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1.Do not overstock your pasture.
2.Rest your pasture for six
months if possible - frosts and hot sun kill larvae
on the pasture.
3.Other animals - sheep,
goats and cows are not usually affected by the same
worms as horses - so if they graze on the same pasture
then contamination can be reduced.
4.Make sure your horse always has enough to eat and do not feed him directly
off the stable floor.
5.Worm all horses in the same field on the same day with the same wormer.
6. New horses should be wormed
and stabled for 48 hours before letting out into
the field of resident horses.
7. Pick up droppings in the field weekly.
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Types of worms
found in horses are Large Redworms, Small Redworms, Large
Roundworms,
Pinworms/Seatworms, Bots, Stomach Hairworms and Tapeworms. No one wormer product
will kill all types of worms so an effective worming program is needed to control
all worms.
Routine wormer: January - March, May - September
Tapeworm: April, October
Encysted redworm: November
Bot worming: December
Wormers are divided into four different chemical groups:
1. Macrocyctic lactones (Ivermectins and milbemycins),
Eqvalan, Furexel, Equest, Eraquell, Panomec, Bimectin, Noromectin, Vectin, Eqvalan Duo and Equimax
2. Benzimidazoles, Panacur
(fenbendazole) Telmin (mebendazole)
3. Pyrantel Embonates, Strongid P, Pyratape, Exodus and Embotape
4. Praziquantel, Equimax, Eqvalan Duo and Equitape
Macrocyctic lactones treat bots, small redworms, large redworms and lungworms.
Benzimidazoles treat roundworms, large redworms and small
redworms.
Pyrantel Embonates treat large roundworms, large redworms,
small redworms, seatworms/pinworms and tapeworms (all
species).
Praziquantels treat all three species of tapeworm
NB: only Panacur Equine Guard and Equest are licenced for the treatment of
encysted L4 cyathostones (small redworms).
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