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Re: [RC] Worming, daily or single dose? - heidiPlease Reply to: Bev Specht speco-charter@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Bev Specht speco-charter@xxxxxxx What is the thought on giving a daily wormer verses a single dose rotated on a regular bases? I have heard some people feel the daily affects performance. Any takers? It's and apples-and-oranges kind of comparison. Daily dewormers don't work well unless you have already gotten the horse "clean" or are starting with a baby that doesn't yet have a worm load. So before you consider a daily dewormer for ANY horse, you should be addressing how to get his worm load gone so that you can then control daily exposure with the daily dewormer and not build up a worm load. That said--the best use of daily dewormers is in youngsters that don't yet have their immunity bolstered against roundworms and in any horses living in close groups where bloodworm exposure is an issue. Great stuff for younguns and for broodmares up in confinement--that sort of thing. Not much use in horses that are housed alone or are on large acreages where reinfestation isn't much of an issue. Single-dose dewormers are still necessary to get tapeworms, bots, etc.--even if you DO use a daily dewormer. That said--I'm personally not happy with the number of endurance horses I've seen that have started daily dewormers and then gotten anterior enteritis in competition. The connection is purely anecdotal, but I'm not the only vet who has noticed this. I'd advise anybody with youngsters to either use a daily dewormer or deworm every 3-4 weeks (with something like fenbendazole that gets ascarids) when they are little. But I stay away from it with my older horses that are in endurance training. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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