worming and paddock question

[alfiesmum]

long story very short---

mares in starvation field for various reasons, poo picked every day.

all horses wormed overnight and mares have now been put in the NOT poo picked field which the geldings have been moved from the evening before.

surely the field should have been rested?

am i right or wrong? i think it was a complete waste of time and money worming those mares especially as there were new geldings that have been in that field for the last 2 months with worming unknown?

any advice?
thanks

 

[ISHmad]

Well yes, it does seem a little daft tbh. Might be worth worm counting your own horses again in a short while to monitor any possible burden. What are YO's thinking not having some kind of worming programme or a worm count test to be done before new horses can be turned out? Madness.

 

[alfiesmum]

oh i am not daft lol, my horse has remained in her own poo picked field and from today has no longer to be starved due to the others being moved to the geldings field, so no more dragging me to the grass poor thing, electric tape is coming down

all the geldings were also wormed last night and moved fields this morning - silly that the mares that have been moved have been wormed for nothing- and then what do i say if they decide to put one back in with mine?

 

[ester]

no, not that bad an idea at all, the moving of wormed horses onto completely fresh pasture is not good for the development of resistance to the wormer used as if there is any resistance you will end up with a completely resistant population in that paddock.

the new geldings are a slightly different scenario if they had not been treated prior to grazing but unlikely to cause any real issues.