Horse worming tips for efective equine worm control

Horse Worming Tips

YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT YOUR HORSES HEALTH PLEASE CONSULT YOUR VET

Never feed a horse direct from the stable floor where the environment may be contaminated.
Always read the packaging and follow the instructions.
Horses which are too thin or prone to colic should be examined by a veterinary surgeon prior to treatment. Pregnant or lactating mares should NOT be treated with Equest Pramox. Eqvalan Duo should NOT be used during first 3 months of gestation. Equitape should NOT be used on pregnant mares or foals without veterinary or expert advice. Equest Pramox must NOT be used on foals less than 26 weeks of age. Equest must NOT be used on foals less than 16 weeks of age.
Pyrantel Embonate based Wormers should not be used on debilitated horses.
When worming give your horse a treat so that he remembers worming in a positive light.
Never underdose as this could lead to resistance.
Do not over stock pasture which can force animals top graze where the worm count is high.
Given enough room to graze horses will develop their own grazing and toilet areas know as lawns and troughs
Rest your pastures if possible for six months or so as frost and sun may help to reduce parasite burden.
Keep your stable and feeding environment clean and hygienic by using a good disinfectant.
Worm all horses that are on the same yard on the same day with the same active ingredient.
Worm all newcomers to your yard and stable them for 24 hours before allowing them on the pastures.
If horses are moved to clean pastures worm them 48 hours before the move to prevent the spread of infection.
EQUITAPE In order to limit pasture excretion of the product and its metabolites, horses should remain stabled for 2 days after treatment
EQUEST PRAMOX In order to limit the impact of moxidectin on dung fauna, and due to insufficient data regarding environmental risk of praziquantel, horses should not be turned out onto pasture within 3 days of treatment.
Try to graze young horses away from older horses as the younger horses carry the biggest worm burden and as such are responsible for the majority of pasture contamination.
Try to pick droppings up as often as possible twice weekly is ideal but weekly will help.
Get friendly with a local farmer and let him graze sheep on your horse paddocks as they are great vacuum cleaners and the horse specificparasites they ingest will not survive.
Keep accurate records of your worming procedures in a animal medicines book.
If you suspect a resistance to benzimidazole based wormers consult your vet and arrange a faecal egg count.
Know the weight of your horse to ensure it gets the correct dose.
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Inside every pack or on the packaging of licensed worming products for cat dogs and equines as well as topical applications for flea and tick control are exhaustive instructions on use and a list of contra-indications and warnings on correct usage. If you have not used such products previously you must read these details and we recommend that even if you are familiar with such products you should re acquaint your selves periodically on the advice given.