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my horse is due for worming, and he was last wormed a a couple months ago, with that 5 day panacur stuff. But i need to worm him again and have no idea what i should worm him with. This is the only thing that baffles me loads and every 8 weeks i look at the worming calendars and think.... what!!!???!!!??? lol.

so any advice would be much appreciated.... thank you.
 
Oh dear you do sound puzzled! I've no idea why you used 5 day Panacur last time, perhaps you had your reasons, but it is a strange choice for the middle of summer. Also there is a lot of worm resistance to Panacur which often means that it doesn't work.

Most horses do not need worming every eight weeks. The gap depends on which product you used. Panacur only lasts about 6 weeks at most, whereas Equest lasts about 3 months or more.

Have you thought about doing a worm count based programme in stead? It is very easy to do, better for your horse, works out cheaper too, and stops resistance to wormers getting worse. Send me a PM if you need help.
 
hmmm i suppose if i do a worm count and somethings needed, they would tell me what to buy then.

He had the 5 day stuff, it was end of april beginning of may, as he had lost alot of weight and when i wormed him loads of wormeys came out, but the weight didnt go back on so was advised to 5 day him, which i did, and he put his weight back on.
 
I had a worm count done recently and would reccommend doing this. I was lucky that Charlies count came back as low and will not need doing now until the after the first frost in November. It is quick and easy to and is cheaper than buying a wormer!
 
Worming your horse need not be a nightmare. You need to forget the names of the wormers but look instead at the active ingredients.

Mectin based wormers kill off all but Tapeworm and are excellent in controlling red worm one of the real nasties.

Praziquontal is the one that kills Tapeworm.

I use an ivermectin wormer with praziquontal - so that it gets all the nasties. Changing wormers each time you worm is a thing of the past and one of the reasons that resistance was so easy. You can go at least a whole year between changes so long as what you use covers the parasites that need to be killed.

I've used the same wormer for 7 years and have a fecal egg count done a couple of times a year with very low scores - mostly none. I now only worm three times a year. All mine glow with health, are easy to keep weight on and have lovely shiny coats. They have minimal hard feed and graze on 5 acres.
 
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