WHAT'S IN YOUR
PADDOCKS?
References available upon request. *This program is not suitable for foals with ascarids. Discuss ascarids with your vet.
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Treating all horses with randomly chosen wormers every 6-8 weeks
is no longer the recommended strategy for controlling the most
important worms in the modern adult equine.
It is important that worming horses be based on the needs of the
individual horse. There are ways to keep your horses healthy and
save money by worming less frequently and more strategically.
Modern equine worming recommendations do not support rotating
wormers or overtreating horses, but do support using the most
effective products as little as possible, and as often as necessary.
A basic strategic worming program* could be:
– Worm every adult horse in spring and autumn
– Perform worm egg counts to identify the 'high' and 'low' egg
shedders within your herd.
– At other times of year, worm only the horses passing most eggs
in their faeces .
Equest Plus Tape
®
is the only wormer that kills the most dangerous
stage of the most common type of worm in a single dose, namely
the encysted stage of the small strongyle. Other wormers are not
able to kill the developing larvae of this type of worm when they
are hidden in the gut wall of the horse. This means that only Equest
Plus Tape kills what counts and keeps your horse safer for longer.
Choose Equest Plus Tape for your horse every Autumn and
every Spring.
With resistance starting to emerge in Australian horse
worms, it is important to think about worming from
a more scientific perspective. The aim of a worming
programme should be to keep your horses disease
free and to minimise infestation.
