Horses like any other pets are also vulnerable from worms and other kinds of parasites that can cause intestinal parasitic infestation and defects in the intestinal wall and inner organs. These infestations are mostly caused by migrating larvae and adult worms.
In order to avoid these diseases from infecting our horses and to keep them healthy is to wormed them regularly with an effective antiparasitic treatment. This will help your horse from intestinal parasites and to avoid serious hygienic problems in your pet horses.
With proper health management paired with a regular horse worming program, we can still kept control the infestations of these parasites to our horses. These proper health management includes practicing good sanitation measures, regular manure removal and keeping to a deworming schedule. By doing these measures we can surely help maintain our horse's health.
A proper horse worming program includes deworming for strongles, ascarida (roundworms), Oxyuris equi (pinworms), and Gasterophilus (bots). In the period of 6 years, an adult horses should be wormed using a paste wormers. On the other hand, a foal should be wormed from one month of age and this should be done in a monthly basis until they are weaned and then every 6 weeks until it reached 1 year old. In the case of a pregnant mares, they should follow an adult program until 1 month from due date. During that time they should be wormed with an ivermectin product and to the day she foals. It is advisable that you consult a veterinarian if there is any adjustments you have to do in your area.
Although these practiced can be considered effective, however, there are some considerations that you must keep in mind such as the climate in your respective area. The months of April and May is the preferred time to use the bot dewormer. But again, it is depending on your climate. You can also choose other dewormers in the rest of the year.
The following measures suggested above can help in making your horse stay healthy and keeping them from all sort of parasites. Also you have to make sure that you are following the recommended guidelines for your horse's weights to prevent many health problems for your horse. Compared to the costs if it is not done is relatively inexpensive and relatively easy to do.
In order to avoid these diseases from infecting our horses and to keep them healthy is to wormed them regularly with an effective antiparasitic treatment. This will help your horse from intestinal parasites and to avoid serious hygienic problems in your pet horses.
With proper health management paired with a regular horse worming program, we can still kept control the infestations of these parasites to our horses. These proper health management includes practicing good sanitation measures, regular manure removal and keeping to a deworming schedule. By doing these measures we can surely help maintain our horse's health.
A proper horse worming program includes deworming for strongles, ascarida (roundworms), Oxyuris equi (pinworms), and Gasterophilus (bots). In the period of 6 years, an adult horses should be wormed using a paste wormers. On the other hand, a foal should be wormed from one month of age and this should be done in a monthly basis until they are weaned and then every 6 weeks until it reached 1 year old. In the case of a pregnant mares, they should follow an adult program until 1 month from due date. During that time they should be wormed with an ivermectin product and to the day she foals. It is advisable that you consult a veterinarian if there is any adjustments you have to do in your area.
Although these practiced can be considered effective, however, there are some considerations that you must keep in mind such as the climate in your respective area. The months of April and May is the preferred time to use the bot dewormer. But again, it is depending on your climate. You can also choose other dewormers in the rest of the year.
The following measures suggested above can help in making your horse stay healthy and keeping them from all sort of parasites. Also you have to make sure that you are following the recommended guidelines for your horse's weights to prevent many health problems for your horse. Compared to the costs if it is not done is relatively inexpensive and relatively easy to do.
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