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Location: Texas | Say you got a horse in that you know hasn't been wormed in atleast a year, you don't know what the horse was wormed with previously, but you know up until the last year it had been maintained it's whole life. What kind of wormer would you go with? The horse is extremely healthy, zero signs of worms.. Is this something you would consult with your vet about? Can the wrong type of wormer hurt a horse? |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Go have a fecal done and see where you stand. We usually start out with Ivermectin and then PowerPac a couple of weeks later, then follow up with Quest Plus. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | You can't go by what the look like on the outside. We just bought a mare two months ago. She is 15.2 1395 # brick house. Every one who sees her loves how stout and muscular and healthy looking she is! After her being home for about two weeks I noticed she was pooping large adult strongiles!! Powerpacked her! We also had one that was just gangly looking, ribby and poor hair coat, though he was loaded worms, nope, he was minimal! Always run a fecal to know what kind of worms and how much they are carrying.then choose your wormer from there.
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| Do not worm unless you have done a fecal. Once you have one done, they will tell you what kind of worms she has (if she has any at all), and then you use whatever wormer kills those particular worms. Worming on the two month schedule is so outdated and only allows for worms to build up resistance to it. |
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  Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | If you know the horse hasn't been wormed in a year, worm with ivermectin now and do the fecal afterward if you must. Fecals do NOT tell you what kind of parasite load they have except for a couple of types. Tapeworms to not show up on fecals. Bots do not show up on fecals. Encysted strongyles don't show up on fecals. To me they are nearly worthless. After worming with ivermectin, follow in a couple of weeks with QuestPlus. Right now is the right time to worm for bots, tapes and you may as well get encysted strongyles too. Along with those the parasites that do shed eggs will be covered. |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| If the horse hasn't been wormed in a long time I wouldn't use a very powerful wormer on her. If you hit her to hard it could cause problems with a bunch of worms coming out at once. I would worm her with strongid paste followed in two weeks by a power pack or an ivermectin. |
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| OregonBR - 2015-11-18 11:34 AM If you know the horse hasn't been wormed in a year, worm with ivermectin now and do the fecal afterward if you must. Fecals do NOT tell you what kind of parasite load they have except for a couple of types. Tapeworms to not show up on fecals. Bots do not show up on fecals. Encysted strongyles don't show up on fecals. To me they are nearly worthless. After worming with ivermectin, follow in a couple of weeks with QuestPlus. Right now is the right time to worm for bots, tapes and you may as well get encysted strongyles too. Along with those the parasites that do shed eggs will be covered.
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Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | You guys do know that power packs are not effective against tapeworms or bots? If you don't like Q+, get a combination wormer. These include combinations of moxidectin and praziquantel (the latter kills tapeworms), marketed as Quest Plus and ComboCare; combinations of ivermectin and praziquantel marketed as Zimecterin Gold or Equimax Paste; and pyrantel pamoate paste.
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