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New SQP at
wormers-direct.co.uk
I am delighted to announce that my colleague Kelly Marie Rothery has
passed her qualification with regard to supplying horse and pet wormers. She
now joins me (Simon Wetherald) as an SQP.
SQP stands for Suitably
Qualified Person and means those personnel who
are registered with AMTRA and have passed the required
examinations may, therefore supply veterinary medicinal products
classified as POM-VPS and NFA-VPS from retail businesses with
premises that are registered to be able to hold and supply
veterinary medicinal products. Kelly has passed her equine
examination and has just sat anhd passed the companion module
which, means she is now also able to advise on and
supply NFA-VPS products for cats and dogs.
Kelly has put a
lot of effort into her studies and I am delighted to have her
beside me when we are dealing with your enquiries. She has
worked with me for nearly 3 years now and brings a wealth of
experience as she is an active horse owner and enthusiast.
The duties of an
SQP are varied and controlled by the VMD (Veterinary
Medicines Directorate) and as such require us to be
vigilant when we prescribe or supply your worming
requirements. It for such reason that we ask for many
particulars when you are ordering your worming products and
often take the time to remind you to keep updated with all the
product literature and instructions for use.
We take these
responsibilities very seriously and by doing so hope to give
you, the animal owners and keepers, the very best service along
with technical and common sense expertise. I have more years
than I can care to remember in the animal feed and health
business and Kelly has many years experience of animal husbandry
both with horses and her menagerie of cats and dogs so we hope
youth and experience will combine to enhance our service to you.
THE HAY BAR
available now from this site
FRONTLINE Available from wormers-direct.co.uk
NOW
EQUEST
(PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OUR EQUEST STOCKS ARE
FULLY LICENSED AND APPROVED FOR USE IN THE UK)
Suplijoint
Designed to maintain supple joints and freedom of movement in equines
Suplijoint has been formulated to bring together natural ingredients
which can relieve joint pain and stiffness. This potentially crippling
condition has three main causes, lack of lubrication, cartilage wear
and tear and inflammation. To properly treat or prevent the problem
occurring all three of these conditions should be dealt with.
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now with HA
Herbal Wormers
Herbal
products are now available using specific combinations of plants to
repel parasites. Products
available include Multi-Worm and Verm-X. There is no
scientific data about how effective these herbal preparations are in
combating worm burden so it is best to take expert advice before
relying on herbal products.
Wormer Resistance
Pfizer the
manufacturers of Strongid-P claim that resistance to macrocyclic
lactones such as ivermectin and moxidectin based products is reducing
the their efficacy against large roundworms (ASCARIDS - Parascaris equorum)
A trial took place
on a Dutch stud which demonstrated continued evidence of large redworm
eggs despite regular treatment with ivermectin and moxidectin.
Subsequent treatments of Strongid-P markedly reduced egg counts.
They concluded that
the most likely reason for the failure of macrocyclic lactones to
treat large redworms was that the trial horses had developed
resistance to these wormers
