（商品説明）

（イベルメクチン系1.87g/100g)系馬専用の線虫（大円虫、小円虫、馬回虫）駆虫剤。

大円虫のなかでも動脈瘤を起こしやすく、激しい痛みの原因となる普通円虫の幼虫駆除も可能。

シリンジに入った製剤（ペースト剤）なので投薬が簡単です。

在庫保有不可能商品ですので、都度取り寄せ発送となりますので、お手元に届くまで１４日～２０日ほどかかります。

（ヨ－ロッパ製）

（使用法）

１回体重１kgあたりイベルメクチンとして10.7mgを目安に経口投与。

具体的には600kgの馬対象に１本を使用。

*容器内には600kgの馬一等分に相当する量のペーストが充填してあるため、容器に付されている目盛りにより必要量を投与することが可能です。

リングを1/4回転して緩めてスライドさせリングの外筒側を馬の体重に相当する目盛りに合わせて1/4逆回転し固定します。

馬の口中に飼料がないことを確認した後、キャップを外し容器を歯と歯の間（切歯と前臼歯の間）に挿入し、舌上にペーストを押し出した後、馬の頭を数秒間、確実に持ち上げ体内に流し込みます。

（使用上の注意）

・本剤は劇薬であるため、取り扱いには十分注意し、他の医薬品や食品、飼料とは区別し、小児の手の届かない所に保管して下さい。

・直射日光、高温多湿を避け保管して下さい。

・本剤は魚及び水棲動物に何らかの生態系影響を与える可能性も示唆されていますので、地方公共団体条例に従い残った薬剤、容器を廃棄処分して下さい。

・誤って本剤を飲み込んだ場合は直ちに医師の診察を受けて下さい。

・飲食、喫煙しながらの投与はお止め下さい。

・使用後は必ずしっかり手を荒い、誤って目などに入ってしまった場合は水洗いし、本剤を皮膚や粘膜から消去して下さい。

・馬、人間問わず何らかの副作用や異常症例が見られた場合は獣医師または医師の診察を受けて下さい。

（使用期限）

ご注文時より最低１年以上有効

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Eqvalan Horse Wormer Paste

Description

Target species

Horses and donkeys.

Indications for use

The product is indicated for the treatment of roundworm infestations in horses and donkeys.

Contra-indications

The product has been formulated for use in horses and donkeys only. Dogs and cats may be adversely affected by the concentration of ivermectin in this product if they are allowed to ingest spilled paste or have access to used syringes.

Special warnings for each target species

Care should be taken to avoid the following practices because they increase the risk of development of resistance and could ultimately result in ineffective therapy:

- Too frequent and repeated use of anthelmintics from the same class, over an extended period of time.

- Underdosing, which may be due to underestimation of body weight, misadministration of the product, or lack of calibration of the dosing device.

Suspected clinical cases of resistance to anthelmintics should be further investigated using appropriate tests (e.g. Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test). Where the results of the test(s) strongly suggest resistance to a particular anthelmintic, an anthelmintic belonging to another pharmacological class and having a different mode of action should be used.

Resistance to macrocyclic lactones (which includes ivermectin) has been reported in Parascaris equorum in horses in a number of countries within the EU. Therefore, the use of this product should be based on local (regional, farm) epidemiological information about susceptibility of gastrointestinal nematodes and recommendations on how to limit further selection for resistance to anthelmintics.

Special precautions for use in animals

No special precautions are required.

Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the product

Do not smoke, eat or drink while handling the product. Wash hands after use. This product may cause skin and eye irritation. Therefore, the user should avoid contact of the product with the skin and the eyes. In the case of contact, rinse immediately with plenty of water. In the case of accidental ingestion or eye irritation after contact seek medical advice immediately and show the package insert or the label to the physician.

Adverse reactions

Some horses carrying heavy infection of Onchocerca microfilariae have experienced oedema and pruritus following dosing, assumed to be the result of death of large numbers of microfilariae. These signs resolve within a few days but symptomatic treatment may be advisable.

Use during pregnancy, lactation or lay

Horses and donkeys of all ages, including pregnant mares and breeding stallions, have been treated with no adverse effect.

Interactions

The product has been used in conjunction with other equine health care products and no interactions have been identified.

Amounts to be administered and administration route

Administer orally to both horses and donkeys at the recommended dose level of 0.2 mg ivermectin per kilogram of bodyweight. Each syringe delivers 120 mg ivermectin, sufficient to treat 600 kg of bodyweight.

To ensure administration of a correct dose, body weight should be determined as accurately as possible; accuracy of the dosing device should be checked.

Dosing instructions

Each weight marking on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient paste to treat 100 kg bodyweight. Unlock the knurled ring by making a ¼ turn and slide the knurled ring up the plunger shaft so that the side nearest the barrel is at the prescribed weight marking. Turn the knurled ring ¼ turn to lock in place. Remove the plastic cap from the tip of the nozzle. Make sure the horse’s mouth contains no feed. Insert the syringe into the horse’s mouth at the interdental space. Advance the plunger as far as it will go, depositing the medication on the base of the tongue.

Parasite control program

All horses and donkeys should be included in a regular parasite control program, with particular attention being paid to mares, foals and yearlings. Foals should be treated initially at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and routine treatment repeated as appropriate.

The product is highly effective against gastrointestinal, cutaneous and pulmonary nematodes and bots of horses. Regular treatment will reduce the chances of verminous arteritis and colic caused by Strongylus vulgaris. With its broad spectrum, the product is well suited to be the major medication in parasite control programs and the major component in a rotational program.

Overdose

Mild transitory signs (slowed pupillary light response and depression) have been seen at a dose of 1.8 mg/kg (9 times the recommended dose level). Other signs seen at higher doses include mydriasis, ataxia, tremors, stupor, coma and death. The less severe signs have been transitory. No antidote has been identified; however, symptomatic therapy may be beneficial.

Withdrawal periods

Donkeys – meat: 21 days

Horses – meat: 21 days

Eqvalan contains Ivermectin and is effective against most common worms except tapeworm and encysted small redworms. It treats lungworm in horses and donkeys. A dose for Bots is best given after a hard frost has killed the last bot flies ie around Christmas.

CAN BE USED FOR DONKEYS.

Eqvalan and Eqvalan Duo treat more species of stages of parasite than any other spring & autumn and summer & winter wormers respectively.

Do not use in sick or neglected horses.

Suitable for foals from six weeks of age, no adverse effects reported in pregnant mares, donkeys or breeding stallions.

Dosing needs to be repeated every 8 - 10 weeks.

Eqvalan is not available as granules.

If tapeworm cover is needed Eqvalan Duo, Pramox, or if you do not wish to give a single dose wormer a 'double dose wormer' may be given at the beginning and end of the grazing season. In addition Panacur Guard or Equest may be given ideally in

November for encycsted small redworms.

One tube treats 600kg

For additional tapeworm coverage use Eqvalan Duo from 2 months of age.

Worming Stragedy

ming Strategy:* Determinethe worm burden of each horse to identify those needing treatment.

* Consider treating only those horses with a faecal worm egg count (WEC).

* In most groups, approximately 80% of the worm burden is carried by 20% of the horses.

* Each new horse should be wormed and quarantined for 24-48 hours before being turned out into pasture.

* Always use an accurate dose based on the horse's weight.  This can be done by using a calibrated weigh tape.

* Know the optimal time to treat key parasites.

* Horses from the same pasture should be treated individually, according to their worm count.