RE: Re: deworming program (quest)

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Becky - just out of curiousity, did you rotate with Panacur? The "kill-off"
explanation worked for me until now.....

I do find this information real alarming.  I had used only ivermectin for
deworming before and dosed once with Quest last year.  Beau had dropped a
lot of weight (TOO MUCH) last year all of the sudden.  I always thought it
was due to more conditioning, now I'm starting to wonder....Oh well, at
least he is doing well now and I should consider myself lucky compared to
your scenario.

Even though you admit there is no "scientific" documentation the numbers
speak to me.  Thanks for sharing.

A couple of years ago, I lost a cat to "anemia" due to a "fleabites"
according to the vet.  The weather had turned real conducive to hatching
fleas.  The symptoms came on suddenly after I used an over the counter flea
product that is applied like the vet prescribed Advantage.  I never really
believed the anemia story.  Then I heard that the product had been pulled
off the shelf from someone else that went thru the same thing.

Never hurts to be careful.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Becky Huffman [mailto:TOS@htcomp.net]
Sent:	Monday, July 10, 2000 11:52 AM
To:	Onefarmgirl@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject:	RC:  Re: deworming program (quest)

----- 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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