Virbac Corporation announces it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new athelmintic (dewormer) for cattle.
Virbac Corporation announces it has received approval from the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration for a new athelmintic (dewormer) for cattle. Thproduct, released commercially under two trade names, Vibramec Pour-On andBovimec Pour-On is topically applied and contains the active ingredientivermectin to treat and control internal and external parasites in cattle,the company says. Both products will treat and control gastrointestinalroundworms, including inhibited Ostertagia ostertagi, or brown stomach worm,which infects an estimated 85 percent of the U.S. beef cattle and is themost common internal parasite of cattle. The products also treat and controllungworms, grubs, horn flies, sucking and biting lice and sarcoptic mangemites, the company says.
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