Health Vidya

QUEST PLUS Gel (moxidectin/praziquantel) when administered at the recommended dose level of 0.4 mg moxidectin/kg and 2.5 mg praziquantel/kg (2.2 lb) body weight is effective in the treatment and control of the following stages of gastrointestinal parasites in horses and ponies: Large Strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris – (adults and L4/L5 arterial stages) Strongylus edentatus – (adults and tissue stages) Triodontophorus brevicauda – (adults) Triodontophorus serratus – (adults) Small Strongyles(adults): Cyathostomumspp., including Cyathostomum catinatum Cyathostomum pateratum Cylicostephanus spp., including Cylicostephanus calicatus Cylicostephanus goldi Cylicostephanus longibursatus Cylicostephanus minutus Cylicocyclus spp., including Cylicocyclus insigne Cylicocyclus leptostomum Cylicocyclus nassatus Cylicocyclus radiatus Coronocyclusspp., including Coronocyclus coronatus Coronocyclus labiatus Coronocyclus labratus Gyalocephalus capitatus Petrovinema poculatus Small Strongyles: Undifferentiated lumenal larvae Encysted cyathostomes: Late L3 and L4 mucosal cyathostome larvae Ascarids: Parascaris equorum – (adults and L4 larval stages) Pinworms: Oxyuris equi – (adults and L4 larval stages) Hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei– (adults) Large-mouth stomach worms: Habronema muscae– (adults) Horse stomach bots: Gasterophilus intestinalis– (2nd and 3rd instars) Gasterophilus nasalis– (3rd instars) Tapeworms: Anoplocephala perfoliata – (adults) One administration of the recommended dose rate of QUEST PLUS Gel also suppresses strongyle egg production through 84 days.