Horse with SERIOUS case of Worms!!!

[Bleenie]

Her coat looked good but i only petted her for a minute while i was checking out her feet so i didn't get a good look at her eyes.

We always gave our horses a full tube but they are bigger, around 16hh. Shirley is probably in the 14hh range, no idea on her "about weight" though.

 

[MustLoveHens]

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To reply to Welsummerchicks ivermection question, ivermectin (especially the Zimectrin Gold) is the broadest spectrum wormer on the market, because of this it is also the most toxic. It kills the most rapidly for both the adult and larvel stages of parasites. When the adult and larvel stages of most parasites are killed (via deowrming), you create bleeding and inflamation in the walls of the bowel. So, while ivermectin is a good dewormer, in a heavily impacted horse it is not a good choice to use to off the first wave of worms.
In heavily impacted horses, the initial doses of medication like Strongid are small and given daily. At that point a full dose of the same dewormer is given if the horse has tollerated the treatment. At that point, you deworm the horse again with ivermectin in small doses daily for a week then give the horse a full dose of ivermectin. Once the horse is worm free then it can go on a rotation.
Ideally a vet would do a fecal float to idenify the types of parasites and access the horse's health to determine a cource of treatment. I agree with you that in this case, if the conditions remain as they are, the posiblity of re-infestation is high, A way for the owner to combat that would be to give a daily dewormer- pellets or granuels (Strongid 2CX works great) in the horses rations.

 

[welsummerchicks]

Ok, that much I knew, I was just wondering if there was anything new with ivermectin since the last time I checked.

Has anyone ever done any research that would confirm what I hear from some people, that strongid daily would be bad for non-harmful, beneficial (or at least necessary) worms in the environment?

 

[MustLoveHens]

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The only new tid bit I have heard is acutally quite intersting. My dh was attending a seminar given by a horse vet clinic As you know the horse parasites are becoming tollerant to the medications that kill them. This vet discussed this issue and said that it will be a minimum of 10 years (and that's if a drug company starts today) before the equine world will see a new medication because it is really expensive to delepe a new one and then to go through the FDA process. Having ivermectin get very cheap was not a good thing in the long run. The vet also conteneded (and I agree having talked with other vets myself) that we over deworm our horses. While some horses do need to be on a strict 8 week scheduel most are over wormed.

I have not heard of a study or research about Strongid daily being bad for beneficial worms. Hmmmm...I must google....interesting......