Worming help missed dose

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Help please.... I have just realised some how I have missed my boys worming what shall I do? Dont know how I have managed this as the other three were done when they arrived but missed my own two :o ISH and a Shettie.

Also the three that were wormed we're wormed on a 5 day course recommended by the vet as no one knew any worming history for them. What would I be best using for them this time round? 3 Shetties.

I will get them all in tomorrow and weight tape them but not sure what wormer to get.

Can anyone give me a me proof worming programme I find it all rather confusing :(

Thanks in advance

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I believe over winter you still need to work for tape worm and encysted worms (neigher of which show up on a count). If you get some counts down you'll have an idea of their roundworms and usually the worm count people are really helpful in giving advice as to which wormers are most appropriate.

If you really don't want to get into all the detail there are companies which will just send you stuff I think intelegent worming is the main one. They are much more expensive than doing it yourself but they will remember on your behalf!
 
mil1212 said:
Definitely this, much better to worm count first, than routinely worm them.
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whooah hang on there, worm counts are good for some types of worms but the ones that are wormed for in the winter (encysted redworm) do NOT show up on worm counts so it is essential to do at least that worming. Even worm count companies advise that. In addition the spring/autumn worming for tapeworm is also essential unless you blood test for tapeworm as it too does NOT reliably show up in worm counts.

OP I imagine the 3 newbies had 5 day Panacur equine guard, which would cover encysted redworm. You will need to do them for tapeworm in spring eg with Equitape. or you might want to get vet to blood test for it as you may not then need to tapeworm them if test negative.

So that you can coordinate rotating to other wormer types you could do your two with Panacur 5 day now for encysted redworm, and do Equitape with the newbies in early spring so they are then all up to speed.

The ingredient in Panacur does have some occurrence of resistance, so it is good to use in rotation (every one or two years) with the alternative wormer group for this encysted worm (which is Equests ingredient and Pramox's - Pramox covers both encysted and tapeworm but I wouldnt recommend it to use now as you prob want to get the horses coordinated so you can switch to the Equest/Pramox ingredient class in a year or so's time as recommended to minimise resistant worms. Be aware Pramox is quite a powerful product so only use it on fit healthy horses with no known issues with wormers/colic).

When you worm, the latest advice is to worm, then leave the horses on the old ground for a couple of days. This means any resistant worms are expelled and mate with non resistant ones - picking up susceptibility to wormers. Then move them to fresh ground if you can. If you moved them to a clean field straight away you would export any resistant worms to that ground - all the worms there would be resistant to wormers.

hope this helps!

Edited to add - rest of the year worm counting is good - quarterly is fine and the worm count people will advise on whether the results mean worming is needed.
 
Thank you all for your replies. Thanks lachlanandmarcus this is what I was thinking they don't all come up on counts and thanks for your advice x

Why is it all so confusing?
 
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