APPROVED FOR HORSES & PONIES

Moxidectin 20mg/mL and praziquantel 125mg/mL in a low volume gel 

Indications

EQUEST Plus Tape for the treatment of tapeworm, roundworms, adult and late encysted stages of small strongyles (redworms), and bots in horses and ponies with a single dose.

Features & Benefits

• Lasts longer than other wormer available in NZ
• Prevents significant reoccurence of parasite eggs in the faeces of treated horses for up to 16 weeks
• low volume gel is rapidly absorbed and easily administered
• Highly effective against significant parasite threats, including roundworms, tapeworms and bots
• Treats and controls encysted small strongyles, the major parasite of concern in adult horses
• Treats and controls ascarids which remain the most important parasite infecting foals and weanlings
• Shown to reduce faecal egg counts by 99% in a single dose, while a five-day, double dose regimen of fenbendazole was only 42% effective
•  When used as directed, Equest Plus Tape is safe in foals over 4 weeks of age and in all breeding stock, including stallions and pregnant mares
• Don not administer the full syringe to horses under 400kg

Administration

Administer orally (into the mouth) at a dose rate of 0.4mg/kg moxidectin and 0.2mg/kg praziquantel

Supplied in a ready to use syringe, calibrated according to the body weight of the horse to be treated.

Directions for use

Dose: Dose orally at the recommended rate of 0.2mg/kg abamectin and 2.5mg/kg praziquantel. Each weight marking on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient paste to treat 50kg bodyweight. The contents of the syringe will treat a total 600kg bodyweight.

 Withholding Period

Animals producing meat or offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter either during treatment or within 63 days of the last treatment.