Newbie looking for pinworm success stories!

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Hello, I'm a long time lurker but have decided to post in the hope of lots of success stories on getting rid of the dreaded pin worm :-/

My boy had very itchy back end about 3/4 weeks ago. Noticed the yellow residue coming from his bottom and realised pin worm was the culprit. Vet advised ivermectin to be applied rectaly, so that is how I treated it. He stopped itching almost straight away! Yay!! I then disinfected his stable about 8 days later, hoping I'd catch any eggs at the right cycle time. All this seemed to work, alas he is now itching his dock and bottom again. New plan from the vet is panacur 5 day treatment followed by strongid P on day 6. Also advised ivermectin rectaly again...disinfect the stable again....along with religious daily poo picking. I really hope this works.

Has anyone else been in pin worm hell?
How long did it take to clear up?
What did you find most effective at clearing it up?

Thanks in anticipation!
 
My girl had it 3 times. Every wormer used worked, however she was being reinfected by her field buddies, so they were all treated and pinworm is no more! :)
 
Interesting...we're field mates showing visible signs of having it? Itching, yellow residue etc? None of the others on my yard are showing symptoms...
Thanks for giving me some hope guys! I've read so much online about people battling with it for months, years even! Was beginning to panic
 
Noticed the dreaded worm and yellow residue a few weeks back, west gate labs said to worm with five day panacur so did and haven't seen any signs since, have been cleaning his bottom area and under the dock everyday with wet wipes and applying Vaseline so that if the worm comes out it can't lay it's eggs, so far so good!
 
Her best bud had yellow residue, but way after I figured Pip had it. We were all checking each others horses bums for days. The other two weren't showing though, but as one chews the field fence we figured its inevitable he had it too. :)
 
All the other wormers we had tried only worked short term.

I knew the panacur 5 day was working when on day 2 his poos looked like this:



This was a good few years ago now and my vet at the time was surprised at pin worm resistance to the other wormers which were supposedly meant to work but didn't.

It was a real pain disinfecting everything so I know how you feel
 
There's been a lot of it around. Our old lad had it last year, and our vet tried an unlicensed American wormer (I can't remember the name but it's in the ~bendazole family and it's apparently used for pinworm in people). It tasted vile and we had a real effort getting it in him but it did the trick with the worms.
 
We've suffered with this with only 3 of our 6, interestingly they are related and the yearling is proven to be ivermectin resistant. We get a reoccurrence on about a 5 month basis and have done most things with no joy!
All have their own grooming kit and tack, no rugs are shared or stacked, all feed bowls and water bowls regularly disinfected and cleaned, fields poo picked daily, fences cresoted, stables washed out monthly and always a couple of days after worming. We are fortunate that we have them at home so things like and washing properly etc is possible.
We've tried (under vet supervision) various wormers and doses and even painted on wormer in a solution at one time for 6 weeks. Weve even wormed at the front end and had the vet evacuate the poo and worm there too. This time we are back to using a cream and wormer as it tends to stick better and it's easier to see where it. Including pushing some into the anus.
Quite honestly if someone could guarantee a way of getting rid of them I'm interested and so is my vet!
The way the wormer orally works means that these little critters don't always get caught as they don't cling to the wall and get contact with the blood flow carrying the wormer.
 
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