Posted 2014-07-18 1:50 PM Subject: Power packs Vs. Quest
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Does anyone do power packs anymore for horses that are super wormy? Got one in and I'm not sure if I should power pack or just buy some quest. Thoughts?
Posted 2014-07-18 2:44 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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You shouldn't do Powerpacs on horses who are "super wormy". The kill off creates toxins from the dying worms which can cause colic or founder the horse. The protocol is to dose them with something less powerful a couple of times, then Powerpac to get anything that couldn't be killed after the first rounds of dewormer.
Posted 2014-07-18 3:02 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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Tilt The Kilt - 2014-07-18 2:44 PM You shouldn't do Powerpacs on horses who are "super wormy". The kill off creates toxins from the dying worms which can cause colic or founder the horse. The protocol is to dose them with something less powerful a couple of times, then Powerpac to get anything that couldn't be killed after the first rounds of dewormer.
Posted 2014-07-18 3:05 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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I've known a few people that lost horses from doing a power pac and Quest on horses that were overloaded with worms. You have to start with a milder wormer.
Posted 2014-07-18 3:30 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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Posts: 11511 Location: 31 lengths farms
My mare was diagnosed about 7 years ago with a blood worm overload...the protocol I was given was a power pac deworming, wait I think it was a week ???and then Quest for 5 days, wait a week and give a dose of Quest Plus. Thank goodness I work for a vet pharmacy supply place or couldn't have afforded to do it.
Posted 2014-07-18 3:52 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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this horse has been wormed with ivermectin (just whatever generic was at the coop) two weeks ago and two weeks b4 that he had a ivermectin/praziquantel but he still tested very positive on a fecal.
Posted 2014-07-18 6:50 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
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Posts: 1820 Location: Oklahoma
Quest lasts 80 days. I would be VERY cautious building drug levels in the horse's system to the level that 5 doses in a week would do - that would be toxic to most horses. I do not know any colleague who would recommend even dosing twice one week apart.
What parasite did the horse still have when the fecal was done? That would tell you which dewormer to choose.
Posted 2014-07-18 7:11 PM Subject: RE: Power packs Vs. Quest
Balance Beam and more...
Posts: 11511 Location: 31 lengths farms
It was not a protocol he or I took lightly...he told me up front it could be dangerous but also had done it with a several other horses that were chronically loaded with worms even after dewormings.
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