worming with Equimax now diarrhea

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I wormed my boy last night with Equimax as I know the tapeworm ones are usually administered end March but my baby is due in the next couple of weeks so I wanted to make sure it got done!
This last night and today he has has alot of extremely loose droppings. He seems ok in himself but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced similar after worming?
He is not an elderly horse (13), and has had a regular worming routine up until we changed yards 6 months ago as we do a worm count regularly at new yard and his most recent a week ago came back as 50 low and the one before none present but I appreciate the count does not measure tapeworms... Thanks all
 
I do know of a mare who was like your horse after worming. She was fine. Just make sure he's eating and drinking ok, and Im sure it will pass. At least you know the wormer should have done its job! You are right to worm for tapeworm. REmember though that worm counts dont pick up the encysted redworm.
 
Thanks for the reassurance :-) I think I will hold off until winter to do the encrusted redworm with pramox.I darent touch him with a wormer again for a few months. He was regularly wormed with equest pramox (I think that's the name, the expensive one) twice yearly until we moved to new yard so hopefully he won't be too bad and at least the equimax will have got any adult worms.
 
FYI : I don't know if you are aware that there is a saliva test for tapeworm.
Keep a record of what wormer with ingredients you are using, just having to record things will help with understanding.
 
Good advice from Bonkers.
Any reason why you chose Equimax? If he had a count of only 50 epg you did not need to. Tapeworm can be treated with Equitape, pure praziquantel instead of using an unnecessary dose of precious ivermectin. Better still do the saliva test. Only about 27% of horses actually have tapeworm and all the rest are being treated for no reason.
When you are treating for encysted redworm next winter consider whether you need Pramox (includes a tapeworm dose) or just plain Equest.
 
I used equimax on three horses last autumn, two were ok on it but the third had such liquid diarrhoea that he covered his whole back half...even the fronts of his hind legs. He was fine in himself but I won't be using equimax again.
 
I used equimax as I purely did a search for tape worm wormers and it came up If I am totally honest and I was rather in a rush due to my impending pregnancy. I should have looked into. I did not realise you could do a saliva test, I thought it was a blood test which would have worked out quite expensive compared to a simple wormer as our vets call out is a small fortune. Will see what the worm count comes back as in winter and if still low like it has been I will use just the Equest, thanks for the tip. I had been recommended pramox but as you say no point using if unnecessary borderreiver -)
 
If in doubt just ask Westgate labs or whoever does the egg and the saliva test for you, but you have to know exactly what ingredients you have used over the past two years and if you have these records you can work it out for yourself, it is much better to use egg counts [roundworm count] than a routine worming, but in autumn you have to worm for ENCYSTED redworm, encysted means that it is within the tissue of the intestine and won't shift with every wormer, and will not show up on worm counts.

Encysted redworm:
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?481377-Encysted-red-worm-I-dont-understand

Good stuff about worms and horse health
http://www.liv.ac.uk/diagnosteq/
 
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