WORMING YOUR HORSE & PONY

Pfizer and Westgate on Egg Counts
The worming experts at Pfizer Animal Health and Westgate Laboratories have combined their expertise to help horse owners understand why Faecal Worm Egg Counts (FWECs) are one of the most important tools to help with summer worm control.

Worming the Mare and Foal
When it comes to breeding, as horse owners and managers, we are all aware that worming is one area of horse care where it is essential to get the management right to give the foal the best start in life.

New Easy to use pellets from Verm-X
Horse owners will now find Verm-X even easier to use as the new packaging contains five individual sachets which provide natural control of intestinal hygiene and boost every-day health.

Your winter worming programme?
Winter’s dormant months mean that many horses won’t have access to grazing - the main route to a parasite burden. However this doesn’t mean your worm control programme should also be dormant.

Always the Natural approach for Susan George
uses Verm-X natural parasite control on many of the horses, excluding brood mares, recognising it is sympathetic to their digestive system and is a 100% herbal formulation.

Beware of Autumn Larval threat
Worming experts at Pfizer Animal Health are reminding horse owners of the importance of treating encysted small redworm larvae this autumn

Worms can kill warns vet practice
Tapeworm is very common in UK horses1,2 and can be implicated in a number of health-related problems in horses, ranging from loss of condition to diarrhoea and colic3.

Pfizer explain about Tape Worm
Tapeworm is very common in UK horses1,2 and can be implicated in a number of health-related problems in horses, ranging from loss of condition to diarrhoea and colic3.

Start the new year with a new worming regime
Whether you have one horse or ten, EQVALAN®’s SMART online planner helps you start the year right, keeping your worming routine on track.

Banish the bots this winter
Worming experts at Pfizer Animal Health are reminding horse owners of the importance of treating for bots this winter

Major Health Study to provide missing information
new study aims to help horse owners receive greater support from their vets when it comes to worm related disease and parasite control.

Take control of your horse’s worming regime
Do you get confused by the minefield of wormers? Are you worried about parasite resistance? Do you find it hard to manage your horse’s worming regime? If you have answered yes to any of the previous questions sign up now to EQVALAN®s SMART on-line worming planner and take control.

SMART worming offers free egg counts
Horse owners looking to take a more targeted approach to worming will have plenty of help in the coming months thanks to a SMART new campaign initiative from EQVALAN® manufacturer, Merial.

The question of resistance and rotation
Resistance is "the genetically transmitted loss of sensitivity in (parasite) populations previously sensitive to the same drug." i.e. strains of small redworm, previously controlled by fenbendazole, are no longer controlled by this drug.

Autumn Worming
it is in the autumn that attention needs to be turned once again to controlling tapeworm

The Great Worming debate
Why do we even bother to worm our horses? Hopefully, the answer is straightforward: to keep our horses healthy. However, for any animal owner, the decision as to which anthelmintic product to use is based upon a number of issues - including its efficacy, spectrum of worm species controlled, cost-efficacy, and worming programme simplicity.

Know the different types of worms..
Small redworms;now the most common worm found in horses. The life-cycle of the small redworm is from 6 weeks up to many months.

Spring Worming
Spring and rising temperatures sees the development of worm eggs. The objective of any worm control programme is to prevent worms completing their life cycle, whilst protecting the health of your horse. Helpful advice to aid your spring worming routine

New study finds moxidectin tough on worms not intestines
recent research has evaluated possible adverse effects upon the gut wall of small redworm-infected ponies wormed with fenbendazole and moxidectin. Find out more

Summer Worming
Helpful advice on what worms are active and how to treat them during the summer season

Worm control at Grass Roots
Pasture management is an essential part of any worm control programme, and plays a vital role in ensuring the health and well being of your horse. Most life cycles of equine parasites involve a period of development outside the horse and on the pasture

Worming foals
A live healthy foal requires considerable time, money and effort: an area of particular importance is that of worm control especially as foals have low resistance to parasites and can quickly acquire massive worm burdens that can be potentially fatal.

Equest and Equitape
The comprehensive, effective and simple worm control programme

The Hidden Dangers of the Small Redworm
The importance of controlling the small redworm threat is due to the ongoing and sometimes lethal damage that the small redworms can inflict on our horses.

Top tips on worm control
The focus of any worm control programme is to reduce pasture contamination by preventing the parasite completing its lifecycle through pasture management and worming.