Wormers?

[sojeph]

What wormer would you recommend for a 5/6yr old 12.2hh (ish) pony thats probably rarely (if ever) been wormed?

 

[CastleMouse]

I'd start with Equimax, it kills many different types of worms in one dose. You may want to switch the type after a while though, to stop the worms getting used to a specific wormer.
Hope this helps

 

[lilym]

i woukld do a five day course of panacur guard, this wormer is renowned for being mild and gentle, and will kill off worms steadily rather than in one big hit which could cause impaction colic, after the 5 day course, leave it a week and do a double dose of strongid p to kill off any tapeworm and any remaining worms that the panacur may have missed. then 2 weeks after that give an eqvalan to kill off lungworm and bots.

 

[lilym]

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I'd start with Equimax, it kills many different types of worms in one dose. You may want to switch the type after a while though, to stop the worms getting used to a specific wormer.
Hope this helps

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NOT a good idea, there could be a massive burden of worms and if you kill them all in one hit you will be running the risk of a serious impaction colic, which is way something like panacur guard, although we have resistance probs it really is the safest one to start with.

 

[sojeph]

Yep - am thinking Panacur Equine Guard. He doesn't look obviously wormy but would rather use something gentle just in case!

Cheers

 

[sojeph]

Thanks

although I should have said that I can't get anywhere near him at the moment so it would have to be something thta goes in a feed

 

[brighteyes]

How about doing a worm count at some point?

 

[baybeejay01]

I agree with Lilym!

 

[PapaFrita]

I thought there was resistance to fenbendazole and I'm sure Star has said it's not very effective?
I also think a worm count would be a very good idea.

 

[sojeph]

Thanks all! I think a worm count may be the way to go then so I know what I'm dealing with.