Another worm count question - sorry please read

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Right i know there are alot of these posts out there but they dont seem to answer my questions!!

I had a worm count done in January on Ty and Inky, both came back <50.

I always worm in March and September for tapeworm using Equimax, Febuary and october/November for ESR using Panacur guard 5 day plan, and Equimax again Dec for Bots.

I dont want to give them any other wormers if i can help it as im trying to reduce the amount of chemicals etc so would like to rely on worm counts. I know the counts dont cover the above worms thus i worm as above.

They were last wormed March with Equimax and they are the only two ponies that graze my fields and i regulally poo pick.

Now the question is at what times of the year should i get worm counts done??? And how many a year should i do???
 
Worm counts should be done at 13 week intervals - ideally just before you worm so you can tailor your worming accordingly. My yard are wormed for tapeworm autumn and spring. They are also done over the winter for bots. I worm count just before I worm to deceide what product to use i.e. if the cam back with a worm count before the spring worming, I'd worm with Equest Promax to tackle tapes as well as the usual suspects.
I run my worming programme with Abbey Diagnostics. You should give them a call to talk it through as they are very helful
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Now the question is at what times of the year should i get worm counts done??? And how many a year should i do???

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The times of worm counts are dependent on a number of things - what wormer you gave them last (for example, Equest 'lasts' for 13 weeks so you should worm count them towards the end of the 12th week, Strongid is every 8 weeks, so you should worm at the end of the 7th week), what your previous worm count was (if high, you may want to worm count and/or worm more frequently), the age of your horses (younger horses being more susceptible), your paddock management (if a 'wormy' field that isn't poo picked), etc.
Generally, though, I'd worm count a week before I'd worm.
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I last wormed on 16.3.08 with Equimax for tapeworm so i dont think i can do another count for at least 2 weeks for this wormer. Ponios are 2 and 6 and both counts came back <50 earlier this year. I was thinking of worm counting them in about two weeks then not again till Sept time ( if the counts came back fine! ) would this be enough???
 
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I last wormed on 16.3.08 with Equimax for tapeworm so i dont think i can do another count for at least 2 weeks for this wormer. Ponios are 2 and 6 and both counts came back <50 earlier this year. I was thinking of worm counting them in about two weeks then not again till Sept time ( if the counts came back fine! ) would this be enough???

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Tbh, only you can decide....normally this would be fine...but if you've turned them out on 'dirty' grazing or whatever, then you may suspect they have more of a worm burden.
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