Product Description
These palatable liver-flavoured tablets make worming easy! Can be crumbled into food. Endogard for Cats & Kittens effectively treats and controls roundworm, hookworm and tapeworm.
Worms are common internal parasites in pets and if left untreated my cause severe illness or even death. Some of these worms can also infect humans. Regular treatment for worms along with good personal and environment hygiene should be taken to ensure that families and pets can live together safely and happily.
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Product Information
MODE OF ACTION:
Oxibendazole acts on roundworms, whipworms and hookworms by inhibiting or destroying the cytoplasmic microtubules in the worm’s intestinal or absorptive cells. Inhibition of glucose uptake and depletion of glycogen stores follows, as do other inhibitory effects leading to the death of the worms within several days. The worms are then dislodged by peristalsis. Oxibendazole also has ovicidal properties.
Praziquantel damages the tegument of the tapeworm and also affects glucose uptake and lactose release in tapeworm metabolism. The tapeworms are destroyed in situ.
INDICATIONS:
For the treatment of roundworms: Toxascaris leonina, Toxocara canis, T. cati; hookworms: Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala; whipworms: Trichuris vulpis; and tapeworms: Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatids), Taenia ovis, T. hydatigena, T. pisiformis, T. taeniaeformis, Dipylidium caninum; in dogs and cats.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TREAT PETS FOR WORMS SO OFTEN?
ROUNDWORMS: Puppies are almost invariably born infested with roundworm larvae passed on from their mother during pregnancy. Kittens become infested with roundworms through their mother's milk. These infestations can produce active egg-laying worms in the intestines at 1-2 weeks of age.
Infestations of roundworms can cause weight loss, diarrhoea and potbellies. Severe damage to the lungs and liver may be caused by the migration of larvae through these organs.
Roundworm larvae may infest humans (especially children), resulting in the disease Visceral Larva Migrans. Larvae can migrate widely in the body to cause abscesses in the liver and other organs and granulomas (reactive nodules) in the eye, brain or nervous tissue. Cases of blindness and death have been reported.
HOOKWORMS: Hookworms occur in the intestines of dogs and puppies and may also cause weight loss and diarrhoea. As hookworms live by sucking blood, a severe infection can cause anaemia, weakness and even death in your pet.
Immature hookworms pass a stage where they are buried in the wall of the bowel and hibernate for variable periods of time. Larvae in this state are not susceptible to ANY treatment. They may then suddenly proceed to maturity where treatment with Endogard® will effectively remove them. This is why it is so important to treat your young pet every 2 weeks until they develop some immunity at 3-6 months - when they have some resistance to reinfestation and the damaging effects are reduced.
Regular treatment for this dangerous worm is vital, as re-infection can occur rapidly and very easily especially during warm humid times of the year.
WHIPWORMS: Whipworms commonly occur in the caecum and colon of dogs and may cause persistent foul smelling diarrhoea and loss of condition. The life cycle takes from 1 to 3 months to complete. The eggs are very robust and can survive in the surroundings for up to 16 months. Once contracted the whipworm is very difficult to control as reinfection from the eggs readily occurs. Repeat treatments are vital to break the reinfection cycle and obtain control from infected animals, and to keep uninfected animals worm free.
TAPEWORMS: Tapeworms Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatids), Taenia ovis, T. hydatigena, T. pisiformis, T. taeniaeformis, and Dipylidium caninum live in the small intestine of dogs and cats, and produce vast numbers of eggs which are passed in their faeces and then distributed widely. Typically the eggs infect and produce disease in a secondary host, which may be a human, or farm livestock. These diseases may manifest as ill thrift, with very occasional dramatic effects such as blindness or death. The tapeworms typically prevalent in N.Z are also of particular economic importance to the meat industry as their cysts render meat unacceptable for human consumption. As the important tapeworms have a prepatent period (the interval between infection of the dog and first release of infective eggs) of only 4 - 6 weeks, repeat treatments within this period are important where re-infection is likely.
DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION:
SMALL DOGS AND CATS, PUPPIES AND KITTENS:
1 tablet / 5 kg body weight
NOTE: Use the small “5 kg body weight” tablet.
PUPPIES & KITTENS: Treat at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of age.
ENDOGARD PALATABLE ALL-WORMER is to be used as a single dose treatment. Tablets are palatable and may be fed directly as a treat, be administered whole or crushed and put on food. If worm problems persist, consult a veterinarian.
Fleas are intermediate hosts for tapeworm (Didpylidium caninum). Effective flea control will reduce the incidence of tapeworm.
ADVERSE EFFECTS:
Occasional transient side effects following treatment of heavily worm-infested animals may include vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.
FIRST AID:
If poisoning occurs, contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre.
EXPIRY: 2 years from date of manufacture.
Licensed under the Animal Remedies Act 1967 No. 7263
