Equest Plus Tape Wormer

Equest® Plus Tape

Long Acting Horse Wormer & Boticide Gel

Product at a Glance

• Equest Plus Tape contains moxidectin and praziquantel, sufficient to treat a horse of 575 kg.


• Controls tapeworm and gastrointestinal roundworms including adult and encysted stages and benzimidazole resistant strains of small strongyles.


• Long acting: re-treatment is recommended after 14-16 weeks resulting in fewer treatments per year and longer periods where pastures are left free of worm eggs.


• Unique gel formulation that dissolves rapidly on the tongue, aiding compliance. A dial-up syringe is designed with a narrow barrel to allow easy access into the side of the horse’s mouth and deliver the right dose every time.

Recommendations for Use

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  Equest Plus Tape is palatable and effective for the treatment and control of: Tapeworm: Anoplocephala perfoliataand Paranoplocephala mamillana.Large Strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris(adults, L3 and L4 arterial stages), Strongylus edentatus(adults and L4 visceral larval stages), Strongylus equinus(adults), Tridontophorusspp. (adults) including T. brevicauda, T. serratusand T. tenuicollis, Craterostomum acuticaudatum(adults).
  Small Strongyles (adults): Cyathostomumspp. including C. catinatumand C. pateratum, Cylicostephanusspp. including C. calicatus, C. goldi, C. longibursatusand C. minutus, Cylicocyclusspp. including C. brevicapsulatus, C. elongatus,C. insigne, C. leptostomum, C. nassatus, C. radiatus, C. ashworthiand C. ultrajectinus, Cylicodontophorus bicoronatus,Coronocyclusspp. including C. coronatus, C. labiatusand C. labratus, Gyalocephalus capitatus, Parapoteriostomummettami, Peterovinema poculatus, Poteriostomum imparidentatum,as well as benzimidazole resistant strains.
  
  

Advantages

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  Low dose volume.
  
  


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  Equest Plus Tape long acting horse wormer and boticide gel is the only horse wormer effective as a single dose against encysted stages of small strongyles: developing stages (DL), late encysted stages (LL3/EL4), and aids in control of early encysted stages (EL3) including inhibited larvae (greater than 90% effective).
  Pinworms: Oxyurus equi(adults and L3/L4 larval stages).
  Ascarids: Parascaris equorum(adults and intestinal stages (L4)).
  Hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei(adults).
  Intestinal Threadworms: Strongyloides westeri.
  Large Mouthed Stomach Worms: Habronemaspp. (gastric and cutaneous (summer sore) forms).
  Stomach Bots: Gasterophilus intestinalis(2 & 3 stage larvae), Gasterophilus nasalis(2 & 3 stage larvae).
  Cutaneous Onchocerciasis: Onchocercaspp. (microfiliariae).