Year-Round Health Plan for Your Horse

…winter coat. Spring • Vaccinate against diseases carried by biting insects. • Initiate a deworming program. • Check hooves frequently for signs of abscesses, thrush, or other problems. • Keep…

Ascarids in Foals

…the uncomplicated obstructions. However, long-term survival, for greater than a year, was only 27%. This study drives home the point in our page 3 deworming article that young horses are…

Maybe It`s A Chronic “Stomachache”

…formulate an appropriate monitoring and deworming schedule for your horse. Very young and old horses are especially susceptible to parasites and need more intensive deworming. 2) Water and salt. We…

Ask Horse Journal: 09/05

…check with your veterinarian about having this done. Finally, if your last deworming wasn’t with a combo that targets tapeworms, use one for the next deworming treatment. ———- Capsaicin For…

Chronic Diarrhea Stinks

…for two years. No other horses on the farm had this problem, and their deworming program was believed to be good, with negative fecals. Manure exams and cultures turned up…

Ask Horse Journal: 05/04

…intense program that would involve the alignment of your back. ———- Daily Dewormers I wondered if you can provide some insight on how to safely change a daily deworming program…

Research News: 03/04

…way to detect them, since they don’t produce eggs. This may change, though, helping you make more specific deworming drug selections. A University of Liverpool study appearing in the January…

Noteworthy Research: 08/03

…in humans. ———- Dewormers And EPM Many owners of EPM horses say their horses worsen after a deworming with ivermectin or moxidectin. On the flip side, in some racing circles,…

Letters: 06/03

…Sense Your April 2003 deworming article was the best thing I’ve read on de-worming. I’ve subscribed to so many horse magazines just to be disappointed because, although I saw beautiful…