Coxicert 2.5 mg/ml Oral Suspension for Sheep and Cattle

Avoid under-dosing, which may be due to underestimation of body weight,
misadministration of the veterinary medicinal product or lack of calibration of the
dosing device (if any).
Coccidiosis is an indicator of insufficient hygiene in the flock/pen. It is recommended
to treat all lambs of the flock and all calves in a pen. This will contribute to reduce the
infection pressure and assure a better epidemiological control of the coccidiosis
infection.
The preferred timing of treatment is directed by the known epidemiology of Eimeria
spp. and if there is no recent and confirmed history of clinical coccidiosis, the
presence of coccidia in the flock or herd should be confirmed by faecal sampling prior
to treatment.
In certain cases, only a transient reduction of oocyst shedding may be achieved.
Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anticoccidials should be further investigated
and where evidence strongly suggest resistance to a particular antiprotozoal, an
anticoccidial belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode
of action should be used.
Frequent and repeated use of antiprotozoals may lead to the development of
resistance in the target parasite.

Special precautions for safe use in the target species:
Lambs
On rare occasions, in highly susceptible lambs e.g. where they have been housed for
long periods of time before being turned out onto heavily contaminated pasture, a
severe scour has been seen shortly after dosing. In such cases, fluid therapy is
essential.
Calves
Clinical coccidiosis generally occurs late in the parasite’s life cycle after most of the
damage to the calf’s intestine has already been done. This severely damaged
intestine can easily be infected by secondary bacteria and/or other agents. In cases
of acute clinical coccidiosis treated with the veterinary medicinal product, fluid
therapy is essential. Symptoms of clinical disease may remain obvious in some
calves treated with the veterinary medicinal product, even though oocyst excretion is
reduced to a very low level, and overall prevalence of diarrhoea is decreased.
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Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the veterinary medicinal
product to animals
Wash hands after use.
Special precautions for the protection of the environment:
Not applicable.