Re: RC: Re: deworming program (quest)

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

SCARY!!!!!!
Bette

Becky Huffman wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Onefarmgirl@aol.com>> really bloomed once I added it in to my
> program, but I got pretty worried
> > once I started reading some of the horror stories.
> 
> http://www.equinenet.org/ernet/worms.html  interesting page about worming,
> includes some specific info on safety and toxic levels, including quest.
> 
> my personal experience: I am 35 yrs old and have owned horse(s) about 30
> yrs.  In Jan was the first time I had one die.  *all* the horses on the
> below list were on the same grain, hay and pasture, kept in the same
> conditions and received basically the same care.  I know that many people
> have used quest without problems, and I have no type of scientific
> documentation, I don't want to discuss it, I know they all died of
> unexplained or unrelated causes, and I don't have any way to link any of
> this other then what I have posted.  I'll let the facts stand on their own,
> you interp them however you want.  I just think it is a pretty awful
> coincidence. Other than the stallion who *was* having a strong *recovery*
> from cancer, these horses were all very healthy., no known health problems.
> These horses had all been on a regular worming schedule and I was *very*
> particular about using the correct dose.
> 
> 9/1/99 wormed 5 horses with Quest: of those five:
> 1. mature gelding: died Jan 9th (found dead - no apparent struggle, no
> obvious reason)
> 2. aged mare: died Jan 21 (coliced.  seemed to recover but her bladder
> prolapsed and broke off)
> 3. young broodmare: colic (no apparent reason) Jan 28 - thumps Jan 29.
> delivered weak filly 3 weeks overdue. (April)
> 4. mature gelding: died July 5th 2000. succumbed to injection infection.
> 5. 2yr filly: - fine as far as I know., but she left here in October
> 
> 2/2/00 wormed 2 horses with Quest:
> 1. mature stallion: died March 30 explosive growth of tumors and dramatic
> downhill since middle of Feb.
> 2. yearling filly  - fine as far as I know.  she is still here, and I
> haven't seen any sickness or weakness in her.
> 
> 7 horses not wormed with quest: all completely healthy.
> 
> Becky Huffman
> Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
> http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/
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Bette Lamore
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