worming horses kept on small lots

esbee · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: worming horses kept on small lots

How often would someone who knows recommend worming horses kept on small lots. My 2 horses are kept in an 80x100 pen. and does anybody out there still worm with tobacco (like prince albert) like i saw an old timer doing years ago (his horse looked great, was kept in a small pen and lived to be very old)
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Inyureye · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject:

I don't know anything particular about "small lots" I know in morst barns areound here (where there isn't necessarily a large turnout) the horses are wormed about 4x a year. There is controversial thought about worming any more frequently, with the idea that the worms can become immune to the wormers, especially in a close contact area, so others who have more horses and similar experience to yours can say, but I believe in caution and restraint in wormers, personally.
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Steve · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

I've seen vendors selling all natural tobacco wormer at horse events, but I've never heard anyone say it works better or worse than paste. In order to keep the worms from becomming immune, we've always rotated kinds. Three times a year once each with oxybendazole, pyrantel poamate, and ivermectin or whatever other pastes you might use.

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Dawn · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:09 am Post subject:

Depending on how clean the lots are kept, a regular worming schedule should work fine...contact a vet in your area to see what he recommends. If the lots are not kept so clean, then your best option might be to give a daily wormer such as Strongid C2x or something similar. Usually you then worm with a paste wormer every 4 months. The other thing you can do to keep the worms down on an open lot if it is not cleaned daily would be to spread the manure with a spreader and possibly rotate your horse to another lot. This should also help. Good Luck

Steve · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

I forgot to say about CHICKENS!! Chickens in the pasture are great because they will eat worms from the road apples and also fly larvae so less flies too. My yearling was laying down the other day and my neighbors rooster was standing on top of his back. Everyone should have at least one or two chickens.

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Taliesin · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject:

I wish! I can only imagine the neighborhood reaction if our barn were to get chickens. Well, chickens might be OK but a rooster, No. When my horse was new, he neighed a lot when a horse came or went on the property -- someone did tell me she was about to consider taking action...

Back to original topic, I didn't think worms developed ivermectin resistance -- I thought that was why they discontinued the injectable ivermectin, because it killed off absolutely everything, and some horses ended up with problems from deceased parasites under their skins or something. Or maybe I am remembering wrong from 25+ years ago?

kylendiamond · Member Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 69

There has now been some documented resistance of some roundworms to Ivermectin. The injectable was discontinued because it would abcess or something and the skin and surrounding tissues would slough off.

PegasusFarmsAppaloosas · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject: