Wormer advice please?

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Sent a sample off to westgate labs (quick turnaround!)... who has said my horse has; 900 e.p.g strongyle eggs (medium count)

Did a little googling and apparantly this means she does need worming now?. I did worm regularly however it kept colicing. And what do i worm with?? pramox (?) she coliced on.

Im getting her blood tested for tapeworm (is this right)? anyhow as shes under a referal hospital for ulcers/colic (how much is this test - shes no longer insured for this)?

Thanks :)
 
Id ring your vet and ask their advice if I were you, she's so sensitive a bit of professional advice wouldnt go amiss I think.
 
thanks.

Shes due back in "horsepital" in a week, i wont worm her until ive spoken to them

any advice on the tapeworm bit?

my vet said a blood test?

I dont want unnecessary tests nor am i leaving it - shes not insured anymore and i dont want to be ripped off for stuff she dosent need :)
 
thank you - interesting reading :)


if her tapeworm count is high and theres damage - what does it mean long term?



The guy in the article (chris proudman) did my horses scope first time around from what i gathered on notes - although not met him! :)
 
Phone or email Westgate!

They will happily talk through for free exactly what you should be doing and worming with according to your individual count results. They're also impartial. Gill (head honcho) is on here somewhere - I think she's borderreiver but not 100% sure atm, check posts.
 
noodle_ said:
thanks.

Shes due back in "horsepital" in a week, i wont worm her until ive spoken to them

any advice on the tapeworm bit?

my vet said a blood test?

I dont want unnecessary tests nor am i leaving it - shes not insured anymore and i dont want to be ripped off for stuff she dosent need :)
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Def do tapeworm blood test, it will tell you whether she needs tapeworming or not. If she doesnt then you wont have to worm her for tapeworm which would be ideal given she is sensitive to wormers. It isnt too expensive if you combine it with other stuff on vet visit altho it does take a week or two to come back sometimes as the lab usually do it in batches of lots of peoples samples, not individually as yours comes in.

I wouldnt touch a combination wormer like Pramox with anything that has any colic or other health compromises, it is too much for their systems to deal with in one go. The active ingredients in Pramox are available in other single wormers.

Check with Westgate about what wormer to use for the medium count worm test result (this wont normally show tapeworm so thats why you need to use the blood test)
 
Thank you :)

I used pramox and she coliced so wont touch it

I wont pretend to understand wormers - im very ignorant... i need to do more reading and speak to my vets this week :)

I may ask my vet to come out next week before shes reffered again as i can imagine it would be cheaper them sending it ff than the actuall referal place (leahurst) even though shes going there anyhow! :D
 
These are the most useful quick guides I know of.
~Tells you what active ingredient is in each wormer
http://www.wormers-direct.co.uk/ingredients.html

~Tells you what worms there are and what active ingredient to use to address them
http://www.wormers-direct.co.uk/typesofworms/smallredworm.html

NB the link is for small redworms as they (when encysted part of life cycle) are currently the biggest risk to horses, you then click on each tab to look at the other types of worms.
Normally you want to prioritise hitting
- redworms (when worm count indicated with med/high reading),
- encysted small redworms (must worm once a year at least for these even if worm counting as they often dont show up on counts and are v dangerous if all released at one)
- and tapeworms (when blood test shows they are present)

hope thats useful starting point :-)))) good luck with the horsepital....
 
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