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