INCA PIPERAZINE SOLUTION, Dewormer for POULTRY, PIGS & PIGEONS - INCA - piperazine 17.25% - feed additive

Brand: INCA PIPERAZINE SOLUTION

Company: INCA

DELIVERY FORM: «feed additives and medicated feeds» for use in drinking water.

ACTIVE INGREDIENT(S): piperazine (anhydrous) 172.5 g/L (= 17.25%)

CHEMICAL CLASS of the active ingredient(s): piperazine derivative

INDICATIONS: POULTRY, SWINE & PIGEONS

PARASITES CONTROLLED (spectrum of activity)

RECOMMENDED DOSE

  • Pigs: 4mL product per 5kg bodyweight. Add this amount to the water the pigs will drink in the morning. Give only medicated water until consumed and withold water the night prior to medication. Can be administered at above rates in mash or by individual drenching. Dose all in-pig sows 4 weeks before farrowing, all piglets from 5 weeks of age and all brought-in pigs. Repeat treatment at 1 to 2 monthly intervals.
  • Poultry. Dosage per 100 Birds
    • Under 7 weeks of age: 40mL Piperazine in 2L water
    • 7 - 8 weeks of age: 50mL Piperazine in 2L water
    • 9 - 12 weeks of age: 60mL Piperazine in 5L water
    • 13 - 16 weeks of age: 60mL Piperazine in 7L water
    • 17 - 20 weeks of age: 70mL Piperazine in 9L water
    • Over 20 weeks of age: 90mL Piperazine in 11L water.
    • Provide according to number of birds in pen. When medicated water is consumed provide water for remainder of day. Do not provide plain water until medicated water is consumed. For use in wet mash: Mix according to dose rate table with sufficient water to prepare mash. Repeat after 6 weeks.
  • Pigeons: 0.5mL product added to 40mL of water per pigeon. Provide according to number of birds. Do not provide plain water until medicated water is consumed. Repeat after 6 weeks. Repeat treatments are necessary to kill maturing worms after initial treatment.
  • Read the product label for specific detail on dosage.

SAFETY

  • LD50 (acute oral) in rats: >7900 mg/kg for piperazine
  • LD50 (acute dermal) in rats: n.a.

Suspected poisoning? Read the article on piperazine safety in this site.

Withholding periods (=withdrawal times) in days for meat & milk (country-specific differences may apply: read the product label)

  • Meat: AUS: NIL
  • Eggs for human consumption: NIL

WARNING !!!: Never use on humans, dogs or cats

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RESISTANCE PREVENTION

Risk of resistance development? Low

There are a few old reports on resistance of pig or poultry roundworms to piperazine but it seems not to be a major issue in most places.

Learn more about resistance and how it develops.

MARKETING

Are the active ingredients of this product ORIGINAL* or GENERICS**?

  • GENERICS

*Meaning that they are still patent protected and generics are not yet available
**Meaning that they have lost patent protection and may be acquired from manufacturers of generic active ingredients other than the holder of the original patent.

COUNTRIES where this brand/product is marketed: Australia
GENERIC BRANDS available? Yes, in most countries.

Click here to learn more about GENERIC vs. ORIGINAL drugs.

Click here for an overview on the most used antiparasitic feed additives and medicated feeds for livestock and horses.

COMMENTS

This product is a classic dewormer for swine, poultry and pigeons from INCA based on generic piperazine.

Piperazine was already used as a human medicine at the end of the 19th century. Its anthelmintic properties for animals were discovered in the 1950's. It is still used in livestock and pets, although it has been vastly replaced with more effective compounds, especially in ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats). It is also used in anthelmintics for humans, but also in antidepressants, antihistamines, antipsychotics, etc. Piperazine derivatives are also used in plastics, resins, and other industrial materials, as well as an adulterant in the psychedelic drug scene.

Piperazine is a narrow-spectrum anthelmintic, effective almost only against ascarid roundworms (e.g. Ascaris suum, Ascaridia spp, Parascaris equorum, Toxocara canis, etc). It is still moderately used in swine, poultry, horses, dogs and cats because ascarids are often the most damaging worms in these species. It is hardly used in ruminants.

Piperazine as well as pyrantel and the benzimidazoles (e.g. fenbendazole, febantel, albendazole, mebendazole, etc.) has no residual effect, i.e. it acts against the worms during a few hours after administration but is quickly metabolized and excreted. For this reason treatment must often be repeated for certain indications. This is in contrast with wormers containing macrocyclic lactones (e.g. milbemycin oxime, selamectin) that ensure efficacy against numerous roundworms during weeks after a single treatment.

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