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Location: MN | How often do you worm your weanlings? What do you use and when? I'm curious because it was suggested to me that I keep my weanling on a daily wormer throughout the winter. Your thoughts?
Edited by Kay-DRacing. 2017-09-27 11:49 AM
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Location: South Georgia | A vet told me to worm weanlings monthly on a rotation until they reach a year old. |
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Location: MN | horsegirl - 2017-09-27 11:41 AM A vet told me to worm weanlings monthly on a rotation until they reach a year old.
A rotation as in Pyrante, Fenbendazole/Oxibendazole, & Ivermectin according to their weight, correct? |
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Location: South Georgia | Yeppers.
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| Use the KISS system ...
Worm your mare 2 weeks prior to birthing so when baby eats some
of her poop within 24 hours to start his good gut action ... he does
not get a load of round worm eggs ...
At 5-6 months old .. give a whole tube of the P word round worm
de-wormer .. (at this age .. 99% are round worms)
30 days later give a double dose of ivermectin and continue this
in 60 day intervals ... (by this time bot larvae have had time to
enter his system)
I do Quest on New Years week and it is good for 90 days and gets
every thing ....
at Easter I start my Ivermectin program
AND ... on the
following Holidays ...
JULY 4TH
LABOR DAY
HALLOWEEN
(NOTE: these holidays are all 60 days apart)
then it is time to start all over
with QUEST ON NEW YEAR WEEK
This is the worming schedule for everyone at my barn .
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2017-09-28 4:28 AM
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Location: MN | BARRELHORSEUSA - QUESTIONS!
At 5-6 months old .. give a whole tube of the P word round worm
de-wormer .. (at this age .. 99% are round worms) An entire tube as in 1200lbs worth?!
30 days later give a double dose of ivermectin and continue this
in 60 day intervals ... (by this time bot larvae have had time to
enter his system) Again, a double dose as in double HIS weight at the time or 2 entire tubes? Maybe I'm thinking too much....
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I do mine with a boticide (moxidectin or ivermectin) in the fall and then I start them on Strongid 2X daily pellet and keep them on it through the winter. In early spring I deworm again with a boticide (whatever one I didn't use in the fall) before turn them out in a big pasture for the summer. This has worked for me for years. |
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Location: MN | rockinas - 2017-09-28 9:52 AM I do mine with a boticide (moxidectin or ivermectin) in the fall and then I start them on Strongid 2X daily pellet and keep them on it through the winter. In early spring I deworm again with a boticide (whatever one I didn't use in the fall) before turn them out in a big pasture for the summer. This has worked for me for years.
Thank you! It sounds like this is what they do as well. I'm maily worried about "over worming". Do you stop the pellet for a couple of weeks before you use the paste? Going by the weight of the foal, correct? Sorry for all of the questions. I just want to make sure im doing it correct! |
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| Kay-DRacing. - 2017-09-28 8:56 AM
BARRELHORSEUSA - QUESTIONS!
At 5-6 months old .. give a whole tube of the P word round worm
de-wormer .. (at this age .. 99% are round worms) An entire tube as in 1200lbs worth?!
30 days later give a double dose of ivermectin and continue this
in 60 day intervals ... (by this time bot larvae have had time to
enter his system) Again, a double dose as in double HIS weight at the time or 2 entire tubes? Maybe I'm thinking too much....
Entire tube at weaning ...
you want to make a sure kill and not a maybeso worming
it takes about a 100 tubes to even think about overdosing ..
Double dosing equals by weight ....
you know babies are going to do more spitting and owners
are going to squirt more on the ground ... lol
I also worm before feeding ... or give them a little feed after worming ..
makes more slobbers so they get the entire amount down where
the worms are .. lol
For whatever reason they don't get a full killing dose ...
you don't want some to survive and become immune to the
wormer ... so load'em up and make your worm kill count!!
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2017-09-28 1:09 PM
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Location: MN | Thank you! I guess it just feel's odd to me knowing that I'll be giving a 5 month old colt an entire 1200lbs worth of wormer haha. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Kay-DRacing. - 2017-09-28 10:38 AM rockinas - 2017-09-28 9:52 AM I do mine with a boticide (moxidectin or ivermectin) in the fall and then I start them on Strongid 2X daily pellet and keep them on it through the winter. In early spring I deworm again with a boticide (whatever one I didn't use in the fall) before turn them out in a big pasture for the summer. This has worked for me for years. Thank you! It sounds like this is what they do as well. I'm maily worried about "over worming". Do you stop the pellet for a couple of weeks before you use the paste? Going by the weight of the foal, correct? Sorry for all of the questions. I just want to make sure im doing it correct!
I live up north and have access to big pastures, which we rotational graze with cattle. My parasite load on spring/summer/fall pasture is less than what it would be on a drylot situation, or a small paddock situation where there's horses in them all the time. You just have to do what's best for your situation but this is what works best for us. 
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| Mocidectin is bad for young horses. My vets say not to risk giving it until at least a year old, maybe even 2.  |
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Location: MN | rockinas - 2017-09-28 5:48 PM Kay-DRacing. - 2017-09-28 10:38 AM rockinas - 2017-09-28 9:52 AM I do mine with a boticide (moxidectin or ivermectin) in the fall and then I start them on Strongid 2X daily pellet and keep them on it through the winter. In early spring I deworm again with a boticide (whatever one I didn't use in the fall) before turn them out in a big pasture for the summer. This has worked for me for years. Thank you! It sounds like this is what they do as well. I'm maily worried about "over worming". Do you stop the pellet for a couple of weeks before you use the paste? Going by the weight of the foal, correct? Sorry for all of the questions. I just want to make sure im doing it correct!
I live up north and have access to big pastures, which we rotational graze with cattle. My parasite load on spring/summer/fall pasture is less than what it would be on a drylot situation, or a small paddock situation where there's horses in them all the time. You just have to do what's best for your situation but this is what works best for us.
I live in Northern MN so it sounds like we are in similar conditions. Unfortunately, I dont have access to rotational grazing at this time but hope to in the next couple of years. They are in a small pasture with not much grass but access to grass hay 24/7. It almost sounds easiest to do the daily wormer! This is my first young colt like this and he's making me feel like I dont know didley squat! LOL and I've owned horses my entire life  |
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Location: Here | I use the same schedule as the adult horses.
Daily is great if you have them penned up and they are exposed to more manure than in a pasture |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | RoaniePonie11 - 2017-09-29 8:45 AM Mocidectin is bad for young horses. My vets say not to risk giving it until at least a year old, maybe even 2.
It's a matter of opinion. My vet says it is only bad if you overdose it. I don't overdose it and have used it on all of my young horses ever since it first came on the market many years ago.
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