I thought I would update you all on my daghters
thin Arab and her remarkable weight gain after giving the Panacur purge about
a month ago.
We had been shoveling feed into this mare all
winter (free choices of grass, great oat, and hefty helpings of alfalfa hay,
plus huge tubs of beet pulp, corn oil, mature horse, etc). She never did
pick up weight, so despite feeling like my worming program was adequate, I
finally wised up and took in a fecal. It showed encysted
strongyles. I had to want another month and a haf becuase I had just
wormed her, but then did the Panacur double dose for five days. I also
did the other five horses, to keep consistent. None of the others had a
problem keeping weight on, but I figured if she was carrying parasites, they
might be also.....I used the liquid suspension (sold for cattle) and syringed
it down their throats, far easier than the paste and half the
cost!
The fecal on Breeze just came back
negative.....we checked it three weeks after the worming.
But........all and claims they make about drastic
change are true in our case! This mare not only picked up weight, she
picked up
APPETITE!!! The cleans everything up; her
coat looks better, and she is round!!
I don't see much of a change with the other
horses, but their spring coats are sure comming in nice!
Karen