Ivermectin is an antiparasitic agent effective in the treatment of onchocerciasis, or "river blindness". Since ivermectin acts to prevent the adult worm from producing microfilariae, it needs to be administered only once or twice a year.Ivermectin also called Ivomec, is a kind of medicine that has a good effect on mite disease treatment.

Ivermectin is white or light yellow crystalline powder and soluble in methyl alcohol, ester and aromatic hydrocarbon but water.Ivermectin is a kind of antibiotic medicine which has a driving and killing effect on nematodes, insects and mites. Injection and troche which are made from ivermectin are mainly used in the treatments of livestock’s gastrointestinal nematode, bovine hypodermosis, calf fly maggot, sheep nasal fly maggot, and scabies of sheep and pigs. Besides, ivermectin can also be available for the treatment of plant-parasitic nematodes(ascarid, lungworm) in poultry.