All horses carry a worm or parasite burden.
Depending on the horse’s health, the specific worm infesting the horse + other factors depends on the outcome but generally…
Worm infestations can cause:
- Diarrhoea
- Colic
- Weight loss
- Damage the intestinal tract
- Dull coat
- Poor growth
- Respiratory issues
- Anaemia
- Death
- Skin sores
- Itching bottoms
- Poor performance
To prevent worms causing your horse issues, it is NOT recommended to worm all year round or routinely anymore!
Worming all year round is causing the worms to become resistant to the active ingredients that kill the worms!
The question you need to ask instead of:
“How many times a year do I need to worm?”
or
“What wormer should I give my horse?”
should be:
1 – What worms does my horse have?
2 – Where shall I buy a worm test kit?
3 – Based on the results from my test what do I need to do for my horse?
Here at EFECS, you aren’t just buying the test + result. The service + advice comes as standard from our SQP, or Specialist Equine Health Adviser, Clare.
Clare will analyse your results + give you advice as to what your specific next steps need to be.
We care about the future of all Equines + therefore we are on a mission to help you stop routine worming + start with specific targeting that is guided by world-leading science + experts in the field.
If there is anything you take from this post today let it be:
DON’T SOURCE WORMING ADVICE FROM FACEBOOK GROUPS!
Ask an expert. Here at EFECS Clare not only has been an SQP + Qualified Animal Health Advisor, she specialises in horse’s! The advice is changing all the time, the science, the data, the resistance.
Unless your friends, your vet, your instructor is doing their research + staying up to date with all this, there is a pretty good chance that whilst their advice is well-meant + may have been correct once…
It may not be now.
Get an expert on your team!
All our kits come with Service as Standard – you have access to Clare about your horse’s health.
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