Slight yellowish-brown injectable solution and white oral solution
Solubility in water
In oily solutes
Pharmacology
ATCvet code
QP52AG05 (WHO)
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Has low safety index (6 times as normal dose)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references
Chemical compound
Rafoxanide is a salicylanilide used as an anthelmintic.[1] It is most commonly used in ruminant animals to treat adult liver flukes of the species Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica.[1]
^ abLanusse, Carlos E.; Alvarez, Luis I.; Virkel, Guillermo L. (2018). "Chapter 40. Anticestodal and antitrematodal drugs. Rafoxanide". In Riviere, Jim E.; Papich, Mark G. (eds.). Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (10th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 1091. ISBN 9781118855829.
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