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QUEST (moxidectin) 2% Equine Oral Gel when administered at the recommended dose level of 0.4 mg moxidectin/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): Cyathostomum spp., 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 Coronocyclus spp., 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) One administration of the recommended dose rate of QUEST (moxidectin) 2% Equine Oral Gel also suppresses strongyle egg production through 84 days. QUEST is indicated for use in horses and ponies, including breeding mares and stallions, and foals six months of age and older.