Large red worms: what care after worming

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A horse I fairly recently bought, and had already wormed a couple of months ago, has just had a fecal egg count done. It came back on the high side of medium (1200).

On vets advice I'm about to give a dose of Pramox.

The horse isn't in terrible condition, but is on the poor side of average. What I would like advice on, please, is if you'd recommend any gut supplements etc after the worming? Will these do any particular good for him, or am I just as well to simply keep to what he's usually fed and let him gradually come back into good health?

Thank you!
 
Following with interest as my connies worm count has just come back as 3200epg....

No signs other than being tucked up in the mornings. Wormed with equest today and if still no change will have bloods
 
Who did the worm count? I use Westgate normally but when he came back from loan and went to a yard that uses Intelligent Worming he had a worm count of 1600 ish I think and they gave us a really comprehensive plan of how to manage him worming and count wise and he was kept in isolation till it came right down in case he had resistant worms that might be spread to the other horses. Turns out he didnt, thank god! But I would expect anyone who does a worm count to advise you how to deal with any issues.

If I remember rightly he was wormed 2 or 3 times and had 4 or 5 counts down before he was clear
 
Just read the article in the link. He went on loan with a zero worm count and came back looking well and happy so we would never have know without a worm count. Hes remained at a zero worm count since, with only once yearly Pramox :)
 
Hello. I use Abbey Diagnostics. They're very helpful, (as is our vet!). Neither thinks there's any particular worry with my horse, just to get on top of it with Pramox and thenre-test in 4 to 6 weeks. But I just was wondering if there's anything extra that I could do which would help him move forwards? So supplements etc?
 
Someone asked a similar question on FB of Westgate after reading Coriander's case study (she recently registered 3150 epg, despite having been regularly counted and wormed with Equest, Pramox or Panacur 5 day Guard since November 2015.).

Q. Poor girl! Is there anything you would recommend feeding that would make the internal environment a little less hospitable for worms to thrive in? Obviously worm counts, programmed worming, poo picking etc is key but is there anything else that would help?

A. Hi, not really and although 3,000 sounds high and needs to be dealt with it's not horrendous. With good care and time we hope her immune system will mature to be able to cope better with a worm challenge.

Incidentally, Coriander had a resistance test done 2 weeks after the count of 3150 epg, which thankfully came in as <50 (no eggs seen). This is what came out in her droppings 24 hours after she was dosed with Equest after her high count.

 
Update: wormed my connie yesterday afternoon with equest and several types are coming out thick and fast today! Hopefully he will start to feel better soon :)
 
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