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Spring: time to manage strongyle larvae on pasture
As horse-carers it is your job to know and understand the lifecycles of the parasites that infect your horses. Management of worms is not...
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Aug 142 min read
Not worming can protect against colic?!
The most common worm in horses are small strongyles - over 95% of horses will be infected with only small strongyles. As such, small...
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May 243 min read
General Parasite Management for Horses
Healthy adult horses can be FEC-ed twice a year and dewormed just once or twice a year depending on FEC results. Every horse has an...
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Apr 54 min read
Autumn Parasite Management in horses: Why Autumn is a key time for treatments
Autumn is a key time for worm management in horses - this time of year ties in best with the lifecycles of bot flies and small strongyles.
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Mar 263 min read
WormCheck Mythbusting: DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is a type of soil that is formed from the fossilised remains of diatoms, tiny hard-shelled protists. DE is...
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Mar 145 min read
Larval Cyathostominosis in Horses: Please, Don’t Panic.
Generally speaking, worms do not cause serious sickness or death in horses. This is because we now have access to excellent deworming...
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Nov 4, 20234 min read
Liver fluke - Fasciola hepatica
The term ‘fluke’ is used to describe short, flat worms, usually of the class Trematode. In contrast to tapeworms which are cestodes, and...
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Aug 23, 20232 min read
Spring-time worm management for horses
The main aim of worm management in spring is to limit larval load on pastures. There are two ways of doing this: 1) Manage manure: pick...
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May 31, 20233 min read
PASTES vs POUR-ONS
"Why can't I use a pour-on on my horses?" you may wonder. Not many scientific studies have been conducted into how well pour-on wormers...
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May 30, 20233 min read
Monitoring drench resistance
How to tell if dewormers are effective, and if drug resistance is developing: Usually, when an animal (our ourselves) is sick, we know...
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May 10, 20232 min read
Winter Worm Management in Horses
Over winter, the management of parasites in horses should focus more on the external population of worms, rather than the worms inside...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
An itchy tail does not mean pinworm
Tail-rubbing: is it worms? The most common symptom people report to me when getting a FEC is “rubbing their tail”. However, contrary to...
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Dec 6, 20222 min read
Summer worm management in horses
WORMING HORSES IN SUMMER Why do we worm our horses? If your answer is to make them healthier, than that suggests your horses have...
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Apr 5, 20222 min read
Horse Dewormers - types and uses
HORSE DEWORMERS – do you know what you’re treating with? Deworming drugs are called anthelmintics. Helminth = any type of worm, and ant =...
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Mar 24, 20222 min read
WormCheck Mythbusting: ROTATING WORMERS is NOT your best defence again drug resistance.
A survey once showed that over 80% of horse owners rotate through anthelmintics (worming drugs) when worming. This is most likely due to...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read
Worm management in foals
When managing worms in foals, it is far more important to keep foals on 'clean' pastures, and on good nutrition than to have them on a...
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Jacqui Panozzo
Jan 23, 20223 min read
OUR FRIEND, THE DUNG BEETLE
Summer is here, and with it comes the dung beetle. The dung beetle requires manure as a food source for their offspring. The adults bury...
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Jacqui Panozzo
Jan 23, 20223 min read
Ivermectin - an antiparasitic worthy of a Noble Prize
Ivermectin: As a veterinary parasitologist I feel the need to tell you all the story of ivermectin, a drug that unfortunately has been in...
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Jacqui Panozzo
Jan 20, 20223 min read
To rotate, or not to rotate - that is the question
Short answer: don't rotate your wormers. Long answer: A survey once showed that over 80% of horse owners rotate through anthelmintics...
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Jan 20, 20223 min read
HOW LONG DO WORMS SURVIVE ON YOUR PASTURE?
Hint: it’s longer than you think. The lifecycle of many gastrointestinal parasites of livestock and horses (in particular, those of the...
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