Help with worming when there's a donkey on site.

[SilverCloud]

Hi, I'm a new member. I've got a 17hh IDXTB Gelding. Just moved to a new yard which has, a donkey and I'm not sure how to worm for the winter. Spoke to my vet who said Panacur equine guard would be a good option as it would cover lungworm risk from the donkey. Just looked it up and Panacur doesn't seem to cover tapeworm or bots so do I need to worm separately for that? and if so, what do people recommend? Where I was before I used a combination of equest / equest pramox and worm counting over the course of the year. Thanks in advance for any help xxxx

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Bots are flies not worms so you can't worm count for those.

Panacur Guard will do the encysted redworm so that's a good wormer for winter.

Ivermectin wormers (eg equvalan, furexel, vectin, to name a few) will kill bots. I was always told Easter, mid-summer and Christmas was the time to worm for bots, but I guess its not the end of the world if you miss a go because you've wormed with something else instead. We can't be constantly throwing drugs down their throats can we.

Tapeworm there is a test for, blood test or saliva test I think. If you need to worm I was always told spring and autumn for tapeworms. Praziquantal works (eg equitape) or double dose pyrantal (eg strongid-p, pyratape).

Equimax contains praziquantal and ivermectin, so would do for Bots and tapeworm.