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• Immiticide (Merial)

CAUTION: Before any pharmaceutical product is used, the manufacturer's data sheet, containing information on uses, dosage and administration, contra-indications, warnings etc., should always be consulted. It is important to remember that licensing of pharmaceutical products for use in a particular species/condition, as well as mandatory meat and milk withdrawal times for food-producing animals, varies between countries and changes with time. Withdrawal times also may vary between different pharmaceutical formulations and depending on route of administration. In the EU, the prescription cascade must be followed (see LCofC1.2H and W564.Apr05.w1); note that specific restrictions apply for food-producing animals. In the USA, FARAD may be consulted regarding residues and meat and milk withdrawal times.

• A heartworm adulticide. (B631.21.w21)

Administration

Ferrets - Mustela putorius furo - Ferret:

• 2.5 mg/kg intramuscularly, repeat after 30 days and then 24 hours later. (B631.21.w21)
• 2.5 mg/kg intramuscularly once, then one month later, two injections, 24 hours apart. "Associated with a lower survival rate than traditional caparsolate therapy for heartworm disease, only advantage is IM route." (J213.3.w1)