Equest Gel Plus Tape Horse Wormer 11.8g

Description

Current stock dated 30/06/2026

Equest Gel is a horse wormer and Boticide. For the treatment and control of tapeworm, roundworms, adult and late encysted stages of small strongyles (redworms), and bots in horses and ponies with a single dose.

Features & Benefits

• Lasts longer than any other wormer available in NZ

• Prevents significant reoccurrence of parasite eggs in the faeces of treated horses for up to 16 weeks

• Low volume gel is rapidly absorbed and easily administered

• Highly effective against significant parasite threats, including roundworms, tapeworms and bots

• Treats and controls encysted small strongyles (cyathostomes), the major parasite of concern in adult horses

• Treats and controls ascarids (Parascaris equorum) which remain the most important parasite infecting foals and weanlings

• Shown to reduce faecal egg counts by 99.9% in a single dose, while a five-day, double-dose regimen of fenbendazole was only 42% effective

• When used as directed, Equest Plus Tape is safe in foals over 4 weeks of age and in all breeding stock, including stallions and pregnant mares

• Do not administer the full syringe to horses under 400kg

Indications

Equest Plus Tape has been shown to be effective against the following gastro-intestinal parasite infections:

Tapeworms: Anoplocephala perfoliata

Large Strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adult, immature and arterial larval stage), Strongylus edentatus (adult and immature), Strongylus equinus (adult and tissue stages) and Triodontophorus spp.(adult and L4) including T. brevicauda (adult),T. serratus (adult) and T. tenuicollis (adult)

Small Strongyles (Cyathostomes): Adult and larval stages of Cyathostomum spp. including Cya. catinatum; Cylicostephanus spp. including Cys. calicatus, Cys. goldi, Cys. longibursatusand Cys. minutus; Cylicocyclus spp. including Cyc. insigne, Cyc. leptostomum, Cyc. nassatus and Cyc. radiatus; Coronocyclus spp. including Cor. coronatus and Cor. labiatus;Gyalocephalus capitatus and Petrovinema poculatus.

Effective as a single dose against developing stages (DL) and late encysted stages (LL3/EL4), including inhibited stages of small strongyle larvae

Pinworms: Oxyuris equi (adult and immature)

Ascarids: Parascaris equorum (adult and immature)

Hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei (adult)

Large-Mouthed Stomach Worms: Habronema spp. (adult and immature)

Stomach Bots: Gasterophilus intestinalis and G. nasalis

• Easy to use palatable gel in a low volume dose
• Prevents significant re-occurrence of parasite eggs in the faeces of treated horses for up to 16 weeks
• Controls potentially harmful encysted small strongyle worms in a single dose

Dosage & Administration

Equest Plus Tape is administered orally (into the mouth) at a dose rate of 0.4 mg/kg moxidectin and 2.5 mg/kg praziquantel.

It is supplied in a ready to use syringe, calibrated according to the body weight of the horse to be treated, in intervals of 25 kg body weight. Use of this calibration will deliver the recommended dose.

Accurately determine the weight of the horse to be treated (if a scale is not available, use a weight tape) and be sure to adjust the syringe to the correct dose for the horse.

*Note: One syringe is sufficient to treat a horse weighing 575 kg. For a heavy horse (weight exceeding 575 kg) it will be necessary to apply more than one syringe. For instance, a 725 kg horse would require 1 ¼ syringes to treat. To accurately determine the amount to administer with the second syringe, subtract 575 from the horse’s weight and set the plunger accordingly. For a 725 kg horse, set the plunger on the second syringe to 150 kg (725 – 575 kg).

When used as directed, Equest Plus Tape is safe in foals over 4 weeks of age and in all breeding stock, including stallions and pregnant mares.

Do not administer the full syringe to horses under 400 kg. Take care with foals and smaller breeds in calibrating the dose and avoid overdosing.