Promectin® Plus

Promectin® Plus

Allwormer Paste for Horses

A broad spectrum wormer for the treatment of internal parasites including Tapeworms.

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Technical Information

Active Constituent(s)

  • 46.2 mg/g Praziquantel
  • 3.7 mg/g Abamectin
     

Indications

A broad spectrum wormer for the treatment of internal parasites including:

  • Tapeworms: Anoplocephala perfoliata, A. magna*, and Paranoplocephala mamillana* (adult and immature, heads and segments);
  • Large strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adults and arterial larval stages), S. edentatus (adults and tissue stages), S. equinus (adults) and Triodontophorus spp. (adults);
  • Small strongyles: including benzimidazole-resistant strains of (adult and immature) Cyathostomum spp., Cylicocyclus spp., Cylicostephanus spp., Cylicodontophorus spp., and Gyalocephalus spp.;
  • Pinworm: Oxyuris equi (adult and immature);
  • Ascarids: Parascaris equorum (adult and immature);
  • Hairworm: Trichostrongylus axei (adult);
  • Large-mouthed stomach worm: Habronema muscae* (adult);
  • Neck threadworm: Onchocerca spp.* (microfilariae);
  • Bots: Gasterophilus spp. (oral and gastric stages);
  • Lungworm: Dictyocaulus arnfieldi (adult and immature); and
  • Intestinal threadworm: Strongyloides westeri (adult).

*These parasites have not been recorded in New Zealand.

Dosage

Dose orally at the recommended rate of 0.2 mg/kg abamectin and 2.5 mg/kg praziquantel. Each weight marking on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient paste to treat 50 kg bodyweight. The contents of this syringe will treat a total of 600 kg bodyweight.
All horses should be included in a regular parasite control program, with particular attention paid to mares, foals and yearlings.
Consult a veterinarian for a control program to meet your needs.

Withholding Period(s)

Meat (Horses): Horses producing meat or offal for human consumption must not be sold for slaughter either during treatment or within 63 days of the last treatment. 

Product Codes

Size Code
32.4 g syringe 501765
60 x 32.4 g syringes bucket 504300