strategic worming
Targeted Worm Control Equine parasites to test or treat for; a veterinary approved programme for healthy adult horses
Test routinely; Treat if required D
Treat routinely
A veterinary view
worm count x 4 a year
EquiSal test x 2 a year F
Test only if necessary; Treat if required W
1 x winter wormer Treat if required O Carolyn Cummins
wet grazing with sheep test December-May
SPRING SUMMER
AUTUMN WINTER
grazing with donkeys test May-September
Worm egg count for redworm and ascarids
Worm egg count for redworm and ascarids
Worm egg count for redworm and ascarids
Worm for possible encysted redworm, resistance test to check drug efficacy
Test kits and FREE worming advice all available from your friendly team of SQPs at Westgate Labs backed by our veterinary approved advice. Contact us today:
www.westgatelabs.co.uk | 01670 791994 |
info@westgatelabs.co.uk | social Westgate Laboratories | Middle Stobswood, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3AZ
decide whether to worm or not. Alternatively you can ask an SQP, vet or pharmacist for advice, who will want to discuss your horse’s test results in the context of worming history and general health, and can then advise on an appropriate wormer to use if this is required. Westgate Laboratories has a friendly, knowledgeable team of SQP’s and the follow-up advice is included free of charge in the worm counts and testing service.
Good pasture management and
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animal husbandry techniques will also help to reduce your horse’s worm burden: • If possible keep horses with the same grazing companions, not constantly changing groups.
• Poo-pick as much as you can, at least twice a week to keep parasite levels down.
• Keep stables, buckets and communal areas clean. Disinfect from time to time.
• Rest and rotate grazing and don’t overcrowd fields.
• Cross graze pasture with other Equine Page 21 species, for example sheep.
• Keep new horses separate until tested and treated accordingly.
• Don’t worm and move; after worming ensure horses stay on the same pasture for a few days to help slow down resistance.
• When first starting to use a targeted worming programme all horses should be tested, at a point when worming is due or slightly overdue, so as to get a true result.
Saliva test for tapeworm
rubbing tail head sellotape test
bot eggs on hair 1 x winter wormer
Carolyn Cummins MVB Phd MRCVS, consultant vet to Westgate
Laboratories, gives her view on the importance of good parasite control:
Saliva test for tapeworm
Why do you think good worm control is important? Working as a first opinion equine vet I see a wide and varied caseload. Every year this includes horses that are suffering from a severe worm burden. In some circumstances this is due to neglect or other underlying illnesses. More worryingly, in others, these are horses with owners who believe that they are worming their horses appropriately.
In these horses problems can arise from worming at the wrong times of year, not using the appropriate wormer, under-dosing, or overuse of a particular wormer leading to resistance so that the drugs we have are no longer effective against the parasites that are a threat to horse health.
A horse suffering with a severe worm burden can go from an apparently healthy horse to a severely ill one in a very short space of time, hence the importance of a regular testing regime.
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