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| + | It belongs to the tetrahydropyrimidines class of drugs, which are known by farmers as yellow drenches. The product code in the UK is '''2-LM'''. | ||
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| + | * This works in a similar fashion to levamisole but isn't absorbed by the alimentary tract. | ||
| + | * It has limited activity against larval forms and so has little uses. | ||
| + | * Morantel is used in some rumenal boluses. | ||
| + | * Pyrantel, a similar product, is used against equine [[cestodes]]. | ||
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It belongs to the tetrahydropyrimidines class of drugs, which are known by farmers as yellow drenches. The product code in the UK is 2-LM.
- This works in a similar fashion to levamisole but isn't absorbed by the alimentary tract.
- It has limited activity against larval forms and so has little uses.
- Morantel is used in some rumenal boluses.
- Pyrantel, a similar product, is used against equine cestodes.