Maverick (Sheep Lice + Worms) withholding period
- Active ingredient:
- Abamectin
- For:
- sheep
Withholding periods
- Meat
- 21 days
- Milk
- See the label rules below
- Export slaughter interval (ESI)
- Not on record. Check the label before you sell for export.
Checked against APVMA label 61710/107553 on 9 October 2026.
What else the label says
- MILK: DO NOT USE in ewes which are producing or may in the future produce milk for human consumption or processing.
- DO NOT USE on unshorn sheep or shorn sheep more than 24 hours after shearing.
- DO NOT USE on lambs less than 10 kg bodyweight.
How to count it
Count from the last treatment. An animal last treated on 1 March can't go for slaughter before 22 March (21 days later).
To read the label yourself, search the APVMA's PubCRIS register for product number 61710.
Labels get updated, so the pack in your shed may say something different. Always read the label on the product you're using, and ask your vet before using it in a way the label doesn't cover. MusterMate isn't connected with the makers of these products.