alsxx
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I have recently bought a weanling straight from stud, and he arrived in late January. Last worming history was panacur 5 day in December. When he arrived I did turn out straight away with companion as naturally didn't want to keep a baby on his own (they are kept at home). Worm counted a couple of weeks after arrival, along with my other horse, and results for both were less than 50 epg/No eggs seen - droppings for each were collected from their stables so definitely not a case of collecting the same horses poo for both samples.
During the spring weather that randomly appeared a couple of weeks back I started seeing pinworms in his droppings (fields poo picked daily). Spoke to the lab and recommendation was to double dose with Strongid P. He was riddled with roundworms! I was amazed to see so many yet his worm count didnt suggest this.
He is still passing bloomin pinworms though, and since he was wormed he has started scratching like crazy which he wasn't doing before hand, despite the present of pinworms. He is scratching his bottom but more so his chest, which he is rubbing very badly and has now broken the skin in a couple of places. I have spoken to the lab again and their suggestion is panacur 5 day in 3 weeks time.
To look at, he looks fabulous and you certainly would not think he had that worm burden, I'm incredibly surprised and despairing, not least as where he came from breeds county standard stock.
I will be having a chat with my vet next week, but can anyone share any knowledge or tips on getting rid of pin worms... !? I'm guessing that I'm still seeing them as they are still completing their life cycle I.e. laying their eggs and dieing, and have not been knocked on the head by the wormer. Of course with him being so young I'm wary of the anthelmintec use too.
Also, any thoughts on the scratching? I wondered about lice, but he's only started scratching since he was wormed.
During the spring weather that randomly appeared a couple of weeks back I started seeing pinworms in his droppings (fields poo picked daily). Spoke to the lab and recommendation was to double dose with Strongid P. He was riddled with roundworms! I was amazed to see so many yet his worm count didnt suggest this.
He is still passing bloomin pinworms though, and since he was wormed he has started scratching like crazy which he wasn't doing before hand, despite the present of pinworms. He is scratching his bottom but more so his chest, which he is rubbing very badly and has now broken the skin in a couple of places. I have spoken to the lab again and their suggestion is panacur 5 day in 3 weeks time.
To look at, he looks fabulous and you certainly would not think he had that worm burden, I'm incredibly surprised and despairing, not least as where he came from breeds county standard stock.
I will be having a chat with my vet next week, but can anyone share any knowledge or tips on getting rid of pin worms... !? I'm guessing that I'm still seeing them as they are still completing their life cycle I.e. laying their eggs and dieing, and have not been knocked on the head by the wormer. Of course with him being so young I'm wary of the anthelmintec use too.
Also, any thoughts on the scratching? I wondered about lice, but he's only started scratching since he was wormed.