Promectin Worm & Bot Paste 20's
Composition: Abamectin 3.7 mg/g.
Description: Palatable oatmeal flavoured paste.
Actions: Will treat and control roundworms (including arterial larval stages of Strongylus vulgaris and benzimidazole resistant small strongyles), bots and skin lesions (summer sores) caused by Habronema and Draschia sp. and cutaneous onchocerciasis caused by microfilariae of Onchocerca sp. Abamectin and ivermectin act in a similar manner, causing hyperpolarisation of nerve and muscle cells in invertebrate parasites. The hyperpolarisation of the nerve and muscle cells causes paralysis and death of the parasites.
Indications: Treatment and control of gastrointestinal, cutaneous and pulmonary nematodes and bots in horses of all ages. Regular treatment will reduce the chances of verminous arteritis and colic caused by Strongylus vulgaris.
Controls the following parasites. Large strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adults and arterial larval stages), S. edentatus (adults and tissue stages), S. equinus (adults), and Triodontophorus sp. (adults). Small strongyles: including benzimidazole resistant strains (adult and immature) Cyathostomum, Cylicocylus, Cylicostephanus, Cylicodontophorus and Gyalocephalus sp. Pinworms: Oxyuris equi (adult and immature). Ascarids: Parascaris equorum (adult and immature). Hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei (adult). Large mouthed stomach worms: Habronema muscae (adult). Neck threadworms: Onchocerca sp. (microfilariae). Bots: Gasterophilus sp. (oral and gastric stages). Lungworms: Dictyocaulus arnfieldi (adult and immature). Intestinal threadworms: Strongyloides westeri (adult).
Also effectively controls skin lesions caused by Habronema and Draschia sp., cutaneous larvae (summer sores) and microfilariae of Onchocerca sp. (cutaneous onchocerciasis).
Adverse Reactions: Some animals have experienced skin reactions shortly after treatment with an ivermectin or abamectin worming product. This has usually been caused by a heavy infestation of Onchocerca microfilaria, and it is postulated that the reaction is due to large numbers of the microfilaria dying. Skin irritation usually subsides in a couple of days but symptomatic treatment may be required in severe cases.
Dosage and Administration Dose: Dose orally at the recommended rate of abamectin 0.2 mg/kg. Each weight marking on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient paste to treat 50 kg bodyweight. The contents of the syringe will treat a total of 600 kg bodyweight.
All horses should be included in a regular parasite program, with particular attention paid to mares, foals and yearlings. Because re-infection is common, treatment must be repeated routinely for effective control. Consult a veterinarian for a control program.
Pregnant mares should be treated four weeks prior to foaling, six to eight weeks after foaling and immediately prior to breeding. Foals should be treated from six to eight weeks of age. It is recommended to treat horses every six to twelve weeks, depending on the worm burden.
Abamectin has been demonstrated to be safe to use at up to twice the recommended dose in foals, pregnant mares and breeding stallions, and up to five times the recommended dose in adult horses. Administration. Turn the ring on the plunger to the appropriate bodyweight setting. Insert the syringe into the side of the horse's mouth, in the gap between the front and back teeth. Advance the plunger as far as it will go, depositing the paste on the rear of the tongue. Immediately raise the horse's head for a few seconds after dosing, to ensure the full dose has been swallowed.
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