Equiwormer LV-Low Volume, Oral Paste for Horses

Equiwormer LV Plus Tape is a low-volume, apple-flavoured all-wormer for horses. It treats and controls all common horse worms, including roundworms, tapeworms, bots and skin lesions caused by certain parasite larvae. It is safe for use in pregnant mares, foals and breeding stallions when used as directed.

Active Constituents:

• Praziquantel 140 mg
• Ivermectin 18.7 mg

What Equiwormer LV Plus Tape Treats and Controls:

At a dose of 1 mL per 100 kg bodyweight, Equiwormer LV Plus Tape delivers approximately 0.2 mg/kg of ivermectin and 1.5 mg/kg of praziquantel. It is indicated for the treatment and control of the following parasites in horses:

• Ascarids: Parascaris equorum (adult and immature)
• Bots: Gasterophilus spp. (oral and gastric stages)
• Hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei (adult)
• Intestinal threadworms: Strongyloides westeri (adult)
• Large and small strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adults and arterial larval stages), Strongylus edentatus (adult and tissue stages), Strongylus equinus (adults), Triodontophorus spp. (adults), Cyathostomum spp., Cylicocyclus spp., Cylicostephanus spp., Cylicodontophorus spp., Gyalocephalus spp.
• Lungworms: Dictyocaulus arnfieldi (adult and immature)
• Neck threadworms: Onchocerca spp. (microfilariae)
• Pinworms: Oxyuris equi (adult and immature)
• Tapeworms: Anoplocephala perfoliata, Anoplocephala magna, Paranoplocephala mamillana (adult and immature; heads and segments)

Equiwormer LV Plus Tape also controls skin lesions caused by Habronema and Draschia spp. cutaneous larvae (summer sores), and Onchocerca spp. microfilariae (cutaneous onchocerciasis).

Directions for Use:

Dosage and administration: Give orally at the recommended dose rate of 1 mL per 100 kg bodyweight. A single 6 mL syringe is capable of treating a horse weighing up to 600 kg.

• Set the plastic dose adjuster to the horses bodyweight.
• Insert the syringe into the side of the horses mouth between the front and back teeth.
• Depress the plunger fully to deposit the paste toward the back of the tongue.
• Immediately raise the horses head for a few seconds to help ensure the full dose is swallowed.

Regular Treatment Program:

All horses should be on a regular worming program to maintain good health and condition, with particular attention given to young horses and mares. Foals should be treated initially at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and treatment repeated regularly as required.

Equiwormer LV Plus Tape is well suited as a major product in an equine worm control program. It is effective against most types of equine helminths, including tapeworms, gastrointestinal, cutaneous and pulmonary nematodes, and bots in horses of any age. With a regular treatment program, the risk of verminous arteritis and colic associated with Strongylus vulgaris is reduced. Consult a veterinarian to develop a worm control program suited to your property and horses.

Safety:

Equiwormer LV Plus Tape has a wide safety margin at the recommended dose rate of 1 mL per 100 kg bodyweight. It may be used in young foals through to very old horses. Mares may be treated at any stage of pregnancy and fertility is not affected in either sex.

Meat Withholding Period:

Do not use less than 28 days before slaughter for human consumption.

Safety Directions:

Harmful if swallowed. Will irritate eyes and skin. Avoid contact with eyes and skin. Wash hands after use.

Available Sizes:

Single 6.4 g syringe or stud bucket of 50 syringes.