What is Bimectin Injection?

Bimectin Injection is an excellent and effective choice for the treatment and control of a wide range of internal and external parasites of cattle, sheep and pigs. Penetrating quickly to reach and kill parasites, you can be confident when using Bimectin Injection as part of your parasite control strategy.

Bimectin injection is also a highly cost-effective solution, and a single 500ml pack can treat up to 333 50-75kg ewes, up to 62 400kg cattle and up to 100 100-133kg pigs.

Indications

Bimectin Injection contains 1% ivermectin w/v, and is licenced for cattle, sheep and pigs. Bimectin Injection is licensed for the treatment & control of the following harmful parasites:

Cows

Licenced for a wide range of internal and external parasites.
Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Ostertagia spp. (including inhibited O. ostertagi), Haemonchus placei, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, Cooperia spp, Bunostomum phlebotomum, Oesophagostomum radiatum, Strongyloides papillosus (adult), Nematodirus helvetianus (adult), N. spathiger (adult), Trichuris spp (adult)

Lungworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Dictyocaulus viviparus
Eye Worms (adult): Thelazia spp.
Warbles: Hypoderma bovis, H. lineatum
Mange Mites: Psoroptes bovis, Sarcoptes scabiei var. Bovis

Sheep

Licenced for a wide range of gastro-intestinal worms, lungworms and nasal bots.

Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae): Ostertagia circumcincta including inhibited larvae, O. trifurcata, Haemonchus contortus including inhibited larvae, Trichostrongylus axei (adults), T. colubriformis and T. vitrinus (adults), Cooperia curticei, Oesophagostomum columbianum, O. venulosum (adults), Nematodirus filicollis, Chabertia ovina, Trichuris ovis (adults).
Lungworms:Dictyocaulus filaria (adult and fourth-stage larvae), Protostrongylus rufescens (adults)
Nasal Bots (all larval stages) Oestrus ovis

Pigs

Licenced for wide range of internal and external parasites.
Gastrointestinal roundworms (adult and fourth-stage larvae: Oesophagostomum spp., Ascaris suum, Hyostrongylus rubidus, Strongyloides ransomi (adult and somatic larval stages)
Lungworms (adults): Metastrongylus spp.
Lice: Haematopinus suis
Mange Mites: Sarcoptes scabiei var. Suis

Benefits

• Antiparastic injectable solution
• Penetrates quickly to reach and kill parasites
• Delivers effective control against a wide range of external and internal parasites
• Licenced for cattle, sheep and pigs
• Cost effective parasitic control in animals
• 1 x 500ml pack can treat; 333 x 50‑75kg ewes, or 62 x 400kg cattle, or 125 x 100‑133kg pigs

Withdrawal Periods

Meat & Offal

Cattle – 49 days
Sheep – 42 days
Pigs – 28 days

Milk

Cattle – Do not use in lactating cows producing milk for human consumption. Do not use in non-lactating dairy cows including pregnant dairy heifers within 60 days of calving.
Sheep – Do not use in lactating sheep producing milk for human consumption. Do not use in sheep within 60 days of lambing where milk is to be used for human consumption.