Equimax Oral Gel for Horses

Summary of Product characteristics

                                Revised: January 2013
AN: 01009/2012
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Equimax Oral Gel for Horses
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each gram of Equimax contains
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Ivermectin .........................................................
18.7 mg
Praziquantel ......................................................
140.3 mg
EXCIPIENTS
Titanium dioxide (E171)....................................
20 mg
Propylene glycol ...............................................
731 mg
For a full list of excipents, see section 6.1
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral gel.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
TARGET SPECIES
Horses.
4.2
INDICATIONS FOR USE, SPECIFYING THE TARGET SPECIES
For the treatment of mixed cestode and nematode or arthropod
infestations,
due to adult and immature roundworms, lungworms, bots and tapeworms in
horses:

NEMATODES
Large-strongyle:
_Strongylus vulgaris _(adult and arterial larvae)
_Strongylus edentatus _(adult and L4 tissue larval stages)
_Strongylus equinus _(adult)
_Triodontophorus _spp._ _(adult)
Small-strongyle:
Cyathostomum_: _
_Cylicocyclus _
spp._, _
_Cylicostephanus _
spp.,_ _
_Cylicodontophorus _
spp.,_ _
_Gyalocephalus _
spp.
(adult
and
non-inhibited
mucosal larvae).
Parascaris: _Parascaris equorum _(adult and larvae)_._
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Oxyuris: _Oxyuris equi _(larvae)_._
Trichostrongylus:_Trichostrongylus axei _(adult)_._
Strongyloides: _Strongyloides westeri _(adult).
Habronema: _Habronema _spp_. (_adult_), _
Onchocerca: _Onchocerca _spp_._ microfilariae i.e. cutaneous
onchocerciasis
Lungworm: _Dictyocaulus arnfieldi _(adult and larvae).

CESTODES
(Tapeworm):
_Anoplocephala _
_perfoliata, _
_Anoplocephala _
_magna, Paranoplocephala mamillana._

DIPTERAN INSECTS:_ Gasterophilus _spp. (larvae)
As tapeworm infestation is unlikely to occur in horses before two
months of
age, treatment of foals below this age is not considered necessary.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Do not use in foals under 2 weeks
                                
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