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Thomas Pompei
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Username: Pompei
Post Number: 2
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Apr 1, 2006 - 8:36 am: |   |
I board my horse and will be switching facilities in a few days. The new facility in southern Ohio has unenforced guidelines for boarders deworming their own horses. Horses are coming and going. Pasture space is plentiful, with 20 horses being turned out at the facility, 1-2 horses per 4-5 acre divided pastures.
Those of us who board our horses are not in control of the barn deworming schedules. I have to assume the pasture has a heavy parasite load.
I'd like your opinion on the timing and effectiveness of my deworming schedule. Below is what I propose, followed by the suggested deworming schedule at the facility. Is this overkill? Is the suggested schedule at the facility adequate?
2006 schedule
Jan: ivermectin/praziquantel (equimax)
Feb: Nothing
March: ivrmectin/praziquantel (equimax)
April: Nothing
May: pyrantel pamoate (strongid)
June: moxidectin (quest)
July: pyrantel pamoate (strongid)
August: moxidectin (quest)
September: pyrantel pamoate (strongid)
October: Nothing
November: ivermectin/praziquantel (equimax)
December: 5 day dose fenbendazole pending fecal count
Suggested deworming program:
January: ivermectin or moxidectin with praziquantel
March: pyrantel pamoate
May: ivermectin or moxidectin with praziquantel
July: ivermectin or moxidectin
Septempter: double dose pyrantel pamoate
November: ivermectin or moxidectin |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 15221
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Apr 2, 2006 - 9:22 pm: | |
Thomas, we recommend instead of your schedule that you follow our schedule which is more rigorous and logical. The overview article explains why. However no schedule will work well on persistently heavily contaminated pastures.
DrO |
Thomas Pompei
Member
Username: Pompei
Post Number: 3
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Apr 4, 2006 - 8:06 am: | |
According to your article, "You start this program by instituting good management practices an deworming your horses well for a year. After getting 2 negative fecals in row 6 months apart on your regular fecal tests."
Further, "A stable population of horses where there is no exposure to new horses without them being checked for parasites and dewormed 21 days prior to introduction to the herd. The new horses should be dewormed with moxidectin several times at 60 day intervals after introduction to pick up any remaining larvae."
These conditions do not exist in my boarding facility. Do I understand you to say that you still recommend the two year rotation despite the rest of the herd not on the same schedule, and regular exposure to new horses? It seems illogical to move to a two year rotation in this setting. Can you clarify?
What is the 'regular worming schedule' referred to in the article for horses with two positive fecals? |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 15247
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Apr 4, 2006 - 3:01 pm: | |
We are certainly on different wave lengths here. Why would you say our schedule (which is now a 3 year rotational schedule) illogical. You state that you are in a situation that is less than optimum, yet the schedule we recommend is more rigorous and less prone to the effects of developed resistance than the one you have typed above.
DrO |
Thomas Pompei
Member
Username: Pompei
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 5, 2006 - 8:24 am: | |
Do you still recommend the three year rotation despite the fact that new horses are in and out of the pastures and the rest of the barn won't be on the same schedule?
I don't think the three year rotation is illogical. Implementing it in my situation is my concern. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 15259
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 5, 2006 - 8:56 am: | |
Yes, even if everyone else is on their own schedule. However if the other boarders are not deworming their horses well, we suggest you find another place to board as no deworming program will protect your horse for long.
DrO |
