Re: RC: worming

[Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>]

Amanda,

I worm two consecutive months in the spring and two consecutive months
in the fall.  Strongid, followed by Ivermectin. (Strongid won't kill
bots)  The month after worming, I have a fecal analysis performed.  If
there is no infestation, then I take no further action until the next
spring/fall.  This prevents introducing a toxic substance (wormer) the
horse has to deal with that may be unnecessary.  It also prevents a worm
resistance buildup to the wormer. I don't tube worm because I worry
about possible (unlikely, but possible) injury from this.

In addition, my pastures are fenced and crossfenced into 5 small
pastures.  I move Sunny from pasture to pasture weekly ,depooping the
pasture he was in and moving it to the garden where it does some good.
This also keeps my pastures looking great because he is only on a single
pasture once every five weeks.  Pasture deterioation is not caused by
grazing....but by stomping flies and standing in the same spot all the
time.  I have been doing this for the three years since I bought this
place.  Sunny has been negative on parasites everytime.

Hope this helps,

Regards, Jim Holland  AERC 4074



sharp penny wrote:
> 
>    Amanda,
> Hi! Welcome to ridecamp and endurance. I use a daily
> wormer (strongid c) and once a year after the first
> freeze I tube with ivermectrin to get the bots that
> the strongid dosn't get. I went to the daily wormer
> when my daughters show horse colicked bad enough to
> have to undergo surgery. One of the things the vets at
> Texas A&M stressed was to use a daily wormer. The
> other wormers were too hard on his system. The people
> that bought him from us 3 years later forgot about the
> strongid and pasted him twice within 4 months of each
> treatment. He colicked both times, a day after they
> gave him the paste wormer.
>     Endurance puts enough stress on a horses system so
> I figured if the daily wormer was effective (except
> against bots) and easier on the horses system why not
> use it for all my horses.
> 
> Penny & Daisy (paint endurance horse under
> construction)
> 
> --- "guest@endurance.net" <guest@endurance.net> wrote:
> > A. Perez AmandaPerez@ureach.com
> >   I am getting ready to buy a horse, and it's been
> > over 20 years since I last owned one.  One of the
> > many things that have changed in the last 20 years
> > is worming.  Back in my youth, you dropped a manure
> > sampel at your vets and wormed based on the
> > findings, usually t2 - 4 times a year max (now this
> > was in Maine where it gets d*** cold in the winter,
> > which I suppose may make parasites less of a problem
> > due to winter-kill of eggs/larva).
> >
> >   Nowadays, there are daily, weekly and monthly
> > wormers given continually (regardless of signs of
> > infestation or not).  I have concerns about both the
> > cost and the safety of worming this aggressively.
> > I'd like to here what you folks do for worming, and
> > roughly what it costs per horse per month.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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