Equimax wormer

[UKa]

Does anyone know how soon after administering Equimax you need to do the next worming? THing is I had worked out a routine this year with ivermectin as ingredient (starting with Equimax in September to control tapeworm then giving Eraquell, its sister product in the winter) but now someone said I would not need to worm again until the spring - sounds a bit long but is this true? Tried to search for product description but have not been lucky in this respect. Thanks,

 

[Theresa_F]

Eraquell - the twin product which kills worm apart from tapeworm is every 8 - 10 weeks. I believe Equimax has all that Eraquell has plus tapework control.

I used Equimax on my two start of September for tapeworm as Chancer had a low worm count in June. Their worm count when we changed over to winter fields mid November was clear - but I do poo pick regularly.

She may be confusing you with tape worm control - some people worm for this at the start and end of the grazing season, hence not needing to use it again until the spring.

 

[lilym]

equimax is an 8-10 week interval. do remember, however, you will still need to do an encysted small redworm treatment such as equest or 5 day guard as equimax is not licenced to do these, the advertising is a little bit naughty on this subject.

 

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equimax is an 8-10 week interval. do remember, however, you will still need to do an encysted small redworm treatment such as equest or 5 day guard as equimax is not licenced to do these, the advertising is a little bit naughty on this subject.

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very naughty! they claim it kills everything and it's not till you read the very tiny small print it says that it doesn't do encysted redworms - bad bad advertising.

 

[UKa]

I know - and I am still on a learning curve re worming this used to always be organised by someone else in the past ... I did do the Panacur 5 day course though as well because I read that this and Equest are the only ones for the encysted type - seems like I have got things more or less right

 

[BethH]

Am an equest fan, they now have a new version out which also combines equitape can't remember what it is called. You would give an Equest every 13 weeks plus Equitape start and end of grazing, or 2 Equest and 2 of the new combined EquestDuo at start and end of grazing covers everything and is far more cost effective

 

[Gillb]

It sounds as though you are doing quite well at finding your way through the worming maze!

An even better and more cost effective worming programme, if suitable for your situation, is 1 Equest pramox and three worm counts during the year. If your counts are clear or low no need to worm. If they are not you will at least know and be able to give suitable wormers, leading to a future of clear counts when the problem is dealt with.