Discussion on Alternatives to daily pyrantel pellets for third year of deworming program
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alexan
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Username: alexan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, Jun 16, 2007 - 7:26 pm: |   |
Daily pyrantel pellets are not available in Australia, so I was wondering what the options are for for the third year of the deworming program?
Thanks |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18697
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 18, 2007 - 7:45 am: | |
Welcome alexan,
You could just have a 2 year cycle and skip the pyrantel. However I do think that you might have some larvidcial dewormers not available here. Using the internet I could not find a simple list. If you can give me a list of the active ingredients of commonly available dewormers approved for horses I might could find another. In general we are not interested in those that end in "bendazole".
DrO |
alexan
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Username: alexan
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 18, 2007 - 8:59 pm: | |
Commonly available are moxidectin, ivermectin, abamectin, praziquantel, morantel tartrate, dichlorvos, pyrantel emboate, plus a range of "bendazole" products.
One manufacturer claim that their paste containing oxfendazole and pyrantel acts synergistically against B-Z resistant small strongyles and tapeworms. Is this likely to be a useful product?
Also, during the ivermectin year do you not worry about controlling encysted small strongyles - have had an elderly horse who had a problem with suspected mass emergence of small strongyles in the past, so am keen to avoid a repeat performance.
Thanks for your time |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18710
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Jun 19, 2007 - 7:38 am: | |
The combination would not be effective against the larval forms is the problem I see with it alexan. Have you considered running fecals in the third year to see if you need to deworm? After two years of a good deworming program and good farm management I have many clients that come off the routine use of dewormers, see the Overview article for more.
DrO |
