EQVALAN ® DUO

Company:

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Italia S.p.A

Publication date:

15/03/2016

Price:

€ 36,80

Category:

Veterinary medicinal product

AIC:

103716015

Pack:

Syringe with 7.74 g of paste

Indications:

For the treatment of mixed infestations by cestodes, nematodes or arthropods in horses. EQVALAN ® DUO oral paste is indicated for the treatment of the following susceptible parasites: • Adult cestodes (including tapeworms): Anoplocephala perfoliata and Anoplocephala magna • Large strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adults and arterial larval stages), Strongylus edentatus (adults and tissue larval stages), Strongylus equinus (adults), Triodontophorus spp. (adults), Triodontophorus brevicauda, Triodontophorus serratus, Craterostomum acuticaudatum (adults) • Adults and immature stages (intraluminal L4) of small strongyles or cyathostomes, including benzimidazole-resistant strains: Coronocyclus spp., Coronocyclus coronatus, Coronocyclus labiatus, Coronocyclus labratus, Cyathostomum spp., Cyathostomum catinatum, Cyathostomum pateratum, Cylicocyclus spp., Cylicocyclus ashworthi, Cylicocyclus elongates, Cylicocyclus insigne, Cylicocyclus leptostomum, Cylicocyclus nassatus, Cylicodontophorus spp., Cylicodontophorus bicornatus, Cylicostephanus spp., Cylicostephanus calicatus, Cylicostephanus goldi, Cylicostephanus longibursatus, Cylicostephanus minutus, Parapoteriostomum spp., Parapoteriostomum mettami, Petrovinema spp., Petrovinema poculatum, Poteriostomum spp. • Other parasites: Adult trichostrongyles: Trichostrongylus axei; Adult pinworms and immature stages (L4): Oxyuris equi; Adult ascarids and immature stages (L3 and L4): Parascaris equorum; Microfilariae of onchocerciasis: Onchocerca spp.; Adult intestinal nematodes: Strongyloides westeri; Adult Habronema: Habronema muscae; Bots: Gasterophilus spp (oral and gastric stages); Adults and immature stages (inhibited L4) of lungworms: Dictyocaulus arnfieldi.

Dosage:

Oral route The recommended dose is 200 µg/kg b.w. of ivermectin and 1 mg/kg b.w. of praziquantel, corresponding to 1.29 g of paste per 100 kg of body weight in a single administration. One syringe contains enough paste to treat orally a 600 kg horse at the recommended dose. Each mark on the graduated plunger of the syringe corresponds to the amount of paste sufficient to treat 100 kg of body weight.

Dispensing regime:

Prescription in triplicate copy

Anatomical group ATCvet:

QP - 54 - Endectocides

Administration:

Oral

Species:

Equidae intended for food production

Active substances:

NameConcentration

praziquantel + ivermectin

77.5 mg+15.5 mg/g

Withdrawal periods:

Meat: 30 days.
Do not use in lactating mares producing milk for human consumption.