Milbemycin oxime is a macrocyclic lactone and has broad-spectrum anti-parasitic activity. Milbemycin oxime is composed of milbemycins A4 and A3. Milbemycin oxime binds glutamate-gated chloride channels. Milbemycin oxime is against intestinal nematodes, pulmonary and cardiac helminths.

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