

Merck Animal Health Safe-Guard Dewormer 0.5% Alfalfa-Based Pellets 1lb
Style #: 128748
Style #: 128748
Safe-Guard® Products Give You More Than One Way to Solve Deworming Problems
ACTIVE DRUG INGREDIENT
fenbendazole |
0.5% (2.27 g/lb) |
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein |
(min.) 15% |
Crude Fat |
(min.) 1% |
Crude Fiber |
(max.) 30% |
INERT INGREDIENTS
Ground alfalfa hay, roughage products, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (preservative) and mineral oil.
CATTLE: Dairy and beef cattle
For the removal and control of: Lungworms: (Dictyocaulus viviparus). Stomach worms: Barberpole worms (Haemonchus contortus), brown stomach worms (Ostertagia ostertagi), small stomach worms (Trichostrongylus axei). Intestinal worms: Hookworms (Bunostomum phlebotomum), thread-necked intestinal worms (Nematodirus helvetianus), small intestinal worms (Cooperia punctata & C. oncophora). Bankrupt worms: (Trichostrongylus colubriformis). Nodular worms: (Oesophagostomum radiatum).
Feed for one (1) day. No prior withdrawal of feed or water necessary. When feed containing Safe-Guard® has been fed for 1 day according to the above rates, a total intake of 2.27 mg fenbendazole per pound of body weight is assured.
Under conditions of continued exposure to parasites, retreatment may be needed after 4-6 weeks.
RESIDUE WARNING: Cattle must not be slaughtered within 13 days following last treatment. For dairy cattle, there is no milk withdrawal period.
HORSES: All horses, including pregnant mares, stallions and foals
FOR CONTROL OF: Large strongyles (Strongylus edentatus S. equinus, S. vulgaris, Tridontophorus spp.), Small strongyles (Cylicocyclus spp.), Pinworms (Oxyuris equi) and Ascarids (Parascaris equorum).
The recommended dose is 5 mg per kg body weight (2.27 mg febendazole per pound) in a ONE (1) DAY treatment for large stronglytes, small stronglytes and pinworms.
For ascarids, the recommended does is 10 mg febendazole per kg body weight (4.54 mg febendazole per pound) in a ONE DAY treatment. Feed at the rate of 0.1 or 0.2 pounds per 100 pounds of body weight to provide 2.27 or 4.54 mg febendazole per pound of body weight. All horses must be eating normally to ensure that each animal consumes an adequate amount of mediated feed.
Retreat in 6 to 8 weeks if required.
WARNING: Do not use in horses intended for human consumption.
SWINE: Growing pigs, gilts, pregnant sows and boars
For the removal and control of: Lungworms (Metastrongylus apri, Metastrongylus pudendotectus), Gastrointestinal worms: Adult and larvae (L3, L4 stages, liver, lung, intestinal forms) large round worms (Ascaris suum); nodular worms (Oesophagostomum dentatum, O. quadrispinulatum); small stomach worms (Huostrongylus rubidus); whipworm, adult and larvae (L2, L3, L4 stages - intestinal mucosal forms, (Trichuris suis), Kidney worms: Adult and larvae (Stephanurus dentatus).
SWINE DOSAGE:
4.08 mg febendazoleper lb body weight (9 mg febendazole per kg body weight) to be fed as the sole ration over a period of 3 to 12 consecutive days. Each pound of SafeGuard 0.5% Dewormer will treat 555 lbs body weight (each ounce will treat 35 lbs body weight). There is no pre-slaughter withdrawl period for swine as SafeGuard can be fed to the day of slaughter.