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GROTON CITY ANIMAL HOSPITAL
"Caring For Pets And Their People"
Providing Care For Horses, Alpacas, Llamas, Goats, Sheep, Dogs, Cats & Pocket
Pets
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In general GROTON CITY ANIMAL HOSPITAL recommends
the following deworming schedule:
ADULT HORSES:
Deworm every 6 to 8 weeks,
rotating the type of active ingredient for maximum effectiveness and minimal
resistance.
JANUARY:
Five days of a double dose (double the body weight) of Panacur or single dose of
Quest dewormer (Moxidectin) for encysted small strongyles.
MARCH:
Deworm for tapeworms. Use Ivermectin
plus Praziquantel, a double dose of Strongid (double the body weight), or 30
days of a daily dewormer (Strongid C2X or Continuex).
MAY:
Any of the three types (i.e. Ivermectin,
Safeguard or Strongid).
JULY:
Benzimidazole type (i.e. Panacur, Safeguard).
SEPTEMBER:
Pyrnatal Pamoate type (Strongid, Rotectin 2).
NOVEMBER:
Ivermectin type (as listed above) for bots.
Horses in high exposure
situations, for example in a boarding stable with high numbers of horses on
small acreage, may need to be dewormed monthly. A better option is to
place these animals on "a continuous type" of daily dewormer (i.e. Strongid C2X)
with twice yearly of an ivermectin product (Quest gel and ivermectin based
products) to control bot and small strongyles.
Older horses with access to
very large acreage may do well with a semiannual deworming schedule, as their
risk of infection is less.
YOUNG HORSES:
Young horses are more susceptible to infection
with parasites as they have not developed any resistance to them. They are
also most likely to show signs usually associated with parasitism (potbelly,
rough haircoat, diarrhea, thin body condition, and poor growth rate).
Because young horse are more
susceptible to roundworms (ascarids), they need to be dewormed more frequently
early on in their lives.
Current recommendations
include:
Deworm monthly for the first 6
months of life, followed by going on the adult schedule. Use of Pyrantal
Pamoate (Strongid) and Fenbendazole types (Panacur, Safeguard) are recommended
for the first three months. Another option is to deworm monthly for the
first three to four months of life followed by the use of a daily continuous
type of dewormer when the foal is consuming grain on it's own.
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Prevention of future parasite related internal problems begin with a proper
deworming program in young horses!!
Dewormers are available in oral
paste or gel and liquid forms as well as granular and pellet forms that can be
mixed with the feed. Spend some time putting together a deworming program
for your horses to help prevent future costly and potentially deadly problems.
Give us a call today for help
in setting up a deworming program.
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