{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.doramectin","code":"thing-q906534","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q906534/","name":"doramectin","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.MAT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Doramectin is an avermectin-class macrocyclic lactone used as a veterinary antiparasitic active substance against susceptible nematodes and arthropod parasites.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify doramectin, assess the quality and condition of a material containing it, and determine which handling or veterinary-use decisions require further evidence.","scope":{"in":["Doramectin molecular identity, stereochemistry and identifier reconciliation","Bulk substance and reference-standard grades, assay and related impurities","Physical properties, stability and storage conditions with measurement context","Antiparasitic activity and evidence of susceptibility or resistance","Substance hazards, environmental fate and links to veterinary authorizations"],"out":["Finished injectable or pour-on products, their excipients and packaging","Individual animal diagnosis, prescribing and treatment administration","Fermentation equipment and manufacturing-process operation","Parasite taxonomy and complete parasite life-cycle models","Farm parasite-control programs and food-product release decisions"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Match the complete stereochemical structure and CAS 117704-25-3; the formula C50H74O14 alone cannot establish identity. [KEGG doramectin record](https://www.kegg.jp/entry/D01129)","Require an analytical identity test that distinguishes doramectin from ivermectin, abamectin and other related macrocyclic lactones.","Check whether the record describes the active substance or a formulated medicine: Dectomax injection contains doramectin plus formulation ingredients. [Dectomax label](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?setid=44b8a743-4f00-457a-8b7e-5f3a557c04f1)","Distinguish intact doramectin from epimers, degradation products and metabolites using a method capable of resolving the relevant species."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"doramectin-identity","name":"Doramectin identity","description":"Establish the precise chemical entity represented by the registry entry.","layers":[{"id":"molecular-definition","name":"Molecular definition","description":"Resolve the structure and identifiers that define doramectin.","findings":[{"id":"structure-identifier-agreement","name":"Structure and identifier agreement","description":"Require agreement among the accepted stereochemical structure, chemical name and identifier records.","questions":[{"text":"Which stereochemical structure and canonical identifiers define doramectin for this registry entry?","id":"structure-identifier-agreement-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which authoritative records support the CAS, PubChem and EC mappings, and do their structures agree?","id":"structure-identifier-agreement-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"related-compound-boundaries","name":"Related-compound boundaries","description":"Separate doramectin from neighbouring substances and formulated medicines.","findings":[{"id":"identity-discrimination","name":"Identity discrimination","description":"Define the evidence needed to distinguish the intact active substance from related avermectins, epimers and products.","questions":[{"text":"Which structural and analytical features distinguish doramectin from ivermectin, abamectin and doramectin epimers?","id":"identity-discrimination-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Does the assessed sample represent bulk doramectin, a reference standard or a finished formulation?","id":"identity-discrimination-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"doramectin-material-quality","name":"Doramectin material quality","description":"Assess whether a particular lot supports its declared identity, grade and intended use.","layers":[{"id":"grade-and-lot-evidence","name":"Grade and lot evidence","description":"Connect the material to specifications and traceable quality records.","findings":[{"id":"grade-qualification","name":"Grade qualification","description":"Record the declared grade, lot provenance and evidence supporting acceptance.","questions":[{"text":"Which specification governs this doramectin lot, and which intended uses does it support?","id":"grade-qualification-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which manufacturer, lot record and certificate of analysis establish its provenance?","id":"grade-qualification-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"assay-and-impurities","name":"Assay and impurities","description":"Establish active content and resolve substances that compromise quality.","findings":[{"id":"analytical-quality-assessment","name":"Analytical quality assessment","description":"Evaluate assay basis, related substances, water and residual solvents without equating peak area with mass purity.","questions":[{"text":"What doramectin content is measured, on what basis, and with what reference standard and uncertainty?","id":"analytical-quality-assessment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which related substances, residual solvents and water levels are measured, and does the method resolve relevant epimers and degradation products?","id":"analytical-quality-assessment-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do the results justify accepting the lot, further testing it or withholding it from the intended use?","id":"analytical-quality-assessment-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"doramectin-physical-state","name":"Doramectin physical state and stability","description":"Characterize the material under explicit physical and storage conditions.","layers":[{"id":"phase-and-solution-behavior","name":"Phase and solution behavior","description":"Capture condition-dependent properties needed for identification and preparation.","findings":[{"id":"measured-physical-properties","name":"Measured physical properties","description":"Record observed solid form, thermal behavior and solvent-specific solubility with experimental context.","questions":[{"text":"What phase, solid form and melting or decomposition behavior are experimentally established for the assessed doramectin material?","id":"measured-physical-properties-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What solubility and partitioning measurements exist, and which solvent, temperature and pH conditions apply?","id":"measured-physical-properties-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"degradation-and-storage","name":"Degradation and storage","description":"Relate exposure history to retained identity and quality.","findings":[{"id":"stability-supported-condition","name":"Stability-supported condition","description":"Use material-specific stability evidence to assess storage, preparation and retest decisions.","questions":[{"text":"Which light, temperature, moisture or oxidation exposures change doramectin assay or impurity levels?","id":"stability-supported-condition-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which storage and retest conditions are supported for this bulk grade or prepared analytical solution?","id":"stability-supported-condition-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence is required to assess a storage excursion before continued use?","id":"stability-supported-condition-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"doramectin-antiparasitic-activity","name":"Doramectin antiparasitic activity","description":"Connect biological activity to parasite targets and the conditions under which effects were demonstrated.","layers":[{"id":"mechanism-and-spectrum","name":"Mechanism and spectrum","description":"Separate mechanistic evidence from demonstrated parasite control.","findings":[{"id":"target-specific-activity","name":"Target-specific activity","description":"The product label describes chloride-channel modulation in nematodes and arthropods; the model must distinguish class-level mechanism from doramectin-specific evidence. [Dectomax label](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?setid=44b8a743-4f00-457a-8b7e-5f3a557c04f1)","questions":[{"text":"Which molecular-target studies directly establish doramectin activity rather than infer it from the macrocyclic-lactone class?","id":"target-specific-activity-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which parasite species and life stages have measured susceptibility, using which endpoints and exposures?","id":"target-specific-activity-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"exposure-and-resistance","name":"Exposure and resistance","description":"Qualify activity by achieved exposure and parasite population.","findings":[{"id":"effectiveness-transfer-limits","name":"Effectiveness transfer limits","description":"Require supporting evidence before transferring efficacy between formulations, routes, hosts or parasite populations.","questions":[{"text":"Which host, formulation and route produced the exposure underlying the reported effect?","id":"effectiveness-transfer-limits-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What doramectin susceptibility or resistance evidence exists for the relevant parasite population, including cross-resistance testing?","id":"effectiveness-transfer-limits-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"doramectin-safety-and-permitted-use","name":"Doramectin safety and permitted use","description":"Identify material handling constraints, environmental concerns and the external records governing veterinary use.","layers":[{"id":"handling-and-environment","name":"Handling and environment","description":"Evaluate exposure pathways for bulk material, contaminated waste and excreted residues.","findings":[{"id":"exposure-controls","name":"Exposure controls","description":"Capture material-specific hazards alongside environmental evidence; the product label identifies aquatic-organism and dung-insect concerns. [Dectomax label](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?setid=44b8a743-4f00-457a-8b7e-5f3a557c04f1)","questions":[{"text":"Which dated SDS establishes the applicable GHS classifications, handling controls and any occupational exposure limit for this material?","id":"exposure-controls-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What measured fate and toxicity endpoints describe doramectin in soil, water, sediment and dung?","id":"exposure-controls-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which containment and disposal measures address the actual material and release pathway?","id":"exposure-controls-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"authorization-and-residue-links","name":"Authorization and residue links","description":"Link the substance to dated product permissions and food-residue assessments.","findings":[{"id":"contextual-use-constraints","name":"Contextual use constraints","description":"Treat authorization, host restrictions and withdrawal periods as jurisdiction- and product-dependent evidence rather than universal substance constants.","questions":[{"text":"Which current authority record covers the proposed product, jurisdiction, host class, route and indication?","id":"contextual-use-constraints-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which marker-residue definition, tissue or milk limit and product-specific withdrawal evidence apply?","id":"contextual-use-constraints-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which unresolved authorization or residue condition must be settled before the linked treatment model can proceed?","id":"contextual-use-constraints-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of doramectin this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe doramectin and its approved veterinary uses from regulatory sources.","Report withdrawal periods for meat and milk as stated on the product label."],"mustNot":["Recommend it or a dose for an animal without a veterinarian's direction.","Advise using livestock products on dogs, especially breeds sensitive to avermectins.","Advise selling meat or milk from treated animals before the withdrawal period ends.","Advise disposing of it where it can reach water or dung fauna."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision to treat an animal or a herd with it."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Wrong use can kill sensitive dogs and leave residues in food.","Avermectins harm dung beetles and aquatic life that farmland depends on."],"affectedParties":["Treated animals","Dogs of sensitive breeds","Consumers","Dung beetles and aquatic life"]},"owners":{"steward":"The marketing authorization holder; veterinary medicines regulators and veterinarians control its use.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Veterinary medicines product registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q422687","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.doramectin","Wikidata: Q906534 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906534)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Chemical identity: CAS 117704-25-3; formula C50H74O14; stereochemical structure and verified database identifiers","Material grade: Veterinary API, analytical reference standard, research material or unspecified; governing specification","Doramectin assay: % mass fraction, with as-is or dry basis and analytical method","Related-substance profile: Individual and total impurities in % or mg/kg; identities, detection limits and method","Physical form and thermal behavior: Observed phase and solid form; transition or decomposition temperature in °C with method","Solubility and partitioning: Solubility in mg/L with solvent, temperature and pH; 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